WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                          Ch. 22

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Volume and 1993 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Business Regulation

1-407.

(a)     Before denying registration of a mark, the Secretary of State shall give the
applicant an opportunity for [a] AN INFORMAL hearing BEFORE THE SECRETARY OF
STATE OR THE SECRETARY'S DESIGNEE.

[(b) The Secretary' of State shall give notice and hold the hearing in accordance
with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.

(c)     The Secretary of State may administer oaths in a proceeding under this
section.

(d)     If, after due notice, the applicant does not appear, nevertheless the Secretary
of State may hear and determine the matter.]

(B) THE DENIAL OF REGISTRATION OF A MARK IS NOT A CONTESTED CASE
UNDER TITLE 10, SUBTITLE 2 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE.

[1-408.

A party to a proceeding before the Secretary of State who is aggrieved by a final
decision of the Secretary of State in a contested case, as defined in § 10-201 of the State
Government Article, may take an appeal as allowed in §§ 10-215 and 10-216 of the State
Government Article.]

1-409.

(b)     The Secretary of State shall include on each certificate of registration:

(1)     the signature of the Secretary of State, under the seal of the
SECRETARY OF State;

(2)     the name of the registrant;

(3)     the business of the registrant;

(4)     the address of the registrant;

(5)     for a registrant that is a corporation, the state of incorporation;

(6)     the date that the registrant claims to have first used the mark anywhere;

(7)     the date that the registrant claims to have first used the mark in the

State;
mark;

(8) a description of the goods or services with which the registrant uses the

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