2006 Code of Virginia § 59.1-92.8 - Assignments and changes of name

59.1-92.8. Assignments and changes of name.

A. Any mark and its registration hereunder shall be assignable with the goodwill of the business in which the mark is used, or with that part of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by the mark.Assignment shall be by instruments in writing duly executed and may be filedwith the Commission upon the payment of a fee. The Commission shall issue inthe name of the assignee a new certificate for the remainder of the term ofthe registration or of the last renewal thereof. An assignment of anyregistration under this chapter shall be void as against any subsequentpurchaser for valuable consideration without notice, unless it is filed withthe Commission within three months after the date of the assignment or priorto such subsequent purchase.

B. Any applicant effecting a change of name may file a certificate of namechange with the Commission upon the payment of a fee. The Commission shallprescribe the form and content of such certificate. If the Commission issuesa registration based on such applicant's request for registration, theregistration shall be issued in the new name of the applicant.

C. Any registrant effecting a change of name may file a certificate of namechange with the Commission upon the payment of a fee. The Commission shallprescribe the form and content of such certificate. The Commission shallissue in the new name of the registrant a new certificate of registration forthe remainder of the term of the registration or last renewal thereof.

D. A photocopy of any instrument referred to in this section shall beaccepted for filing if it is certified by any of the parties thereto, ortheir successors, to be a true and correct copy of the original.

(1998, c. 819.)