Texas Business & Commerce Code
§ 16.057 — DENIAL OF REGISTRATION; NOTICE
BC § 16.057Title 2. COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICES · Ch. 16. TRADEMARKS · Art. B. REGISTRATION OF MARK
Statute text
View on source(a)If the secretary of state determines that the applicant is not entitled to register the mark, the secretary of state shall:
(1)notify the applicant of the determination and the reason for the denial of the application; and
(2)give the applicant reasonable time as prescribed by the secretary of state in which to issue a response to the denial or amend the application, in which event the secretary of state shall reexamine the application.
(b)The applicant may repeat the examination procedures described by Subsection (a) until the earlier of:
(1)the expiration of the period prescribed by the secretary of state under Subsection (a)(2); or
(2)the date on which the secretary of state finally refuses registration of the application.
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Legislative history
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 563 (H.B. 3141), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2012.