§482-3 Record, issuance and effect of certificate. (a) Upon receiving the application accompanied by the fee, the director of commerce and consumer affairs shall cause the print, label, trademark, service mark, or trade name to be recorded and shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration under the seal of the director; and the certificate of registration shall be constructive notice to all persons of the applicant's claim of the use of the print, label, trademark, service mark, or trade name throughout the State, for the term of one year from the date thereof; provided that the director shall not register any print, label, trademark, service mark, or trade name which is substantially identical with any registered print, label, trademark, service mark, or trade name or with the name of any corporation or partnership registered in accordance with chapters 415, 415A, 415B, 425, and 425D; provided further that the print, label, trademark, service mark, or trade name is continued in actual use by the applicant in the State or elsewhere in the United States or is registered in the name of the applicant in the patent and trademark office of the United States. The acceptance of an application and issuance of a certificate of registration by the director shall not abrogate or limit any common law or other right of any person to any corporation or partnership name, trade name or trademark.

(b) The registration of a print, label, trademark, service mark, or trade name may be renewed at any time during a period of its registration for additional periods of ten years from the date of renewal by the filing of an application for renewal of registration in a form as the director may provide. Upon filing the application for renewal, the applicant shall pay the director a fee of $50.

(c) The director may make, amend, and repeal such rules as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. [L 1888, c 4, §4; RL 1925, §3576; am L 1925, c 174, pt of §1; am L Sp 1933, c 29, §1; RL 1935, §7452; RL 1945, §9287; RL 1955, §204-3; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §15; am L 1963, c 114, §3; am L 1965, c 109, §1; HRS §482-3; am L 1980, c 26, §4; am L 1982, c 204, §8; am L 1983, c 124, §17; am L 1984, c 118, §7; am L 1987, c 22, §4; am L 1988, c 141, §54; am L 1992, c 6, §8; am L 1996, c 181, §7]