Florida SB 476: Law Enforcement Vehicles

Bill Text

476 
Registration and Protection of Trademarks 
2025-12-18T06:47:19Z 
Referring to this act as the "Technical Trademark Amendments Act of 2026"; requiring the Department of State to annually adopt the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s system of classification of goods and services that is in effect by a specified date; requiring the department, by a certain date, to establish and maintain a secure online registration system for a specific purpose; requiring that every paper application, rather than every application, be accompanied by a specified number of specimens or facsimiles showing the mark as actually used, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 476 

 By Senator Martin 

 33-00604-26 2026476__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the registration and protection of 
 3 trademarks; providing a short title; amending s. 
 4 495.111, F.S.; requiring the Department of State to 
 5 annually adopt the United States Patent and Trademark 
 6 Office’s system of classification of goods and 
 7 services that is in effect by a specified date; 
 8 requiring that such classification be published as 
 9 part of the trademark registration form; deleting 
 10 specific general classes of goods and services; 
 11 creating s. 495.029, F.S.; requiring the department, 
 12 by a certain date, to establish and maintain a secure 
 13 online registration system for a specific purpose; 
 14 requiring the system to perform certain tasks for all 
 15 applicants; amending s. 495.031, F.S.; providing 
 16 construction; requiring that every paper application, 
 17 rather than every application, be accompanied by a 
 18 specified number of specimens or facsimiles showing 
 19 the mark as actually used; requiring that every 
 20 electronic application be accompanied by an electronic 
 21 copy of a specimen showing the mark as actually used; 
 22 providing an effective date. 
 23 
 24 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 25 
 26 Section 1. This act may be referred to as the “Technical 
 27 Trademark Amendments Act of 2026.” 
 28 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 495.111, Florida 
 29 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 30 495.111 Classification.— 
 31 (1) The department shall, no later than July 1 of every 
 32 year, adopt the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s 
 33 system of classification of goods and services in effect on June 
 34 1 of that year as the Florida classification system. The 
 35 classification must be published as part of the trademark 
 36 registration form following general classes of goods and 
 37 services, conforming to the classification adopted by the United 
 38 States Patent and Trademark Office, are established for 
 39 convenience of administration of this chapter: 
 40 (a) Goods: 
 41 1. Class 1 Chemicals for use in industry, science and 
 42 photography, as well as in agriculture, horticulture and 
 43 forestry; unprocessed artificial resins, unprocessed plastics; 
 44 fire extinguishing and fire prevention compositions; tempering 
 45 and soldering preparations; substances for tanning animal skins 
 46 and hides; adhesives for use in industry; putties and other 
 47 paste fillers; compost, manures, fertilizers; biological 
 48 preparations for use in industry and science. 
 49 2. Class 2 Paints, varnishes, lacquers; preservatives 
 50 against rust and against deterioration of wood; colorants, dyes; 
 51 inks for printing, marking and engraving; raw natural resins; 
 52 metals in foil and powder form for use in painting, decorating, 
 53 printing and art. 
 54 3. Class 3 Non-medicated cosmetics and toiletry 
 55 preparations; non-medicated dentifrices; perfumery, essential 
 56 oils; bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry 
 57 use; cleaning, polishing, scouring and abrasive preparations. 
 58 4. Class 4 Industrial oils and greases, wax; lubricants; 
 59 dust absorbing, wetting and binding compositions; fuels and 
 60 illuminants; candles and wicks for lighting. 
 61 5. Class 5 Pharmaceuticals, medical and veterinary 
 62 preparations; sanitary preparations for medical purposes; 
 63 dietetic food and substances adapted for medical or veterinary 
 64 use, food for babies; dietary supplements for humans and 
 65 animals; plasters, materials for dressings; material for 
 66 stopping teeth, dental wax; disinfectants; preparations for 
 67 destroying vermin; fungicides, herbicides. 
 68 6. Class 6 Common metals and their alloys, ores; metal 
 69 materials for building and construction; transportable buildings 
 70 of metal; non-electric cables and wires of common metal; small 
 71 items of metal hardware; metal containers for storage or 
 72 transport; safes. 
 73 7. Class 7 Machines, machine tools, power-operated tools; 
 74 motors and engines, except for land vehicles; machine coupling 
 75 and transmission components, except for land vehicles; 
 76 agricultural implemen