Florida Statute 495.181 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS

Chapter 495
REGISTRATION AND PROTECTION OF TRADEMARKS

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F.S. 495.181

495.181 Construction of chapter.—The intent of this chapter is to provide a system of state trademark registration and protection substantially consistent with the federal system of trademark registration and protection under the Trademark Act of 1946, as amended. To that end, the construction given the federal act should be examined as persuasive authority for interpreting and construing this chapter.

History.—s. 7, ch. 90-222; s. 20, ch. 2006-191.

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Popular Bank of Fla. v. BANCO POPULAR PUERTO RICO

9 F. Supp. 2d 1347, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9719, 1998 WL 349543

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Jun 5, 1998 | Docket: 2039097

Cited 19 times | Published

Southern Bank based on federal cases because section 495.181, Florida Statutes, is patterned on the Lanham

Great Southern v. First Southern

625 So. 2d 463, 30 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1522, 18 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 525, 1993 Fla. LEXIS 1630, 1993 WL 391614

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 7, 1993 | Docket: 1517542

Cited 17 times | Published

federal Lanham Act[3] [hereinafter Act], because section 495.181, Florida Statutes (1991),[4] directs that these

GENERAL CONFERENCE SEVENTH DAY ADVENT. v. Perez

97 F. Supp. 2d 1154

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Apr 27, 2000 | Docket: 2210001

Cited 5 times | Published

ADVENTIST" in Florida under Chapter 495, F.S. § 495.181, F.S. requires that "... in construing (the Florida

Noveshen v. Bridgewater Associates, LP

47 F. Supp. 3d 1367, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 132613, 2014 WL 4682709

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Sep 22, 2014 | Docket: 64297349

Cited 4 times | Published

with the federal trademark law. Fla. Stat. Ann. § 495.181 (West) (“The intent of this chapter is to provide

Tortoise Island Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Tortoise Island Realty, Inc.

790 So. 2d 525, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 9707, 2001 WL 786746

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 13, 2001 | Docket: 1734401

Cited 3 times | Published

provisions of the Lanham Act,[2] "because section 495.181, directs that the federal cases be given great

Anderson v. Upper Keys Business Group, Inc.

61 So. 3d 1162, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 5569, 2011 WL 1485989

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 20, 2011 | Docket: 60300372

Published

1382072, at *4 (M.D.Fla. May 18, 2006); see also § 495.181, Fla. Stat. (2008) (“The intent of this chapter

General Conference Corp. of Seventh-Day Adventists v. Perez

97 F. Supp. 2d 1154, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6136, 2000 WL 553881

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Apr 27, 2000 | Docket: 65994089

Published

ADVENTIST” in Florida under Chapter 495, F.S. § 495.181, F.S. requires that “... in construing (the Florida

Promotora De Servicios, S.A. v. Los Ranchos Restaurant, Inc.

755 So. 2d 173, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 3403, 2000 WL 293555

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 22, 2000 | Docket: 64796588

Published

instructions to reinstate Promotora’s complaint. See § 495.181, Fla. Stat. (Supp.l998)(“It is the intent of the