Florida HB 679: Registration of Trademarks

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An act relating to registration of trademarks; 2
amending s. 495.111, F.S.; removing provisions 3
relating to the classification of goods and services 4
for trademark purposes; requiring the Department of 5
State to use the international schedule of classes of 6
goods and services; creating s. 495.0315, F.S.; 7
requiring the department to establish and maintain a 8
secure Internet website that allows submission of an 9
online trademark registration application and renewal 10
application; providing website requirements; requiring 11
the department to make the online application system 12
available by a specified date; amending s. 495.031, 13
F.S.; providing online application requirements; 14
providing an effective date. 15
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17
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Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 495.111, Florida 19
Statutes, is amended to read: 20
495.111 Classification.— 21
(1) The department shall use the international schedule of 22
classes of goods and services as set forth in 37 C.F.R. s. 6.1, 23
as amended, as the state classification system for trademarks. 24
The following general classes of goods and services, conforming 25

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to the classification adopted by the United States Patent and 26
Trademark Office, are established for convenience of 27
administration of this chapter: 28
(a) Goods: 29
1. Class 1 Chemicals for use in industry, science and 30
photography, as well as in agriculture, horticulture and 31
forestry; unprocessed artificial resins, unprocessed plastics; 32
fire extinguishing and fire prevention compositions; tempering 33
and soldering preparations; substances for tanning animal skins 34
and hides; adhesives for use in industry; putties and other 35
paste fillers; compost, manures, fertilizers; biological 36
preparations for use in industry and science. 37
2. Class 2 Paints, varnishes, lacquers; preservatives 38
against rust and against deterioration of wood; colorants, dyes; 39
inks for printing, marking and engraving; raw natural resins; 40
metals in foil and powder form for use in painting, decorating, 41
printing and art. 42
3. Class 3 Non-medicated cosmetics and toiletry 43
preparations; non-medicated dentifrices; perfumery, essential 44
oils; bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry 45
use; cleaning, polishing, scouring and abrasive preparations. 46
4. Class 4 Industrial oils and greases, wax; lubricants; 47
dust absorbing, wetting and binding compositions; fuels and 48
illuminants; candles and wicks for lighting. 49
5. Class 5 Pharmaceuticals, medical and veterinary 50

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preparations; sanitary preparations for medical purposes; 51
dietetic food and substances adapted for medical or veterinary 52
use, food for babies; dietary supplements for humans and 53
animals; plasters, materials for dressings; material for 54
stopping teeth, dental wax; disinfectants; preparations for 55
destroying vermin; fungicides, herbicides. 56
6. Class 6 Common metals and their alloys, ores; metal 57
materials for building and construction; transportable buildings 58
of metal; non-electric cables and wires of common metal; small 59
items of metal hardware; metal containers for storage or 60
transport; safes. 61
7. Class 7 Machines, machine tools, power-operated tools; 62
motors and engines, except for land vehicles; machine coupling 63
and transmission components, except for land vehicles; 64
agricultural implements, other than hand-operated hand tools; 65
incubators for eggs; automatic vending machines. 66
8. Class 8 Hand tools and implements, hand-operated; 67
cutlery; side arms, except firearms; razors. 68
9. Class 9 Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, 69
cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signaling, 70
checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus and 71
instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, 72
switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling 73
electricity; apparatus for recording, transmission or 74
reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, 75

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recording discs; compact discs, DVDs and other digital recording 76
media; mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus; cash registers, 77
calculating machines, data p