30-13-314. Filing application for renewal of registration -- issuing certificate of renewal. (1) One original and one copy of an application for renewal of mark registration must be delivered to the secretary of state. If the secretary of state finds that the application complies with the requirements of this part, he shall, when all fees have been paid as prescribed in this part:
     (a) endorse on the original and the copy the word "filed" and the month, day, and year of the filing thereof;
     (b) file the original in his office; and
     (c) issue a certificate of registration to which he shall affix the copy.
     (2) The certificate of renewal of registration, together with the copy of the application for renewal of mark registration affixed thereto, shall be returned to the applicant.
     (3) A mark registration may be renewed for successive periods of 10 years in the manner provided for in subsections (1) and (2).
     (4) The secretary of state shall notify registrants of marks of the necessity of renewal within the year immediately preceding the expiration of the 10 years from the date of registration, by writing to the last-known address of the registrants.
     (5) Any registration in force on July 1, 1979, expires 10 years from the date of the registration or from the date of the last renewal thereof or on July 1, 1980, whichever is later, if renewal of mark registration is not effected in the manner provided for in this part.
     (6) The secretary of state shall, by January 1, 1981, notify each person who registered a mark prior to July 1, 1980, of the date of expiration of such registration unless renewed in accordance with the provisions of this part, by writing to the last-known address of the registrant.

     History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 429, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 131, L. 1983.