No. SB 476
Registration and Protection of Trademarks; Referring to this act as the "Technical Trademark Amendments Act of 2026"; requiring the Department of State to annually adopt the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s system of classification of goods and services that is in effect by a specified date; requiring the department, by a certain date, to establish and maintain a secure online registration system for a specific purpose; requiring that every paper application, rather than every application, be accompanied by a specified number of specimens or facsimiles showing the mark as actually used, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDBy July 1, 2027, the Department of State must build a secure online system letting trademark applicants file, renew, pay fees, and submit specimens and drawings electronically, rather than only on paper.
Once that system exists, an electronic application needs only one electronic specimen of the mark in use. A paper application still needs three physical specimens or facsimiles, unchanged from current law.
Florida no longer spells out all 45 federal trademark classes in its own statute. The Department of State must instead adopt whatever classification system the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office uses each year, by July 1.
Signed applications must now be verified using the method set out in a separate Florida statute governing sworn statements, a specific procedural requirement that did not exist before.
AIThe Department of State must build and maintain a secure online system letting applicants file new applications, renewals, specimens, drawings of the mark, and fee payments electronically, and complete the required verification online.
AIA paper trademark application still needs three physical specimens or facsimiles of the mark as used, but an electronic application filed through the new online system needs only a single electronic copy of a specimen.
AIInstead of Florida statute listing all 45 trademark classes for goods and services, the Department of State must adopt the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's current classification system every year by July 1, and publish it on the registration form.
AISigned and verified trademark applications must now be verified in accordance with a separate Florida statute governing sworn statements, a specific procedural cross-reference that did not previously apply to trademark filings.