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Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

1,133 chapters · 28,363 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title Minnesota Statutes28,363 Ch 336, UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE642 Ch 524, UNIFORM PROBATE CODE394 Ch 609, CRIMINAL CODE377 Ch 144, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH361 Ch 469, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT257 Ch 473, METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT247 Ch 148, PUBLIC HEALTH OCCUPATIONS206 Ch 169, TRAFFIC REGULATIONS200 Ch 256B, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY PERSONS196 Ch 60A, GENERAL INSURANCE POWERS195 Ch 13, GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES177 Ch 115A, WASTE MANAGEMENT171 Ch 325F, CONSUMER PROTECTION; PRODUCTS AND SALES168 Ch 383B, HENNEPIN COUNTY168

43 sections·Filtered byTitle Minnesota Statutes✕Ch 333✕

Minn. Stat. § 333.001 DEFINITIONS.
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333.001 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. As used in sections 333.001 to 333.06, the following terms shall have the meanings given, unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended. § Subd. 2.Person. "Person" means one or more natural persons; a limited…
Minn. Stat. § 333.01 COMMERCIAL ASSUMED NAMES.
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333.01 COMMERCIAL ASSUMED NAMES. § Subdivision 1.Certificate. No person shall hereafter carry on or conduct or transact a commercial business in this state under any designation, name, or style, which does not set forth the true name of every person interested in such business un…
Minn. Stat. § 333.02 FILING OF CERTIFICATE.
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333.02 FILING OF CERTIFICATE. Persons conducting or transacting any business under any designation, name, or style referred to in section 333.01 shall, before commencing such business, file such certificate and shall publish the certificate in the manner prescribed in section 333…
Minn. Stat. § 333.035 AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE.
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333.035 AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE. Within 60 days after the occurrence of any event which makes any statement in the last previous certificate filed incorrect, an amended certificate shall be filed and the amended certificate shall be published by the person conducting the busines…

Minn. Stat. § 333.04 SECRETARY OF STATE; DUTIES, FEES.

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333.04 SECRETARY OF STATE; DUTIES, FEES. The secretary of state shall keep an alphabetical list of assumed names filed pursuant to section 333.01 after August 1, 1978, together with trademarks, service marks, certification marks or collective marks filed with the secretary of sta…

Minn. Stat. § 333.055 TERM OF CERTIFICATE.

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333.055 TERM OF CERTIFICATE. § Subdivision 1.Application and renewal. Filing of a certificate hereunder shall be effective upon filing and shall remain in effect as long as an annual renewal for the certificate is filed in each calendar year following the calendar year in which t…

Minn. Stat. § 333.06 PLEADING FAILURE TO FILE CERTIFICATE; COSTS.

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333.06 PLEADING FAILURE TO FILE CERTIFICATE; COSTS. If any person conducting a business contrary to the terms of sections 333.001 to 333.06 shall, prior to the filing of the certificate therein prescribed, commence a civil action, including an action to recover possession of real…

Minn. Stat. § 333.065 PENALTY FOR VIOLATION.

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333.065 PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. A person who violates any provision of sections 333.01 to 333.06 is subject to the penalties and remedies provided in section 8.31. The relief provided in this section is in addition to the remedies or penalties otherwise available. History: 1997 c …

Minn. Stat. § 333.07 LODGES, SOCIETIES AND THE LIKE MAY REGISTER.

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333.07 LODGES, SOCIETIES AND THE LIKE MAY REGISTER. Any association, lodge, order, fraternal society, beneficial association, or fraternal and beneficial society or association, historical, military, or veterans' organization, labor union, foundation, federation, or any other soc…

Minn. Stat. § 333.08 APPLICATION.

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333.08 APPLICATION. Application for such registration, alteration, or cancellation, shall be made by the chief officer or officers of the association, lodge, order, fraternal society, beneficial association, or fraternal and beneficial society or association, historical, military…

Minn. Stat. § 333.09 SECRETARY OF STATE TO KEEP RECORD AND INDEX.

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333.09 SECRETARY OF STATE TO KEEP RECORD AND INDEX. The secretary of state shall keep a properly indexed record of the registration provided for by sections 333.07 to 333.12, which record shall also show any altered or canceled registration. History: (7352-3) 1933 c 295 s 3

Minn. Stat. § 333.10 DUPLICATES NOT REGISTERED.

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333.10 DUPLICATES NOT REGISTERED. No registration shall be granted or alteration permitted to any association, lodge, order, fraternal society, beneficial association, or fraternal and beneficial society or association, historical, military, or veterans' organization, labor union…

Minn. Stat. § 333.11 ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES.

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333.11 ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES. Upon granting registration the secretary of state shall issue a certificate to the petitioners, setting forth the fact of such registration. History: (7352-5) 1933 c 295 s 5; 1986 c 444

Minn. Stat. § 333.12 FEES.

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333.12 FEES. The fees of the secretary of state for registration, alteration, cancellation, searches made, and certificates issued, pursuant to sections 333.07 to 333.11, shall be $10. The fees so collected shall be paid by the secretary of state into the state treasury. History:…

Minn. Stat. § 333.13 VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES.

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333.13 VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES. Any person who willfully wears, exhibits, displays, prints or uses, for any purpose, the badge, motto, button, decoration, charm, emblem, rosette, or other insignia of any association or organization mentioned in section 333.07, duly registered, unle…

Minn. Stat. § 333.135 IMPROPER USE OF INSIGNIA.

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333.135 IMPROPER USE OF INSIGNIA. Every person who shall willfully wear the insignia or rosette of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, or the badge or button of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled American Veterans of the World…

Minn. Stat. § 333.14 UNAUTHORIZED USE IS A CRIME.

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333.14 UNAUTHORIZED USE IS A CRIME. Any person, firm, copartnership, association, society, or corporation, except as authorized by Minneapolis Aquatennial Association, who shall, with intent to acquire or obtain for personal or business purposes a benefit or advantage, assume, ad…

Minn. Stat. § 333.15 THREATENED USE MAY BE RESTRAINED.

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333.15 THREATENED USE MAY BE RESTRAINED. When there shall be an actual or threatened violation of section 333.14, an application may be made to a court or justice having jurisdiction to issue an injunction, upon notice to the defendant of not less than five days, for an injunctio…

Minn. Stat. § 333.16 VESTED RIGHTS NOT AFFECTED.

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333.16 VESTED RIGHTS NOT AFFECTED. The provisions of sections 333.14 and 333.15 shall not be deemed or construed to divest, interfere, affect, or conflict with any established or vested right or prohibit the use thereof. History: 1941 c 202 s 3

Minn. Stat. § 333.18 DEFINITIONS.

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333.18 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Trademarks and service marks. (a) The term "trademark" as used in sections 333.18 to 333.31 means any word, name, symbol, or device or any combination thereof adopted and used by a person to identify goods made or sold by that person and to dis…

Minn. Stat. § 333.19 UNREGISTRABLE MATTER; COLLECTIVE AND CERTIFICATION MARKS.

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333.19 UNREGISTRABLE MATTER; COLLECTIVE AND CERTIFICATION MARKS. § Subdivision 1.Registration prohibition. A trademark or service mark by which the goods or services of any applicant for registration may be distinguished from the goods or services of others must not be registered…

Minn. Stat. § 333.20 APPLICATION.

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333.20 APPLICATION. § Subdivision 1.Authorization and contents. Subject to the limitations set forth in sections 333.18 to 333.31, any person who adopts and uses a trademark or a service mark in this state may file in the Office of the Secretary of State an application for regist…

Minn. Stat. § 333.21 CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.

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333.21 CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION. § Subdivision 1.Issuance. Upon a finding by the secretary of state that the mark and application for registration comply with the requirements of sections 333.18 to 333.31, and that the class indicated, if any, in which the mark is to be regist…

Minn. Stat. § 333.22 TERM OF REGISTRATION.

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333.22 TERM OF REGISTRATION. § Subdivision 1.Application and renewal. Registration of a mark hereunder shall be effective for a term of ten years from the date of registration and, upon application filed within six months prior to the expiration of such term or a renewal thereof,…

Minn. Stat. § 333.23 CONVEYANCES OF MARKS; RECORDATION, FEE, NECESSITY.

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333.23 CONVEYANCES OF MARKS; RECORDATION, FEE, NECESSITY. The secretary of state shall record written conveyances of any mark along with that part of the goodwill of the business in connection with which the mark is used, and of the corresponding application or registration which…

Minn. Stat. § 333.24 SECRETARY OF STATE'S RECORD OF MARKS.

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333.24 SECRETARY OF STATE'S RECORD OF MARKS. The secretary of state shall keep for public examination a record of all marks filed or renewed under sections 333.18 to 333.31 according to the classification set forth in sections 333.18 to 333.31. The record of registration is const…

Minn. Stat. § 333.25 CANCELLATION OF MARKS.

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333.25 CANCELLATION OF MARKS. § Subdivision 1.Secretary of state's authority. The secretary of state shall cancel from the register: (1) after two years from the effective date of Laws 1959, chapter 600, all registrations under prior acts which are not renewed according to sectio…

Minn. Stat. § 333.26 MUST USE U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE SYSTEM.

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333.26 MUST USE U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE SYSTEM. For convenience of administration of sections 333.18 to 333.31, but not to limit or extend the applicant's or registrant's rights, the secretary of state shall adopt the classification system in effect in the United States …

Minn. Stat. § 333.27 IMPROPER REGISTRATION; LIABILITY.

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333.27 IMPROPER REGISTRATION; LIABILITY. Persons who shall for themselves, or on behalf of any other person, procure the filing or registration of any mark in the Office of the Secretary of State under the provisions hereof, by knowingly making any false or fraudulent representat…

Minn. Stat. § 333.28 IDENTICAL OR SIMILAR MARKS; LIABILITY FOR MISUSE.

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333.28 IDENTICAL OR SIMILAR MARKS; LIABILITY FOR MISUSE. Subject to the provisions of section 333.30 any person who shall (a) use without the consent of the registrant any mark on or in connection with rendering of services, selling, offering for sale, or advertising of any goods…

Minn. Stat. § 333.285 DILUTION OF DISTINCTIVE FAMOUS MARK MAY BE ENJOINED.

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333.285 DILUTION OF DISTINCTIVE FAMOUS MARK MAY BE ENJOINED. (a) The owner of a mark that is famous in this state may, subject to the principles of equity and upon terms the court considers reasonable: seek an injunction against another person's commercial use of a mark or trade …

Minn. Stat. § 333.29 REMEDIES.

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333.29 REMEDIES. § Subdivision 1.Injunctive relief; money judgment. An owner of a mark registered under sections 333.18 to 333.31 may bring an action to enjoin the manufacture, use, display, or sale of any counterfeits or imitations of the mark, and a court of competent jurisdict…

Minn. Stat. § 333.30 MARKS ACQUIRED AT COMMON LAW.

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333.30 MARKS ACQUIRED AT COMMON LAW. Nothing herein shall adversely affect a person's rights or the enforcement of the rights in a mark acquired in good faith at any time at common law, except that the rights as against the registrant of the same or confusingly similar mark are l…

Minn. Stat. § 333.305 FORUM IS DISTRICT COURT; SERVICE ON NONRESIDENT REGISTRANT.

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333.305 FORUM IS DISTRICT COURT; SERVICE ON NONRESIDENT REGISTRANT. (a) Actions to require cancellation of a mark registered according to sections 333.18 to 333.31 or in mandamus to compel registration of a mark according to sections 333.18 to 333.31 shall be brought in the distr…

Minn. Stat. § 333.31 SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON NONRESIDENT REGISTRANTS.

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333.31 SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON NONRESIDENT REGISTRANTS. Service in duplicate of any paper relating to a nonresident's registration under sections 333.18 to 333.31, on the secretary of state, shall constitute service on said nonresident registrant. The secretary of state shall for…

Minn. Stat. § 333.40 TRADEMARK; WHEN DEEMED AFFIXED.

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333.40 TRADEMARK; WHEN DEEMED AFFIXED. A trademark shall be deemed to be affixed to any goods, wares, merchandise, mixture, preparation, or compound, when it is in any manner placed in or upon either the article itself, or a box, bale, barrel, bottle, case, cask, or other vessel …

Minn. Stat. § 333.41 TRADEMARKS OF WORKERS' UNIONS.

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333.41 TRADEMARKS OF WORKERS' UNIONS. When any person, or any association or union of workers, shall have adopted or used any label, trademark, term, design, device, or form of advertisement for the purpose of designating, making known, or distinguishing any product of labor as h…

Minn. Stat. § 333.42 COUNTERFEITING OR DEALING IN COUNTERFEITS; HOW PUNISHED.

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333.42 COUNTERFEITING OR DEALING IN COUNTERFEITS; HOW PUNISHED. Every person who shall counterfeit or imitate any such label, trademark, term, design, device, or form of advertisement, or shall sell, offer for sale, or in any way utter or circulate any counterfeit or imitation th…

Minn. Stat. § 333.43 REGISTRATION.

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333.43 REGISTRATION. Every such label, trademark, term, device, design, or form of advertisement may be filed for record in the Office of the Secretary of State on payment of a fee of $10 each. In so filing the same, two copies, counterparts, or facsimiles thereof, shall be left …

Minn. Stat. § 333.44 FRAUDULENT REGISTRATION OR USE; PENALTY.

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333.44 FRAUDULENT REGISTRATION OR USE; PENALTY. Persons who shall, for themselves, or on behalf of any other person, association, or union, procure the filing of any label, trademark, term, design, device, or form of advertisement with such secretary under the foregoing provision…

Minn. Stat. § 333.45 ILLEGAL USE OF CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.

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333.45 ILLEGAL USE OF CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION. Such secretary shall deliver to the person, association, or union filing any such label, trademark, term, design, device, or form of advertisement such number of certificates of the record thereof as shall be applied for, on paym…

Minn. Stat. § 333.53 UNAUTHORIZED USE IS A CRIME.

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333.53 UNAUTHORIZED USE IS A CRIME. Any person, firm, partnership, association, society, or corporation, not authorized by the Minnesota Zoological Board who, with intent to acquire or obtain for personal or business purposes a benefit or advantage, assumes, adopts or uses the na…

Minn. Stat. § 333.54 THREATENED USE MAY BE RESTRAINED.

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333.54 THREATENED USE MAY BE RESTRAINED. When there is an actual or threatened violation of section 333.53, an application may be made to a court having jurisdiction to enjoin and restrain the actual or threatened violation; and if it appears to the satisfaction of the court that…