2016 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 39 - Trade and Commerce
CHAPTER 15 - LABELS AND TRADEMARKS
Section 39-15-1175. Action for cancellation of registered mark or appeal from refusal to register; service of process in action against nonresident registrant.
(A) An action to require cancellation of a mark registered pursuant to this article or an appeal from a refusal of the secretary to register a mark pursuant to this article must be brought in the circuit court. In an appeal the proceeding must be based solely upon the record before the secretary. In an action for cancellation the secretary may not be made a party to the proceeding but must be notified of the filing of the complaint by the clerk of the court in the county in which it is filed and must be given the right to intervene in the action.
(B) In an action brought against a nonresident registrant, service may be effected upon the secretary as agent for service of the registrant in accordance with the procedures established for service upon nonresident corporations and business entities under the Rules of Civil Procedure.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 486, Section 1, eff 3 months after July 13, 1994.
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