2004 Minnesota Statutes

     325D.46 Application.  

    Subdivision 1.    Nonapplication.  Sections 325D.43 to 325D.48 
 do not apply to:

    (1) conduct in compliance with the orders or rules of, or a 
 statute administered by, a federal, state, or local governmental 
 agency; or 

    (2) actions or appeals pending on July 1, 1973.  

    Subd. 1a.    Publishers, broadcasters, and printers.  Sections 
 325D.43 to 325D.48 shall apply to 
 publishers, broadcasters, printers, or other persons engaged in 
 the dissemination of information or reproduction of printed or 
 pictorial matters who publish, broadcast, or reproduce material 
 only if the persons have either knowledge of the deceptive trade 
 practice or a financial interest in the goods or services being 
 deceptively offered for sale.  

    Subd. 2.    Good faith use of trade identification.  Section 
 325D.44, subdivision 1, clauses (2) and 
 (3) do not apply to the use of a service mark, trademark, 
 certification mark, collective mark, trade name, or other trade 
 identification that was used and not abandoned before July 1, 
 1973, if the use was in good faith and is otherwise lawful 
 except for sections 325D.43 to 325D.48.  

    HIST: 1973 c 216 s 4; 1975 c 364 s 1,2