The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XIX
PUBLIC BUSINESS

Chapter 286
PUBLIC BUSINESS: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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F.S. 286.021

286.021 Department of State to hold title to patents, trademarks, copyrights, etc.—The legal title and every right, interest, claim or demand of any kind in and to any patent, trademark or copyright, or application for the same, now owned or held, or as may hereafter be acquired, owned and held by the state, or any of its boards, commissions or agencies, is hereby granted to and vested in the Department of State for the use and benefit of the state; and no person, firm or corporation shall be entitled to use the same without the written consent of said Department of State.

History.—s. 1, ch. 21959, 1943; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 70-440; s. 15, ch. 79-65.

Note.—Former s. 272.01.

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Amendments to 286.021

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 286.021

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 286.021.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

FLORIDA VIRTUALSCHOOL, a v. INC. a LLC, a, 773 F.3d 233 (11th Cir. 2014)

. . . K12 noted that section 286.021, Florida Statutes (2013), grants to, and vests in, the DOS “[t]he legal . . . The statutes that pertain to the issue here provide, in relevant part: 286.021. . . . For example, sections 286.021 and 286.031 provide that the DOS is authorized to do and perform any and . . . Fla.2000-13, at *2 (2000) (“[SJections 286.021 and 286.031, Florida Statutes, vest general authority . . . Although we refer to sections 286.021 and 286.031 as “the DOS statutes,” the DOS was not named as the . . .

FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOL, v. INC., 148 So. 3d 97 (Fla. 2014)

. . . K12 noted that section 286.021, Florida Statutes (2013), grants to, and vests in, the DOS “[t]he legal . . . The statutes that pertain to the issue here provide, in relevant part: 286.021. . . . For example, sections 286.021 and 286.031 provide that the DOS is authorized to do and perform any and . . . Fla.2000-13, at *2 (2000) (“[Ejections 286.021 and 286.031, Florida Statutes, vest general authority . . . Although we refer to sections 286.021 and 286.031 as "the DOS statutes,” the DOS was not named as the . . .

FLORIDA VIRTUALSCHOOL, a v. INC. a LLC, a, 735 F.3d 1271 (11th Cir. 2013)

. . . . § 286.021. . . . The district court concluded 1 that, under § 286.021, only the Department of State has standing to sue . . . Stat. § 286.021, which forbids any person from using state-owned trademarks without the written consent . . . First, § 286.021 vests in the Department of State all “legal title and every right [and] interest” in . . . Family Bank of Hallandale, 623 So.2d 474, 478 (Fla.1993) — lend some support to K12’s reading of §§ 286.021 . . .