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What exactly is the applied-for mark in your trademark application or registration? One of the most common errors in a trademark application is a mismatch…

What is a final trademark rejection or Final Office Action? Known as a Final Office Action, a final trademark rejection is typically a second rejection…

What is a refusal based on a failure to function as a trademark? A certain type of trademark rejection seems to be occurring more frequently:…

What does confusable mean? To be registrable, a mark must not have a likelihood of confusion with any registered trademarks. In other words, an applied-for…

Has trademark examination become more inconsistent? Trademarks share a common feature with patents in that a trademark must be different in order to be registered.…

What is laches? Laches is a fancy legal term meaning delay. If there has been delay in filing a TTAB trademark cancellation, laches might be…

What is a TTAB summary judgment motion? A TTAB summary judgment motion is a pretrial filing made to request an earlier decision in a trademark…

Why does an early trademark filing date matter? Why would it matter to be the first to file your trademark application with the USPTO? US…

What is a design mark application? If you were asked to conjure up the first trademark that comes to mind, what would you see? A…

What is a request to divide a trademark application? We tend to think of trademark applications as “all or nothing.” In particular, we think of…

What is a color claim in trademark application? Color is an issue only when dealing with design marks, such as logos, that have elements of…

What is a trademark audit? The USPTO has implemented a process to audit the renewal of trademark registrations. It is called the Trademark Post Registration…