Florida SB 696: Registration of Trademarks

Bill Text

696 
Registration of Trademarks 
2026-02-18T12:13:08Z 
Requiring the Department of State to use the international schedule of classes of goods and services for trademarks; deleting provisions relating to the classification of goods and services for trademark purposes; providing online application requirements; requiring the department to establish and maintain a secure Internet website that allows submission of an online trademark registration application and renewal application, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 696 

 By the Committee on Rules; and Senator Martin 

 595-02946-26 2026696c1 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to registration of trademarks; 
 3 amending s. 495.111, F.S.; requiring the Department of 
 4 State to use the international schedule of classes of 
 5 goods and services for trademarks; deleting provisions 
 6 relating to the classification of goods and services 
 7 for trademark purposes; amending s. 495.031, F.S.; 
 8 providing online application requirements; creating s. 
 9 495.0315, F.S.; requiring the department to establish 
 10 and maintain a secure Internet website that allows 
 11 submission of an online trademark registration 
 12 application and renewal application; providing website 
 13 requirements; requiring the department to make the 
 14 online application system available by a specified 
 15 date; providing an effective date. 
 16 
 17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 18 
 19 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 495.111, Florida 
 20 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 21 495.111 Classification.— 
 22 (1) The department shall use the international schedule of 
 23 classes of goods and services as set forth in 37 C.F.R. s. 6.1, 
 24 as amended, as the state classification system for trademarks 
 25 The following general classes of goods and services, conforming 
 26 to the classification adopted by the United States Patent and 
 27 Trademark Office, are established for convenience of 
 28 administration of this chapter: 
 29 (a) Goods: 
 30 1. Class 1 Chemicals for use in industry, science and 
 31 photography, as well as in agriculture, horticulture and 
 32 forestry; unprocessed artificial resins, unprocessed plastics; 
 33 fire extinguishing and fire prevention compositions; tempering 
 34 and soldering preparations; substances for tanning animal skins 
 35 and hides; adhesives for use in industry; putties and other 
 36 paste fillers; compost, manures, fertilizers; biological 
 37 preparations for use in industry and science. 
 38 2. Class 2 Paints, varnishes, lacquers; preservatives 
 39 against rust and against deterioration of wood; colorants, dyes; 
 40 inks for printing, marking and engraving; raw natural resins; 
 41 metals in foil and powder form for use in painting, decorating, 
 42 printing and art. 
 43 3. Class 3 Non-medicated cosmetics and toiletry 
 44 preparations; non-medicated dentifrices; perfumery, essential 
 45 oils; bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry 
 46 use; cleaning, polishing, scouring and abrasive preparations. 
 47 4. Class 4 Industrial oils and greases, wax; lubricants; 
 48 dust absorbing, wetting and binding compositions; fuels and 
 49 illuminants; candles and wicks for lighting. 
 50 5. Class 5 Pharmaceuticals, medical and veterinary 
 51 preparations; sanitary preparations for medical purposes; 
 52 dietetic food and substances adapted for medical or veterinary 
 53 use, food for babies; dietary supplements for humans and 
 54 animals; plasters, materials for dressings; material for 
 55 stopping teeth, dental wax; disinfectants; preparations for 
 56 destroying vermin; fungicides, herbicides. 
 57 6. Class 6 Common metals and their alloys, ores; metal 
 58 materials for building and construction; transportable buildings 
 59 of metal; non-electric cables and wires of common metal; small 
 60 items of metal hardware; metal containers for storage or 
 61 transport; safes. 
 62 7. Class 7 Machines, machine tools, power-operated tools; 
 63 motors and engines, except for land vehicles; machine coupling 
 64 and transmission components, except for land vehicles; 
 65 agricultural implements, other than hand-operated hand tools; 
 66 incubators for eggs; automatic vending machines. 
 67 8. Class 8 Hand tools and implements, hand-operated; 
 68 cutlery; side arms, except firearms; razors. 
 69 9. Class 9 Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, 
 70 cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signaling, 
 71 checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus and 
 72 instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, 
 73 switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling 
 74 electricity; apparatus for recording, transmission or 
 75 reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, 
 76 recording discs; compact discs, DVDs and other digital recording 
 77 med