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A renewal fee shall accompany the application for renewal of the registration.\n\nA registration may be renewed for successive periods of five years in like manner.\n\nAny registration in force on the date on which this chapter becomes effective shall continue in full force and effect for the unexpired term thereof and may be renewed for five years by filing with the Commission, within six months prior to the expiration of the registration, an application for renewal complying with the requirements of the Commission and paying the aforementioned renewal fee therefor.\n\nAll applications for renewal under this chapter, whether of registrations made under this chapter or of registrations effected under any prior law, shall include a verified statement that the mark has been and is still in use and include a specimen showing actual use of the mark on or in connection with the goods or services.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1393996,"text":"A registration of a mark hereunder shall be effective for a term of five years from the date of registration and, upon application filed within six months prior to the expiration of such term, in a manner complying with the requirements of the Commission, the registration may be renewed for a like term from the end of the expiring term. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0819\">819<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1490003,"object_type":"law","relational_id":373503,"identifier":"59.1-92.7","token":"59.1\/6.1\/59.1-92.7","url":"\/59.1-92.7\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-92.7\/","token":"59.1\/6.1\/59.1-92.7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duration and renewal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-92.7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A registration of a <span class=\"dictionary\">mark<\/span> hereunder shall be effective for a term of five years from the date of registration and, upon application filed within six months prior to the expiration of such term, in a manner complying with the requirements of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, the registration may be renewed for a like term from the end of the expiring term. A renewal fee shall accompany the application for renewal of the registration.<\/p><p>A registration may be renewed for successive periods of five years in like manner.<\/p><p>Any registration in force on the date on which this chapter becomes effective shall continue in full force and effect for the unexpired term thereof and may be renewed for five years by filing with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, within six months prior to the expiration of the registration, an application for renewal complying with the requirements of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> and paying the aforementioned renewal fee therefor.<\/p><p>All applications for renewal under this chapter, whether of registrations made under this chapter or of registrations effected under any prior <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, shall include a verified statement that the <span class=\"dictionary\">mark<\/span> has been and is still in <span class=\"dictionary\">use<\/span> and include a specimen showing actual <span class=\"dictionary\">use<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">mark<\/span> on or in connection with the goods or services.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDURATION AND RENEWAL (\u00a7 59.1-92.7)\n\nA registration of a mark hereunder shall be effective for a term of five years\nfrom the date of registration and, upon application filed within six months\nprior to the expiration of such term, in a manner complying with the\nrequirements of the Commission, the registration may be renewed for a like term\nfrom the end of the expiring term. A renewal fee shall accompany the application\nfor renewal of the registration.\n\nA registration may be renewed for successive periods of five years in like\nmanner.\n\nAny registration in force on the date on which this chapter becomes effective\nshall continue in full force and effect for the unexpired term thereof and may\nbe renewed for five years by filing with the Commission, within six months prior\nto the expiration of the registration, an application for renewal complying with\nthe requirements of the Commission and paying the aforementioned renewal fee\ntherefor.\n\nAll applications for renewal under this chapter, whether of registrations made\nunder this chapter or of registrations effected under any prior law, shall\ninclude a verified statement that the mark has been and is still in use and\ninclude a specimen showing actual use of the mark on or in connection with the\ngoods or services.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 819.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}