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Okla. Stat. tit. 78, § 78-22

This is the official text of Okla. Stat. tit. 78, § 78-22, part of Oklahoma’s Stat. tit. 78, — part of the compiled statutory law of Oklahoma, published by the state as "Stat. tit. 78,." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Registrability

Official statutory text

A trademark by which the goods or services of any applicant for

registration may be distinguished from the goods of others shall not

be registered if it

(a) consists of or comprises immoral, deceptive or scandalous

matter; or

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(b) consists of or comprises matter which may disparage or

falsely suggest a connection with persons, living or dead,

institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into

contempt or disrepute; or

(c) consists of or comprises the flag or coat of arms or other

insignia of the United States, or of any state or municipality, or

of any foreign nation, or any simulation thereof; or

(d) consists of or comprises the name, signature or portrait of

any living individual, except with his written consent; or

(e) consists of a mark which, (1) when applied to the goods or

services of the applicant, is merely descriptive or deceptively

misdescriptive of them, or (2) when applied to the goods or services

of the applicant, is primarily geographically descriptive or

deceptively misdescriptive of them, or (3) is primarily merely a

surname; provided, however, that nothing in this subsection shall

prevent the registration of a mark used in this state by the

applicant which has become distinctive of the applicant's goods or

services. The Secretary of State may accept as evidence that the

mark has become distinctive, as applied to the applicant's goods or

services, proof of continuous use thereof as a mark by the applicant

in this state or elsewhere for the five (5) years next preceding the

date of the filing of the application for registration; or

(f) consists of or comprises a trademark which so resembles a

trademark registered in this state or a trademark previously used in

this state by another and not abandoned, as to be likely when

applied to the goods or services of the applicant, to cause

confusion or mistake or to deceive.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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