Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 16.058 · Subchapter B. REGISTRATION OF MARK
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the application complies with the requirements of this chapter, the secretary of state shall cause a certificate of registration to be issued and delivered to the applicant.
(b) The certificate of registration must:
(1) be signed by the secretary of state;
(2) be issued under the secretary of state's official seal;
(3) indicate the name and business address of the person claiming ownership of the mark;
(4) if the applicant is a corporation, indicate the state under whose laws the applicant was incorporated or organized;
(5) if the applicant is a partnership, indicate the state under whose laws the partnership was organized and the names of the general partners;
(6) include a description of the goods or services on or in connection with which the mark is being used;
(7) state the class of the goods or services;
(8) state the date claimed for the first use of the mark anywhere;
(9) state the date claimed for the first use of the mark in this state;
(10) show a reproduction of the mark;
(11) state the registration date; and
(12) state the term of the registration.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 563 (H.B. 3141), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2012.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.16.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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