Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 1329 · 45 active provisions
(A) As used in sections 1329.01 to 1329.10 of the Revised Code: (1) "Trade name" means a name used in business or trade to designate the business of the user and to which the user asserts a right to exclusive use. (2) "Fictitious name" means a name used in business or trade that is fictitious and that the user has not…
(A) The secretary of state shall not file an application for the registration of any trade name if the application indicates or implies that the trade name is connected with a government agency of this state, another state, or the United States and the trade name is not so connected or if the application indicates or i…
Upon compliance by the applicant or user with the requirements of sections 1329.01 to 1329.10 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall accept a document for filing and make a copy of the document by microfilm or by any authorized photostatic or digitized process. Evidence of the filing shall be returned to the…
Registration of a trade name or report of a fictitious name, under sections 1329.01 to 1329.10 of the Revised Code, shall be effective for a term of five years from the date of registration or report. Upon application filed within six months prior to the expiration of such term, on a form furnished by the secretary of…
Any trade name or fictitious name and its registration or report shall be assignable by an instrument in writing duly executed and may be recorded with the secretary of state upon the payment of the fee specified in division (S)(4) of section 111.16 of the Revised Code, payable to the secretary of state, who, recording…
The registrant of any trade name or a person who reports a fictitious name shall record all changes of the registrant's business address by filing with the secretary of state a statement in writing, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, setting forth the name previously registered or reported, the date of the…
The secretary of state shall cancel from the secretary of state's files:(A) Any registration concerning which the secretary of state receives a voluntary request in writing, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, for cancellation of the registration from the registrant or the assignee of record;(B) All registr…
The secretary of state shall keep for public examination a record of all trade names registered and fictitious names reported or renewed under sections 1329.01 to 1329.10 of the Revised Code.
(A) The attorney general, upon the request of the secretary of state, shall bring an action for an injunction against any person who violates section 1329.01 or 1329.07 of the Revised Code, and who, after proper notification by the secretary of state, refuses or fails to comply with such section.(B) No person doing bus…
No person shall make, sell, or offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, an article of merchandise marked, stamped, or branded "sterling" or "sterling silver," or encased or enclosed in a box, package, cover, wrapper, or other thing having thereon an engraving or printed…
No person shall make, sell, or offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, an article of merchandise marked, stamped, or branded "coin" or "coin silver," or encased or enclosed in a box, package, cover, or wrapper or other thing, having thereon an engraving or printed label…
(A) No person shall do any of the following:(1) Sell or expose for sale at retail, or manufacture, any meat or meat preparations or any fowl or preparations from fowl and falsely represent the same to be "kosher" or as having been prepared under, and of a product or products sanctioned by, the Orthodox Hebrew religious…
No dealer, manufacturing corporation, company, or agent, shall sell or offer for sale a ball or parcel of binding twine, commonly employed in binding grain, unless there is attached thereto a tab or label describing the kind of material of which such twine is composed and the weight of such ball or parcel.
Goods, wares, and merchandise made by prisoners in a correctional institution in this or any other state and imported, brought, or introduced into this state shall be branded, labeled, or marked as provided in section 1329.32 of the Revised Code before being exposed for sale.
(A) The brand, label, or mark required by section 1329.31 of the Revised Code for goods, wares, and merchandise made outside the state of Ohio shall contain at the head or top of the brand, label, or mark "prison made" followed by the year and name of the correctional institution in which it was made, in plain English…
No person dealing in goods, wares, and merchandise made by prisoners in a correctional institution shall knowingly have them in possession for the purpose of sale or offer them for sale without the brand, label, or mark required by section 1329.31 of the Revised Code or remove, conceal, or deface the brand, mark, or la…
As used in sections 1329.41 to 1329.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code:(A) "Name, mark, or device" means any word, name, symbol, picture, design or device, or any combination thereof, produced upon, and used by a person to indicate ownership of articles and supplies referred to herein.(B) "Person" means any individual,…
A person who uses in this state a name, mark, or device to indicate ownership of articles or supplies may file in the office of the secretary of state, on a form to be prescribed by the secretary of state, a verified statement setting forth, but not limited to, the following information: (A) The name and business addre…
The registrant of a name, mark, or device used to indicate ownership shall record all changes of the registrant's business address by filing with the secretary of state a written statement, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, of the new address. The filing fee specified in division (U)(2) of section 111.16…
Upon compliance with the requirements of sections 1329.41 to 1329.53 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall accept a document for filing and make a copy of the document by microfilm or by any authorized photostatic or digitized process. Evidence of the filing shall be returned to the person filing the docume…
The certificate of the filing of any name, mark, or device under sections 1329.41 to 1329.53 of the Revised Code and the benefits obtained under it shall be assignable with the sale of the articles or supplies on which the same are produced and used. Assignments shall be by instruments in writing duly executed and may…
The secretary of state shall keep for public examination a record of all names, marks or devices filed under sections 1329.41 to 1329.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
The secretary of state shall cancel from the register all of the following:(A) Any registration concerning which the secretary of state receives a voluntary request in writing for the cancellation of the registration from the registrant or the assignee of record;(B) Any registration granted under sections 1329.41 to 13…
The requiring, taking, paying or accepting of any deposit for any purpose upon any articles or supplies shall not be deemed to constitute a sale of such property, either optional or otherwise, for purposes of sections 1329.41 to 1329.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
No person shall use, give, buy, take, destroy, sell or otherwise dispose of, or traffic in, articles or supplies, fill or re-fill any vessel, receptacle or utensil upon which a name, mark, or device filed hereunder is produced, or refuse to return such articles or supplies on demand of the owner, or to deface, erase, o…