44-1442

44-1442. Registrability

A mark by which the goods or services of any applicant for registration may be
distinguished from the goods or services of others shall not be registered if it:

1. Consists of or comprises immoral, deceptive or scandalous matter.

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.

3. Consists of or comprises the flag or coat of arms or other insignia of the
United States, or of any state or municipality, or of any foreign nation, or any
simulation thereof.

4. Consists of or comprises the name, signature or portrait of any living
individual, except with his written consent.

5. Consists of a mark which:

(a) When used on or in connection with the goods or services of the applicant, is
merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of them.

(b) When used on or in connection with the goods or services of the applicant, is
primarily geographically descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of them.

(c) Is primarily merely a surname, but nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the
registration of a mark which has become distinctive of the applicant's goods or services
in this state. The secretary of state may accept as prima facie evidence that a mark has
become distinctive of the applicant's goods in this state proof of substantially
exclusive and continuous use of such mark in this state by the applicant during the
five-year period preceding the execution of the application for registration.

6. Consists of or comprises a mark that so resembles a mark registered in this
state or a mark or trade name previously used in this state by another and not abandoned,
and that when applied to the goods or services of the applicant, is likely to cause
confusion or mistake or to deceive.