Title 10, Chapter 1, Section 441
( 10-1-441)
A trademark or service mark shall be entitled to registration unless
it: (1) Consists of or comprises immoral, deceptive, or scandalous
matter; or (2) Consists of or comprises matter which may disparage or falsely
suggest a connection with persons, living or dead, institutions,
beliefs, or national symbols or bring them into contempt or
disrepute; or (3) Consists of or comprises the flag or coat of arms or other
insignia of the United States or of any state, county, or
municipality or of any foreign nation or any simulation thereof,
except that a county, municipality, or board of education shall be
entitled to have registered its own service mark for use by that
county, municipality, or board of education; or (4) Consists of or comprises the name, signature, or portrait of
any living individual, except with his or her written consent; or (5) Consists of a mark which: (A) When applied to the goods or services of the applicant, is
merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of them; or (B) When applied to the goods or services of the applicant, is
primarily geographically descriptive or deceptively
misdescriptive of them; or (C) Is primarily merely a surname; or (6) Consists of or comprises a trademark or service mark which so
resembles a trademark or service mark registered in this state or
a trademark or service mark or trade name previously used in this
state by another and not abandoned as to be likely, when applied
to the goods or services of the applicant, to cause confusion or
mistake or to deceive; or (7) Consists of or comprises a trademark or service mark which so
resembles a trademark or service mark registered in the United
States Patent Office by another and not abandoned as to be likely,
when applied to the goods or services of the applicant, to cause
confusion or mistake or to deceive; provided, however, that, should the applicant prove that the
applicant is the owner of a concurrent registration in the United
States Patent Office of a trademark or service mark covering an area
including this state, the applicant may register such trademark or
service mark under this part. |