(a) An applicant for registration of a mark shall: (1) submit to the Secretary of State: (i) an application on the form that the Secretary of State provides; and (ii) 3 different specimens or reproductions of the mark as used; and (2) pay to the Secretary of State a fee of $50. (b) A specimen or reproduction submitted under subsection (a) of this section may not include a business paper, including letterhead, a business card, or an envelope. (c) An application shall be signed, under oath, and the original submitted under subsection (a) of this section: (1) for an individual, by the individual; (2) for a partnership, by a partner; or (3) for a corporation or association, by an officer of the corporation or association. (d) In addition to any other information required on an application form, the form shall require: (1) the name of the applicant; (2) the business address of the applicant; (3) for an applicant that is a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, the state of formation; (4) a description of the full mark including words, if applicable; (5) a description of the goods or services with which the applicant uses the mark; (6) a listing of the ways the mark is being used, including on uniforms, advertising, banners, the Internet, signs, vehicles, and packaging; (7) the class under § 1-405 of this subtitle to which the goods or services belong; (8) the date when the applicant or the applicant's predecessor in business: (i) first used the mark anywhere; and (ii) first used the mark in the State; and (9) a statement that: (i) the applicant owns the mark; (ii) another person does not have the right to use the mark in the State; and (iii) the mark is not deceptively similar to a mark that another person has a right to use in the State. (e) A single application for registration of a mark: (1) may cover use of the mark with any number of goods or services in a single class; but (2) may not cover use of the mark with goods or services in different classes.
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