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...Registration of a trade name or report of a fictitious name, under sections 1329.01 to 1329.10 of the Revised Code, shall be effective for a term of five years from the date of registration or report. Upon application filed within six months prior to the expiration of such term, on a form furnished by the secretary of state, the registration or report may be renewed at the end of each five-year period for a lik...

...Any trade name or fictitious name and its registration or report shall be assignable by an instrument in writing duly executed and may be recorded with the secretary of state upon the payment of the fee specified in division (S)(4) of section 111.16 of the Revised Code, payable to the secretary of state, who, recording the assignment, shall issue in the name of the assignee a new certificate for the remainder of th...

...The registrant of any trade name or a person who reports a fictitious name shall record all changes of the registrant's business address by filing with the secretary of state a statement in writing, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, setting forth the name previously registered or reported, the date of the registration or report, and the new address of the applicant. The filing fee specified in division...

...The secretary of state shall cancel from the secretary of state's files: (A) Any registration concerning which the secretary of state receives a voluntary request in writing, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, for cancellation of the registration from the registrant or the assignee of record; (B) All registrations granted under sections 1329.01 to 1329.10 of the Revised Code that are not renewed in acc...

...The secretary of state shall keep for public examination a record of all trade names registered and fictitious names reported or renewed under sections 1329.01 to 1329.10 of the Revised Code.

...(A) The attorney general, upon the request of the secretary of state, shall bring an action for an injunction against any person who violates section 1329.01 or 1329.07 of the Revised Code, and who, after proper notification by the secretary of state, refuses or fails to comply with such section. (B) No person doing business under a trade name or fictitious name shall commence or maintain an action in the trade name...

...No person shall make, sell, or offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, an article of merchandise marked, stamped, or branded "sterling" or "sterling silver," or encased or enclosed in a box, package, cover, wrapper, or other thing having thereon an engraving or printed label, stamp, imprint, mark, or trade-mark, indicating or denoting that such article is silver, ster...

...No person shall make, sell, or offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, an article of merchandise marked, stamped, or branded "coin" or "coin silver," or encased or enclosed in a box, package, cover, or wrapper or other thing, having thereon an engraving or printed label, stamp, imprint, mark, or trade-mark, indicating or denoting that such article is coin or coin silv...

...(A) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Sell or expose for sale at retail, or manufacture, any meat or meat preparations or any fowl or preparations from fowl and falsely represent the same to be "kosher" or as having been prepared under, and of a product or products sanctioned by, the Orthodox Hebrew religious requirements; (2) Falsely represent any food products or the contents of any package or containe...

...No dealer, manufacturing corporation, company, or agent, shall sell or offer for sale a ball or parcel of binding twine, commonly employed in binding grain, unless there is attached thereto a tab or label describing the kind of material of which such twine is composed and the weight of such ball or parcel.

...Goods, wares, and merchandise made by prisoners in a correctional institution in this or any other state and imported, brought, or introduced into this state shall be branded, labeled, or marked as provided in section 1329.32 of the Revised Code before being exposed for sale.

...(A) The brand, label, or mark required by section 1329.31 of the Revised Code for goods, wares, and merchandise made outside the state of Ohio shall contain at the head or top of the brand, label, or mark "prison made" followed by the year and name of the correctional institution in which it was made, in plain English lettering of the style known as greater primer Roman capitals. (B) The brand, label, or mark requir...

...No person dealing in goods, wares, and merchandise made by prisoners in a correctional institution shall knowingly have them in possession for the purpose of sale or offer them for sale without the brand, label, or mark required by section 1329.31 of the Revised Code or remove, conceal, or deface the brand, mark, or label.

...As used in sections 1329.41 to 1329.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Name, mark, or device" means any word, name, symbol, picture, design or device, or any combination thereof, produced upon, and used by a person to indicate ownership of articles and supplies referred to herein. (B) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or union of workingmen or other organization. (C) ...

...A person who uses in this state a name, mark, or device to indicate ownership of articles or supplies may file in the office of the secretary of state, on a form to be prescribed by the secretary of state, a verified statement setting forth, but not limited to, the following information: (A) The name and business address of the person filing the statement; and, if a corporation, the state of incorporation; (B...

...The registrant of a name, mark, or device used to indicate ownership shall record all changes of the registrant's business address by filing with the secretary of state a written statement, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, of the new address. The filing fee specified in division (U)(2) of section 111.16 of the Revised Code shall accompany the statement.

...Upon compliance with the requirements of sections 1329.41 to 1329.53 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall accept a document for filing and make a copy of the document by microfilm or by any authorized photostatic or digitized process. Evidence of the filing shall be returned to the person filing the document. A certified copy of any document filed under this section shall be admissible in evidence in a...

...The certificate of the filing of any name, mark, or device under sections 1329.41 to 1329.53 of the Revised Code and the benefits obtained under it shall be assignable with the sale of the articles or supplies on which the same are produced and used. Assignments shall be by instruments in writing duly executed and may be recorded upon the payment of the fee specified in division (U)(2) of section 111.16 of the Rev...

...The secretary of state shall keep for public examination a record of all names, marks or devices filed under sections 1329.41 to 1329.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...The secretary of state shall cancel from the register all of the following: (A) Any registration concerning which the secretary of state receives a voluntary request in writing for the cancellation of the registration from the registrant or the assignee of record; (B) Any registration granted under sections 1329.41 to 1329.45 of the Revised Code, not renewed in accordance with the provisions of those sections. (C)...

...The requiring, taking, paying or accepting of any deposit for any purpose upon any articles or supplies shall not be deemed to constitute a sale of such property, either optional or otherwise, for purposes of sections 1329.41 to 1329.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...No person shall use, give, buy, take, destroy, sell or otherwise dispose of, or traffic in, articles or supplies, fill or re-fill any vessel, receptacle or utensil upon which a name, mark, or device filed hereunder is produced, or refuse to return such articles or supplies on demand of the owner, or to deface, erase, obliterate, cover up or otherwise remove or conceal any such name, mark or device, unless consent of ...

...The possession by any junk dealer or dealer in second-hand articles or supplies, without the written consent of the person who filed hereunder or his assignee, of any articles or supplies upon which a name, mark or device has been produced shall be presumptive evidence of a violation of sections 1329.41 to 1329.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...No person, other than the owner, shall launder, wash, clean, renovate, or cause to be laundered, washed, cleaned, or renovated, any towels, coats, aprons, toilet devices, or other supplies used for the purpose of cleanliness and sanitation, upon which a name, mark, or device filed under the provisions of sections 1329.41 to 1329.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code is produced, the possession of which, claimed by lease...

...Sections 1329.41 to 1329.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall not be construed as preventing the enforcement of rights and remedies under any other statute concerning articles or supplies upon which a name, mark, or device indicating ownership thereof has been produced, whether or not such name, mark, or device has been filed under sections 1329.41 to 1329.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code.