Title 52

NRS 600.080 Deposits for security of containers do not constitute sales. Whenever the owner of containers, equipment or supplies used in the business, marked, branded or otherwise impressed with a device as provided in NRS 600.050, requires the taking or accepting of any sum of m…

NRS 600.090 Search and seizure of containers, supplies or equipment unlawfully sold, filled or used. 1. Whenever any person mentioned in NRS 600.050 or the agent of such a person makes an oath before any magistrate that he or she has reason to believe, and does believe, that any …

NRS 600.100 Search for owner and restoration of lost property or property received in regular course of business. Every person who finds or receives, in the regular course of business or in any other manner, property mentioned in NRS 600.050 shall make diligent effort to find the…

NRS 600.110 Unlawful acts concerning marked containers, supplies or equipment. It is unlawful for any person, without the written consent of the owner, unless the same shall have been purchased from the owner: 1. To use, or to fill with any substance, any container marked or dist…

NRS 600.120 Penalty. A violation of any of the provisions of NRS 600.050 to 600.110, inclusive, is a misdemeanor. [8:145:1935; 1931 NCL § 1473.08]—(NRS A 1985, 533) DESIGNATION OF LAUNDERED SUPPLIES

NRS 600.130 Definitions. 1. “Registrant” means any person who files and publishes a name, mark or device under NRS 600.130 to 600.230, inclusive. 2. “Supplies” means towels, sheets, napkins, pillowcases, linens or other kindred articles bearing a name, mark or device filed and pu…

NRS 600.140 Right to register, amend, renew, assign or cancel name, mark or device by filing and publication. A person engaged in the business of supplying clean laundered garments, towels, table linen or other articles which are the property of the supplier, in a regular service…

NRS 600.150 Additional procedures for registration. In addition to the filing required by NRS 600.140, in order to register a name, mark or device under NRS 600.130 to 600.230, inclusive, the supplier shall: 1. File in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the pri…

NRS 600.160 Filing fees. The registrant shall pay to the county clerk a fee of $1 for each laundry supply designation described and filed. (Added to NRS by 1957, 14; A 1997, 159)

NRS 600.170 Unlawful acts; persons excepted. It is unlawful for any persons, except the registrant, a person who has the written consent of the registrant, or a person who has purchased the supplies from the registrant, to do any of the following prohibited acts: 1. Selling, buyi…

NRS 600.180 Acceptance of deposit as sale. The acceptance by the registrant of any sum of money as a deposit to secure the safekeeping and return of the supplies does not constitute a sale of the supplies, either optional or otherwise, in any proceeding under NRS 600.130 to 600.2…

NRS 600.190 Evidentiary effect of use by unauthorized person of marked supplies. The use by any person other than the registrant of any supplies without the written consent provided in NRS 600.130 to 600.230, inclusive, or the possession of supplies so marked by any junk dealer o…

NRS 600.200 Duty of finders or receivers of marked supplies. Every person who finds or receives in the regular course of business or in any other manner any supplies shall make diligent effort to find the owner and restore or return the supplies. (Added to NRS by 1957, 15)

NRS 600.210 Issuance of search warrant for unlawfully used supplies; authority of magistrate. Whenever the registrant or any member of any corporation or association which is the registrant takes an oath before any magistrate that he or she has reason to believe and does believe …

NRS 600.220 Imposition of punishment and award of possession. If the magistrate finds that any person brought before the magistrate has been guilty of a violation of any provision of NRS 600.130 to 600.210, inclusive, the magistrate shall impose the punishment prescribed in NRS 6…

NRS 600.230 Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of NRS 600.140 to 600.220, inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Added to NRS by 1957, 15) REGISTRATION AND PROTECTION OF TRADEMARKS, TRADE NAMES AND SERVICE MARKS

NRS 600.240 Definitions. As used in NRS 600.240 to 600.450, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 600.250 to 600.320, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1979, 595; A 1995, 67; 1997, 159;…

NRS 600.250 “Applicant” defined. “Applicant” means the person filing an application for registration of a trademark and the legal representatives, successors or assigns of such a person. (Added to NRS by 1979, 595)

NRS 600.260 “Mark” defined. “Mark” includes any trademark, trade name or service mark entitled to registration whether registered or not. (Added to NRS by 1979, 595)

NRS 600.280 “Registrant” defined. “Registrant” includes the person to whom the registration of a mark is issued and the legal representatives, successors or assigns of such a person. (Added to NRS by 1979, 595)

NRS 600.290 “Service mark” defined. “Service mark” means a mark used in the sale or advertising of services to identify the services of one person and distinguish them from the services of others. (Added to NRS by 1979, 595)

NRS 600.300 “Trademark” defined. “Trademark” means any word, name, symbol or device, or any combination of them, adopted and used by a person to identify goods made or sold by that person and to distinguish them from goods made or sold by others. (Added to NRS by 1979, 595)

NRS 600.310 “Trade name” defined. “Trade name” means a word, symbol, device, or any combination of them, used by a person to identify the business, vocation or occupation of that person and distinguish it from the business, vocation or occupation of others. (Added to NRS by 1979,…

NRS 600.320 When mark is deemed to be “used” in Nevada. A mark is deemed to be “used” in this State: 1. On goods when it is placed in any manner on the goods, their containers, the displays associated with them or on the tags or labels affixed to them and the goods are sold or ot…

NRS 600.330 Restrictions on registration. A mark must not be registered if it: 1. Contains immoral, deceptive or scandalous matter. 2. Contains matter which may disparage or falsely suggest a connection with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, national symbols or whic…

NRS 600.340 Application for registration: Contents; requirements; fee; return for correction. 1. A person who has adopted and is using a mark in this State may file in the Office of the Secretary of State, on a form to be furnished by the Secretary of State, an application for re…

NRS 600.343 Criteria for specimen accompanying application for registration; change after registration prohibited if change constitutes material alteration. 1. A specimen accompanying an application for the registration of a mark must meet the following criteria: (a) The specimen…

NRS 600.350 Certificate of registration: Issuance; contents; admissibility in evidence. 1. Upon compliance by the applicant with the requirements of NRS 600.330 and 600.340, the Secretary of State shall issue and deliver a certificate of registration to the applicant. The certifi…

NRS 600.355 Correction of inaccurate statement in application for registration; issuance of amended certificate of registration; fee. 1. If any statement in an application for registration of a mark was incorrect when made or any arrangements or other facts described in the appli…

NRS 600.360 Expiration and renewal of registration; renewal fee. 1. The registration of a mark is effective for 5 years from the date of registration and, upon application filed within 6 months before the expiration of that period, on a form to be furnished by the Secretary of St…

NRS 600.370 Assignment of mark and registration; fee. 1. A mark and its registration are assignable with the good will of the business in which the mark is used, or with that part of the good will of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by the mark. An assignment…

NRS 600.380 Record of registered marks. The Secretary of State shall keep for public examination a record of all registered marks. (Added to NRS by 1979, 597)

NRS 600.390 Cancellation of registrations. The Secretary of State shall cancel from the register: 1. After July 1, 1980, any filing or registration of a mark which has expired and is not renewed in accordance with the provisions of NRS 600.360. 2. Any registration which the regis…

NRS 600.395 Fee for filing cancellation of registration. The fee for filing a cancellation of registration pursuant to NRS 600.390 is $50. (Added to NRS by 1987, 1114; A 1993, 490; 2001, 3196)

NRS 600.400 Regulations defining classes of goods and services for registration. 1. The Secretary of State may adopt regulations defining general classes of goods and services for which a mark may be registered. Classes defined pursuant to this subsection are deemed to be for adm…

NRS 600.410 Fraudulent registration. Any person who for himself or herself, or on behalf of any other person, attempts to procure or procures the registration of any mark in this State by knowingly making any false or fraudulent representation or declaration, verbally or in writi…

NRS 600.420 Liability for infringement upon registered mark. Any person: 1. Who uses, without the consent of the registrant, any reproduction, counterfeit, copy or colorable imitation of a mark registered in this State in connection with the sale, offering for sale or advertising…

NRS 600.430 Civil remedies. 1. Any owner of a mark registered in this State may proceed by suit to enjoin the manufacture, use, display or sale of counterfeits or imitations of it. 2. A court of competent jurisdiction may: (a) Grant injunctions to restrain such manufacture, use, …

NRS 600.435 Action to enjoin commercial use of mark that is famous in this State. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the owner of a mark that is famous in this State may bring an action to enjoin commercial use of the mark by a person if such use: (a) Begins after t…

NRS 600.440 Rights and remedies cumulative. The rights and remedies enumerated in NRS 600.240 to 600.450, inclusive, are in addition to those to which an owner of a mark is entitled under the common law. (Added to NRS by 1979, 599)

NRS 600.450 Unlawful acts; penalty. 1. It is unlawful for any person or corporation: (a) To imitate any mark registered as provided in NRS 600.240 to 600.450, inclusive; (b) To use knowingly any counterfeit or imitation thereof; (c) To use or display such genuine mark unless auth…

NRS 600.500 Employer is sole owner of patentable invention or trade secret developed by employee. Except as otherwise provided by express written agreement, an employer is the sole owner of any patentable invention or trade secret developed by his or her employee during the cours…