Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Title 10. COMMERCE AND TRADE · Chapter 1. SELLING AND OTHER TRADE PRACTICES · Article 16. TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS, AND TRADE NAMES · Part 1. REGISTRATION AND USE OF TRADEMARKS AND SERVICE MARKS
10-1-446. Assignment of mark and registration; recordation; fee; new certificate.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Any trademark or service mark and its registration under this part shall be assignable with the good will of the business in which the trademark or service mark is used or with that part of the good will of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by the trademark or service mark. Assignment shall be by instruments in writing duly executed and may be recorded with the Secretary of State upon the payment of a fee of $15.00, payable to the Secretary of State, who, upon recording of the assignment, shall issue in the name of the assignee a new certificate for the remainder of the term of the registration or of the last renewal thereof. An assignment of any registration under this part shall be ineffective as against a subsequent purchaser for value without notice unless it is recorded with the Secretary of State prior to the subsequent purchase.
History
Ga. L. 1952, p. 134, § 11; Ga. L. 1963, p. 463, § 6; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1470, § 3.
Law reviews
For article, “Community Defense of Union Free Status,” regarding broadening the legal recognition of the interest “good will,” see 32 Mercer L. Rev. 679 (1981).
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