Title XXXI, Trade and Commerce

I. Molders shall have a lien, dependent on possession, on all dies, molds, forms or patterns in their hands belonging to a customer, for the balance due them from such customer for any manufacturing or fabrication work, and in the value of all material related to such work. The m…

I. Except to the extent that a material and prejudicial change of position prior to acquiring knowledge or reason to know of misappropriation renders a monetary recovery inequitable, a complainant is entitled to recover damages for misappropriation. Damages can include both the a…

Subject to the limitations set forth in this chapter, any person who adopts and uses 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 registration of that mark setting forth, but not lim…

I. Before a molder may sell the die, mold, form, or pattern the molder shall notify the customer by registered mail, return receipt requested. The notice shall include the following information: (a) The molder's intention to sell the die, mold, form, or pattern 30 days after the …

The court may award reasonable attorneys' fees to the prevailing party when: I. A claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith; II. A motion to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith; or III. Willful and malicious misappropriation exists.

I. Upon compliance by the applicant with the requirements of this chapter, the secretary of state shall cause a certificate of registration to be issued and delivered to the applicant. The certificate of registration shall be issued under the signature of the secretary of state a…

In an action under this chapter, a court shall preserve the secrecy of an alleged trade secret by reasonable means, which may include granting protective orders in connection with discovery proceedings, holding in-camera hearings, sealing the records of the action, and ordering a…

I. Registration of a mark hereunder shall be effective for a term of 10 years from the date of registration and, upon application filed within 6 months prior to the expiration of such term, on a form to be furnished by the secretary of state, the registration may be renewed for a…

An action for misappropriation shall be brought within 3 years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered. For the purposes of this section, a continuing misappropriation constitutes a single claim.

Any mark and its registration hereunder shall be 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. Assignment shall be by instruments in writing duly ex…

The secretary of state shall keep for public examination a record of all marks registered or renewed under this chapter.

I. Except as provided in paragraph II, this chapter displaces conflicting tort, restitutionary, and other law of this state providing civil remedies for misappropriation of a trade secret. II. This chapter shall not affect: (a) Contractual remedies, whether or not based upon misa…

This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.

The secretary of state shall cancel from the register: I. After September 1, 1970, all registrations under prior acts which are more than 10 years old and not renewed in accordance with this chapter; II. Any registration concerning which the secretary of state shall receive a vol…

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Trade Secrets Act.

The following general classes of goods and services are established for convenience of administration of this chapter, but not to limit or extend the applicant's or registrant's rights, and a single application for registration of a mark may include any or all goods upon which, o…

A person engaged in buying, selling or dealing in milk or cream in cans, cases, boxes, bottles, jars or jugs, or bottling or selling beverages in bottles or vessels with his name and the word "registered" branded, engraved, blown or otherwise produced thereon, or on the boxes use…

I. Videotape rental or sales records which contain the names or other personal identifying information regarding the renters or purchasers of videotapes shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed by any person or other entity renting or selling such videotapes except as pro…

Whoever fills with milk, cream or any manufactured beverage any registered container, or defaces, erases, covers up or otherwise removes or conceals the name or the word "registered" thereon, or sells, uses, buys, gives, takes or otherwise disposes of or traffics in the same, wit…

The use by any person, without the written consent of, or purchase from, the owner thereof, or the possession by any milk dealer, junk dealer, or dealer in secondhand articles, of any registered container, without the written consent of, or purchase from, the owner thereof shall …

Upon complaint of a person who has complied with the provisions of RSA 351:1, or his agent, to a municipal court, district or superior court, that he has reason to believe that any of his registered containers are being unlawfully used, or that a milk dealer, junk dealer or deale…

As used in this chapter: I. "Owner" means the person who owns the original fixation of sounds embodied in the master phonograph record, master disc, master tape, master film or other device used for reproducing recorded sounds on phonograph records, discs, tapes, films or other a…

Whenever any person, firm, association or corporation is the owner of any literary, dramatic or musical composition and the rights of the author pertaining thereto, and such composition has not been copyrighted, printed or published, or of any map, charter, engraving, cut, print,…

Any art dealer who violates RSA 352:7 or 352:8 shall be liable to the artist for his reasonable attorney's fees plus: I. One hundred dollars, plus the actual damages, if any, including the incidental and consequential damages, sustained by the artist by reason of the violation. I…

The provisions of this subdivision shall prevail over conflicting or inconsistent provisions of RSA 382-A, the Uniform Commercial Code.

This subdivision shall not apply to a written contract executed prior to January 1, 1989, unless: I. The parties agree that this subdivision shall apply; or II. The contract is extended or renewed on or after January 1, 1989.

It shall be unlawful for any person to: I. Knowingly transfer or cause to be transferred to any article on which sounds are recorded, directly or indirectly by any means, with the intent to sell such article or cause it to be sold or to be used for profit: (a) Any sounds recorded…

Whoever violates RSA 352:1 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Every recorded device sold or possessed for the purpose of sale by any manufacturer, distributor, wholesale or retail merchant shall contain on its packaging the name and address of the manufacturer and the name of the actual performer, artist or group; provided, however, that th…

In this subdivision: I. "Art dealer" means a person, including an individual, partnership, firm, association, or corporation, engaged in the business of selling works of art, other than a person exclusively engaged in the business of selling goods at a public auction. II. "Artist…

This chapter shall neither enlarge nor diminish the rights of parties in civil litigation.

If an art dealer accepts a work of art, on a fee, commission, or other compensation basis, on consignment from the artist who created the work of art, the following consequences shall attach: I. The art dealer shall be, with respect to that work of art, the agent of the artist. I…

I. Any person who violates any provision of RSA 352-A:2, I, shall be guilty of a class B felony. Each individual manufacture of such recorded article shall constitute a separate offense. II. Any person who violates any provision of RSA 352-A:2, II, shall be guilty of a misdemeano…

I. If a work of art is trust property under RSA 352:4 when it is initially received by the art dealer, it shall remain trust property, notwithstanding the subsequent purchase of the work of art by the art dealer directly or indirectly for the art dealer's own account, until the p…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a work of art that is trust property or the artist's portion of the proceeds from the sale of such work under RSA 352:4 or 352:5 shall not be subject to the claims, liens, or security interests of the creditors of the art dealer.

I. An art dealer shall not accept a work of art, on a fee, commission, or other compensation basis, on consignment from the artist who created the work of art unless, prior to or at the time of acceptance, the art dealer enters into a written contract with the artist that contain…

An art dealer who accepts a work of art, on a fee, commission, or other compensation basis, on consignment from the artist who created the work of art, shall not use or display the work of art or a photograph of the work of art, or permit the use or display of the work of art or …

Any provision of a contract or agreement whereby the artist or art dealer waives any of the provisions of this subdivision shall be void.

No hotel keeper, innkeeper, operator of overnight cabins, motor courts, or similar establishments (hereinafter referred to as hotel keeper), shall be liable to a guest for the loss of wearing apparel or baggage belonging to such guest where it shall appear that such loss takes pl…

In prosecutions brought under this subdivision, it shall be prima facie evidence of intent to defraud or of intent to avoid paying an owner of an inn or hotel if service was obtained from, in, or through an inn or hotel, by: I. A false of fictitious show or pretense of any baggag…

No hotel keeper shall be liable for losses of goods or property sustained by his employees or guests, caused by a fire, unless such fire shall be caused by his negligence.

No hotelkeeper or innkeeper shall be liable for losses of goods or property or other damages sustained by a guest or other visitor based solely upon the furnishing by the hotelkeeper or innkeeper of a name or names of persons available to provide child care services for such gues…

All hotel keepers and all persons keeping public lodging houses, tourist camps, or cabins shall keep a record of the legal name of the registered guest. Such record shall at all times be open to the inspection of the sheriff or the sheriff's deputies and to any police officer. Th…

All hotel keepers and all persons keeping public lodging houses, tourist camps, or cabins shall, upon the registration of each guest, record the guest's agreed upon departure time and date. No guest shall, without the consent of the hotel keeper or such person keeping a public lo…

I. A hotel keeper, including any person keeping public lodging houses, tourist camps, or cabins, may refuse or deny any accommodations, facilities, or privileges of a hotel, lodging house, or campground to: (a) Any person who is unwilling or unable to pay for accommodations and s…