Series 16626

Department of Commerce. Division of Corporations and Commercial Code


Inactive trademark files, 1956-

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Schedule Description

These are the files of trademarks that have expired. Trademarks are active for ten years. These expired in 1985 or later. When a trademark has not been renewed, it becomes inactive. The owner has six months prior to date of expiration to renew the trademark. This record is used for research and to answer public inquiry. Once the trademark becomes inactive, a new trademark must be applied for. These records are filmed when they are active and initially filed with the division. They are also being filmed when they have become inactive. Information is entered into the data file. This series includes Application for Registration of Trade-Mark or Service Mark, and all related correspondence.__Information includes applicant's name, partner's name, place and date ofincorporation, foreign corporation with authorization to do business in Utah, address, facsimilie of the trademark, the class of goods or services involved, the particular goods or service with which the trademark or service mark is used, the mode or manner of use of trademark or service mark, the dates of first use of the trademark within the state and outside the state, whether the trademark has been in continuous use in Utah for five years prior to the application, and the notarized signature of the applicant. Trademarks are not filed in the Corporation File.

Scope and Content

These are the files of trademarks that have expired. Trademarks are active for ten years. These expired in 1985 or later. When a trademark has not been renewed, it becomes inactive. The owner has six months prior to date of expiration to renew the trademark. This record is used for research and to answer public inquiry. Once the trademark becomes inactive, a new trademark must be applied for. These records are filmed when they are active and initially filed with the division. They are also being filmed when they have become inactive. Information is entered into the data file.
This series includes Application for Registration of Trade-Mark or Service Mark, and all related correspondence.__Information includes applicant's name, partner's name, place and date of incorporation, foreign corporation with authorization to do business in Utah, address, facsimilie of the trademark, the class of goods or services involved, the particular goods or service with which the trademark or service mark is used, the mode or manner of use of trademark or service mark, the dates of first use of the trademark within the state and outside the state, whether the trademark has been in continuous use in Utah for five years prior to the application, and the notarized signature of the applicant.
Trademarks are not filed in the Corporation File.