1998 Minnesota Statutes

     333.23 Conveyances of marks; recordation, fee, necessity.

    The secretary of state shall record written conveyances of 
 any mark along with that part of the goodwill of the business in 
 connection with which the mark is used, and of the corresponding 
 application or registration which is presented for recording 
 along with a payment of a fee of $15 and 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.  An assignment of 
 any registration under sections 333.18 to 333.31 shall be void 
 as against any subsequent purchaser for valuable consideration 
 without notice unless it is filed with the secretary of state 
 within three months after the date of the assignment or before 
 the subsequent purchase. 

    HIST: 1959 c 600 s 6; 1969 c 1148 s 65; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 682 
 s 49; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 213; 1998 c 315 s 6