417.100. Facsimile of brands to be recorded. - Missouri Statutes

Facsimile of brands to be recorded.

417.100. 1. No person shall manufacture any flour, grits,hominy or meal until he shall have filed with the recorder ofdeeds of the county in which his business is conducted, andacknowledged the same as deeds to lands are required to beacknowledged, a facsimile of each of the brands he intends touse, which shall contain the colors to be used in applying thesame, the weight and quality of the flour, grits, hominy or meal,and the name of the manufacturer thereof, or of some person inhis employ, and the state or town or place and the mill wheremanufactured.

2. Should any manufacturer claim any of his said brands, orany part of the same, as a trademark, the said recorder shallrecord his claim, and thereafter it shall not be lawful for anyother person to use such brand; provided, always, that thissection shall not be construed to interfere with the right to anybrand or trademark copyrighted or patented in pursuance of an actof Congress.

(RSMo 1939 § 9919)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 13079; 1919 § 5725; 1909 § 6619