No. CS/CS/HB 679
Registration of Trademarks; Removes provisions relating to classification of goods and services for trademark purposes; requires DOS to use international schedule of classes of goods and services; requires department to establish & maintain secure Internet website that allows submission of online trademark registration application and renewal application; provides website requirements; requires department to make online application system available by specified date; provides online application requirements.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe Department of State must build a secure website where trademark applicants can file registration and renewal applications online, submit an electronic drawing and specimen, and pay fees, available no later than December 31, 2027.
Florida drops its own 45-class list of goods and services and instead adopts whatever classification schedule the federal government uses, so future federal updates apply automatically without new state action.
Applications may now be verified electronically under Florida's e-signature law. Paper filings still need three physical specimens of the mark, while online filings need only one electronic copy meeting the department's requirements.
AIRepeals Florida's own detailed list of 45 goods-and-services classes and replaces it with a directive to use the federal classification regulation instead, so Florida's classes now track that federal schedule directly.
AICreates a new statute requiring the Department of State to build and maintain a secure website letting applicants file trademark registrations and renewals online, including electronic specimens, drawings, and fee payment.
AIGives the department a firm date by which the new online application system must be up and running, rather than leaving the rollout timeline open-ended.
AILets an applicant's required verification be completed electronically under Florida's existing electronic-signature law, instead of only by traditional signature.
AIAn online applicant may submit one electronic specimen meeting the department's requirements, while a paper applicant must still submit three physical specimens or facsimiles of the mark.