APPENDIX B State Trademark Registration Provisions Each of the fifty states maintains a web site offering valuable information, addresses, and, in many cases, trademark application and renewal forms. In most states, the state agency responsible for trademark registration is the secretary of state, usually an elected official. Access to each state s web site can be gained through http://www.nass.org/, the home page for the National Association of Secretaries of State. Follow the directions given and you will be presented with links to each of the fifty member states and the District of Columbia. Alternatively, the site http://www.firstgov.gov provides links to each of the official state web sites. Finally, the site http://www.ggmark.com/#state_trademark_law provides direct links to each state s trademark statutes. Following is a chart identifying the web site and physical or mailing address for each secretary of state, together with a citation to the pertinent state trademark statute and a reference to the duration of a trademark registration in each state. Note that there is no entry for the District of Columbia inasmuch as it has no trademark statutes and trademarks are registrable under the Lanham Act. When you access the site for a state s secretary of state, look for entries relating to Business or Corporations, because many states provide their trademark information and forms in these sections. State Trademark Registration Agencies and Statutes Alabama Alabama Secretary of State Ala. Code 8-12-1 et seq. 10 http://www.sos.state.al.us/ P.O. Box 5616 Lands and Trademarks Division, Room 127 Montgomery, AL 36103-5616 (334) 242-5325 Alaska Secretary of State Alaska Stat. 45.50.010 5 http://www.deed.state.ak.us/bsc/ Division of Banking, Securities, et seq. home.htm and Corporations P.O. Box 110808 Juneau, AK 99811-0808 (907) 465-2530 Arizona Secretary of State Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. 10 http://www.state.az.us/ Trademarks Division 44-1441 et seq. 1700 W. Washington, 7th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85007 (602) 542-6187 1
2 APPENDIX B Arkansas Secretary of State Ark. Code Ann. 5 http://www.sos.web.state.ar.us/ Corporations Division 4-71-201 et seq. 256 State Capitol Building Little Rock, AR 72201-1094 (888) 233-0325 or (501) 682-3409 California Secretary of State Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 10 http://www.ss.ca.gov. Trademarks/Service Marks 14200 et seq. 1500 11th Street, 3rd Floor Sacramento, CA 95814-5701 (916) 653-4984 Colorado Secretary of State Colo. Rev. Stat. 10 http://www.state.co.us/ Business Division 7-70-101 et seq. 1560 Broadway, Suite 200 Denver, CO 80202 (303) 894-2200 Connecticut Secretary of State Conn. Gen. Stat. 5 http://www.sots.state.ct.us/ Commercial Recording 35-11a et seq. Division 30 Trinity Street Hartford, CT 06115 (860) 509-6003 Delaware Department of State Del. Code Ann. tit. 6, 10 http://www.state.de.us/sos Division of Corporations 3301 et seq. Trademark Filings John G. Townsend Building P.O. Box 898 Dover, DE 19903 (302) 739-4111 District of Columbia Trademarks registrable under Lanham Act only Florida Department of State Fla. Stat. Ann. 10 http://www.dos.state.fl.us/ Division of Corporations 495.011 et seq. P.O. Box 6327 Tallahassee, FL 32314 (850) 245-6051 Georgia Secretary of State Ga. Code Ann. 10 http://www.sos.state.ga.us/ 315 West Tower 10-1-440 et seq. 2 Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive Atlanta, GA 30334 (404) 656-2861 Hawaii Department of Commerce Haw. Rev. Stat. 5 http://www.state.hi.us/ and Consumer Affairs 482-21 et seq. Business Registration Division 1010 Richards Street P.O. Box 40 Honoulu, HI 96813-2920 (808) 586-2744
STATE TRADEMARK REGISTRATION PROVISIONS 3 Idaho Secretary of State Idaho Code 48-501 et seq. 10 http://www.state.id.us/ Trademark Division 700 W. Jefferson, Room 203 P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0080 (208) 334-2300 Illinois Secretary of State 765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 http://www.sos.state.il.us/ Department of Business 1036/1 et seq. Services, Trademark Division 3rd Floor, Howlett Building Springfield, IL 62756 (217) 524-0400 Indiana Secretary of State Ind. Code 24-2-1-1 10 http://www.state.in.us/ Business Services et seq. 302 W. Washington Room E-111 Indianapolis, IN 46204 (317) 232-6540 Iowa Secretary of State Iowa Code 548.101 5 http://www.sos.state.ia.us/ Corporations Division et seq. Lucas Building, 1st Floor Des Moines, IA 50319 (515) 281-5204 Kansas Secretary of State Kan. Stat. Ann. 81-201 5 http://www.kssos.org/main.html Business Services et seq. Memorial Hall 1st Floor 120 SW 10th Avenue Topeka, KS 66612-1594 (785) 296-4564 Kentucky Secretary of State Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. 5 http://www.sos.state.ky.us/ Trademarks and Service Marks 365.561 et seq. Room 86, State Capitol Frankfort, KY 40601 (502) 564-2848 (#442) Louisiana Department of State La. Rev. Stat. Ann. 10 http://www.sec.state.la.us/ Commercial Division 51:211 et seq. P.O. Box 94125 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125 (225) 925-4704 Maine Secretary of State Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 10, 10 http://www.state.me.us/ Division of Corporations 1521 et seq. 101 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0101 (207) 624-7740 Maryland Secretary of State Md. Bus. Reg. Code Ann. 10 http://www.sos.state.md.us/ Trademark Division 1-401 et seq. State House Annapolis, MD 21401 (410) 974-5531
4 APPENDIX B Massachusetts Secretary of the Mass. Ann. Laws ch. 110B, 10 http://www.state.ma.us/ Commonwealth 1 et seq. Corporations Division Room 1711 One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 (617) 727-4919 Michigan Michigan Department of Mich. Comp. Laws 10 http://www.cis.state.mi.us/ Consumer and Industry Services 429.31 et seq. Bureau of Commercial Services Corporation Division P.O. Box 30054 Lansing, MI 48909 (517) 241-6400 Minnesota Secretary of State Minn. Stat. Ann. 333.18 10 http://www.sos.state.mn.us/ Business Services Division et seq. 180 State Office Building 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. St. Paul, MN 55155-1299 (651) 296-2803 Mississippi Secretary of State Miss. Code Ann. 75-25-1 10 http://www.sos.state.ms.us P.O. Box 136 et seq. Jackson, MS 39205-0136 (601) 359-1350 or (601) 359-1333 Missouri Secretary of State Mo. Rev. Stat. 417.005 10 http://www.state.mo.us/ Corporate Division et seq. P.O. Box 784 Jefferson City, MO 65102 (573) 751-4756 Montana Secretary of State Mont. Code Ann. 30-13-301 10 http://www.sos.state.mt.us Business Services Bureau et seq. P.O. Box 202801 Helena, MT 59620 (406) 444-3665 Nebraska Secretary of State Neb. Rev. Stat. 87-127 10 http://www.sos.state.ne.us Room 1305 et seq. State Capitol Building P.O. Box 94608 Lincoln, NE 68509 (402) 471-4079 Nevada Secretary of State Nev. Rev. Stat. 598.0935 5 http://www.sos.state.nv.us/ 101 N. Carson Street, Suite 3 et seq., 600.240 et seq. Carson City, NV 89701-4786 (775) 684-5708 New Hampshire Secretary of State N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. 10 http://www.state.nh.us/sos/ Corporations Division 350A:1 et seq. State House 107 N. Main Street Concord, NH 03301 (603) 271-3244
STATE TRADEMARK REGISTRATION PROVISIONS 5 New Jersey Division of Revenue N.J. Stat. Ann. 56:3-13.1a 5 http://www.state.nj.us/state/ P.O. Box 453 et seq. Trenton, NJ 08625-0453 (609) 777-0884 New Mexico Secretary of State N.M. Stat. Ann. 57-3B-1 10 http://www.sos.state.nm.us/ 325 Don Gaspar, Suite 301 et seq. Santa Fe, NM 87503 (505) 827-3600 New York Secretary of State N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law 360 et seq. 10 http://www.dos.state.ny.us Miscellaneous State Records 41 State Street Albany, NY 12231-0001 (518) 473-2492 North Carolina Secretary of State N.C. Gen. Stat. 80-1 et seq. 10 http://www.secstate.state.nc.us/ Trademarks Section secstate P.O. Box 29622 Raleigh, NC 27626-0622 (919) 807-2000 North Dakota Secretary of State N.D. Cent. Code 47-22-01 10 http://www.state.nd.us/sec/ Business Information/ et seq. Registration Division State Capitol 600 E. Boulevard Avenue, Dept. 108 Bismarck, ND 58505-0500 (701) 328-4284 Ohio Secretary of State Ohio Rev. Code Ann. 10 http://www.state.oh.us/sos/ P.O. Box 1329 1329.54 et seq. Columbus, OH 43216 (614) 466-2655 or (877) SOS-FILE Oklahoma Secretary of State Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 78, 10 http://www.sos.state.ok.us/ 2300 N. Lincoln Boulevard, 21 et seq. Room 101 Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4897 (405) 521-3912 Oregon Secretary of State Or. Rev. Stat. 647.005 5 http://www.sos.state.or.us/ Corporation Division et seq. 255 Capitol Street, NE, Suite 151 Salem, OR 97310-1327 (503) 986-2200 Pennsylvania Department of State 54 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. 5 http://www.state.pa.us/ Corporation Bureau 1101 et seq. P.O. Box 8722 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8722 (717) 787-1057 Rhode Island Secretary of State R.I. Gen. Laws 6-2-1 et seq. 10 http://www.state.ri.us/ Trademark Section 100 N. Main Street Providence, RI 02903-1335 (401) 222-1487
6 APPENDIX B South Carolina Secretary of State S.C. Code Ann. 39-15-1105 5 http://www.myscgov.com Edgar Brown Building, et seq. Suite 525 P.O. Box 11350 Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 734-1728 South Dakota Secretary of State S.D. Codified Laws 37-6-1 4 http://www.state.sd.us/ Trademarks Division et seq. Capitol Building 500 East Capitol Avenue Pierre, SD 57501-5070 (605) 773-3539 Tennessee Secretary of State Tenn. Code Ann. 47-25-501 5 http://www.state.tn.us/ Trademarks Unit et seq. 6th Floor, William R. Snodgrass Tower 312 Eighth Avenue North Nashville, TN 37243 (615) 741-0531 Texas Secretary of State Tex. Bus. & Com. Code Ann. 10 http://www.sos.state.tx.us Trademark Office 16.01 et seq. P.O. Box 13697 Austin, TX 78711-3697 (512) 463-5576 or (512) 463-5555 Utah Division of Corporations Utah Code Ann. 70-3a-101 et seq. 5 http://www.commerce.state.ut.us/ and Commercial Code P.O. Box 146705 Salt Lake City, UT 84114 (801) 530-4849 Vermont Secretary of State Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 9, 2521 10 http://www.sec.state.vt.us Corporations Division et seq. 81 River Street, Drawer 09 Heritage Building Montpelier, VT 06509-1104 (802) 828-2386 Virginia State Corporations Va. Code Ann. 59.1-92.1 5 http://www.state.va.us/scc/ Commission et seq. division/srf/index.html Division of Securities & Retail Franchising Tyler Building, 9th Floor 1300 E. Main Street Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 371-9051 Washington Secretary of State Wash. Rev. Code 19.77.010 6 http://www.secstate.wa.gov/ Corporations Division et seq. corps/default.htm 801 Capitol Way S. P.O. Box 40234 Olympia, WA 98504-0234 (360) 753-7115
STATE TRADEMARK REGISTRATION PROVISIONS 7 West Virginia Secretary of State W. Va. Code 47-2-1 et seq. 10 http://www.wvsos.com State Capitol, W-139 1900 Kanawha Boulevard E. Charleston, WV 25305-0770 (304) 558-8000 Wisconsin Secretary of State Wis. Stat. 132.01 et seq. 10 http://www.state.wi.us/ Trademark Records agencies/sos P.O. Box 7848 Madison, WI 53707-7848 (608) 266-5653 Wyoming Secretary of State Wyo. Stat. 40-1-101 et seq. 5 http://soswy.state.wy.us Corporations Division/ Trademarks State Capitol Building Cheyenne, WY 82002 (307) 777-7311