A mark by which the goods or services of any applicant for registration may be distinguished from the goods or services of others shall not be registered if it consists of or comprises the name, signature or portrait of any living individual, except with his written consent.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 37-6-9

  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1955, ch 232, § 2; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.0902 (4); SL 1980, ch 264, § 7.