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Authority: secretary of stateSource: www.legis.la.gov official record · retrieved 2026-09-03

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A. The secretary of state shall cancel from the register: (1) After one year from July 31, 1968, all registrations under prior acts which are more than ten years old and not renewed in accordance with this Subpart. (2) Any registration concerning which the secretary of state shall receive a voluntary request for cancellation thereof from the registrant or the assignee of record. (3) All registrations granted pursuant to this Subpart and not renewed in accordance with the provisions hereof. (4) Any registration concerning which a court of competent jurisdiction shall find: (a) That the registered mark has been abandoned. (b) That the registrant is not the owner of the mark. (c) That the registration was granted improperly. (d) That the registration was obtained fraudulently. (e) That the registered mark is so similar, as to be likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive, to a mark registered by another person in the United States Patent Office, prior to the date of the filing of the application for registration by the registrant hereunder, and not abandoned; provided, however, that should the registrant prove that he is the owner of a concurrent registration of his mark in the United States Patent Office covering an area including this state, the registration hereunder shall not be cancelled. (5) When a court of competent jurisdiction shall order cancellation of a registration on any ground. B. The secretary of state may prescribe and furnish forms for filing a voluntary cancellation of registration in accordance with Subsection A of this Section.

renewal: upon application filed within six 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 like term. The renewal fee shall accompany the application for renewal.Source: www.legis.la.gov official record · retrieved 2026-09-03

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(2) Registration of a trade name hereunder shall be effective for a term of ten years from the date of registration and, upon application filed within six 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 like term. The renewal fee shall accompany the application for renewal. B. A mark or trade name registration may be renewed for successive periods of ten years in like manner. C. The secretary of state shall notify registrants of marks and trade names hereunder of the necessity of renewal within the year next preceding the expiration of the ten years from the date of registration, by writing to the last known address of the registrants. D. Any registration in force on July 31, 1968 shall expire ten years from the date of the registration or of the last renewal thereof or one year after July 31, 1968, whichever is later, and may be renewed by filing an application with the secretary of state on a form furnished by him and paying the aforementioned renewal fee therefor within six months prior to the expiration of the registration. E. All applications for renewals under this Subpart, whether of registrations made under this Subpart or of registrations affected under any prior act, shall include a statement that the mark is still in use in this state. F.(1) After expiration of the mark or trade name, the person who previously registered the mark or trade name may renew at any time. (2) Any other person seeking to register the expired mark or trade name shall give sixty days notice, by certified mail, to the previous person's last known address that registered the mark or trade name, prior to registering the expired mark or trade name.