{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-16.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 16.053","heading":"FILING OF APPLICATION; EXAMINATION.","body":"(a) On the filing of an application for registration and payment of the application fee, the secretary of state shall examine the application for compliance with this chapter.\n(b) The applicant shall provide to the secretary of state any additional pertinent information requested by the secretary of state, including a description of a design mark.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 563 (H.B. 3141), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2012.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 2. COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICES","CHAPTER 16. TRADEMARKS","SUBCHAPTER B. REGISTRATION OF MARK"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.16.htm#16.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"3e6adfe8cf6189e6b0296efe506944403088dda23f48a368c5c7ff042db4b251","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-16.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-16.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}