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MI SB0674
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends the 1969 Trademark and Service Mark Registration Act to require the administrator to promulgate rules under the Administrative Procedures Act of 1969 to establish classes of goods or services conforming with federal classifications under 15 USC 1112.
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Removes the statutory list of 52 specific goods classes and 8 services classes that were previously defined in statute, delegating this classification responsibility to administrative rulemaking instead.
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Updates terminology throughout the act for clarity, including changing "him or her" to "that person" and "shall" to "must" in various sections defining trademarks, service marks, applicants, and registrants.
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Changes the definition of "Administrator" from the director of commerce to the director of the department of licensing and regulatory affairs.
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Maintains that applications for mark registration must be limited to a single general class of goods or services, but permits registration of a mark across multiple classes.
Legislative Description
Trade: other; classes of goods and services for trademarks and service marks; modify. Amends title & secs. 1 & 10 of 1969 PA 242 (MCL 429.31 & 429.40).
Trade: other
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Regulatory Affairs
11/9/2023