2006 Alabama Code - Section 8-12-10 — Duration and renewal of registration; renewal fee.

(a) Registration of a mark under this article shall be effective for a term of 10 years from the date of registration and, if the mark is then still in use, upon application filed within six months prior to the expiration of such term, on a form to be furnished by the Secretary of State, the registration may be renewed for a like term. A renewal fee of $30, payable to the Secretary of State, shall accompany the application for renewal of the registration.

(b) A mark registration may be renewed for successive periods of 10 years in like manner.

(c) The Secretary of State shall notify registrants of marks under this article of the necessity of renewal within the year next preceding the expiration of 10 years from the date of registration, by writing to the last known address of the registrants.

(d) Any registration in the office of Secretary of State on January 1, 1981, shall expire one year after January 1, 1981, unless registered in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(e) All applications for renewals under this article, whether of registrations made under this article or of registrations effected under any prior act, shall include a statement that the mark is still in use in this state.

(f) The Secretary of State shall, within six months after January 1, 1981, notify all existing registrants of marks which were filed in the Secretary of State's office under previous acts or by informal registration, of the date of expiration of such registrations unless registered in accordance with the provisions of this article, by writing to the last known address of the registrants.

(Acts 1980, No. 80-166, p. 236, §5.)