1998 Minnesota Statutes

     509.01 Recordation.  

    Any person engaged in, or any corporation or association 
 whose members are engaged in, manufacturing, bottling, or 
 selling soda waters, mineral or aerated waters, porter, ale, 
 cider, ginger ale, small beer, lager beer, Weiss beer, beer, 
 white beer, malt extract, other beverages, milk, cream, ice 
 cream, or butter in any kind of receptacle having the name of 
 such person, corporation, or association, or other mark or 
 device printed, stamped, engraved, etched, blown, impressed, 
 riveted, or otherwise produced or permanently fixed upon the 
 same, may file in the office of the secretary of state for 
 record a description of the name, mark, or device so used and 
 cause such description to be printed once in each week for three 
 successive weeks in a newspaper published in the county in which 
 the principal place of business of such person, corporation, or 
 association is located, or if the principal place of business of 
 such person, corporation, or association is located in another 
 state, then in the county wherein the principal office or depot 
 within this state is located.  It shall be the duty of the 
 secretary of state to issue to the person, corporation, or 
 association so filing for record a description of such name, 
 mark, or device in the office of the secretary of state a duly 
 attested certificate of the record of the same upon receipt of a 
 fee of $10.  Such certificate in all prosecutions under sections 
 509.01 to 509.06 shall be prima facie evidence of the adoption 
 of such name, mark, or device and of the right of the person, 
 corporation, or association named therein to adopt and use the 
 same.  

    HIST: (8330) 1905 c 340 s 1; 1939 c 118 s 1; 1955 c 820 s 45; 
 1986 c 444