Subject Matter Index L
- Lanham Act ( See Trademark Act of 1946)
- Laudatory terms in marks— 1209.03(k) ; 1209.03(s)
- as informational matter— 1202.04
- in likelihood-of confusion-analysis— 1207.01(b)(vi)(C)
- phrases or slogans— 1213.05(b)(iv)
- Legal advice, Office cannot render— 104 ; 108.02 ; 709.06 ; 1801 ; 1805 ; 1902.02(g)
- Legal entity of applicant set forth in application— 803.03 – 803.03(k) ; 1303.01 ; 1304.02 ; 1306.02
- association— 803.03(c)
- banking institution— 803.03(g)
- changes of— 1604.07(d) ; 1613.07(c)
- conservatorship— 803.03(e)
- corporation— 803.03(c)
- estate— 803.03(e)
- foreign designations— 803.03(i) ; Appendix D
- governmental body— 803.03(f)
- Indian tribe— 803.03(j)
- individual— 803.03(a)
- joint venture— 803.03(b)
- limited liability company— 803.03(h)
- limited liability partnership— 803.03(k)
- operating division— 1201.02(d)
- partnership— 803.03(b)
- sole proprietorship— 803.03(a)
- TEAS Plus filing requirements— 819.01(c)
- trusts— 803.03(e) ; 803.03(e)(i)
- university— 803.03(f)
- Letter of protest in pending application ( See Protest, Letter of)
- Letterhead stationery as specimen of service mark use— 1301.04(h)(i)
- License agreements, recording of— 503.02 ; 1906.01(h)
- Licensees, use of mark by— 1201.03(e)
- Likelihood of confusion
- actual confusion unnecessary— 1207.01(d)(ii)
- between collective and other marks— 1303.02(b)
- classification not relevant— 1207.01(d)(v)
- collateral attack on registration improper in ex parte— 1207.01(d)(iv)
- color marks— 1207.01(b)(xi)
- composite marks consisting of words and designs— 1207.01(c)(ii)
- compound word marks— 1207.01(b)(viii)
- conflicting marks owned by different parties— 1207.01(d)(x)
- consent between parties— 1207.01(d)(viii)
- descriptive marks— 1207.01(b)(ix)
- design marks— 1207.01(c) – 1207.01(c)(iii)
- doubt resolved in registrant’s favor— 1207.01(d)(i)
- expansion of trade doctrine— 1207.01(a)(v)
- family of marks— 1207.01(d)(xi)
- famous mark— 1207.01(d)(ix)
- food/beverage products versus restaurant services— 1207.01(a)(ii)(A)
- foreign equivalents— 1207.01(b)(vi) – 1207.01(b)(vi)(C)
- legal equivalents— 1207.01(c)(i)
- meaning, similarity in— 1207.01(b)(v)
- no per se rule— 1207.01(a)(iv)
- parody marks— 1207.01(b)(x)
- past decisions of examining attorneys— 1207.01(d)(vi) ; 1216 – 1216.02
- pharmaceuticals or medicinal products— 1207.01(d)(xii)
- related companies and— 1201.07 – 1201.07(b)(iv)
- relatedness of goods and/or services— 1207.01(a) – 1207.01(a)(vi)
- reliance on identification of goods/services in application/registration— 1207.01(a)(iii)
- similarity of marks— 1207.01(b) – 1207.01(b)(xi)
- sophisticated purchasers— 1207.01(d)(vii)
- sound, similarity in— 1207.01(b)(iv)
- third-party registrations— 1207.01(d)(iii)
- transposition of terms— 1207.01(b)(vii)
- unity of control— 1201.07 – 1201.07(b)(iv)
- weak marks— 1207.01(b)(ix)
- Limited liability company— 803.03(h)
- signature by— 611.06(g)
- Limited liability corporation— 803.03(h)
- Limited liability partnership— 803.03(k)
- signature by— 611.06(h)
- Lining statement— 808.01(b)
- Living individual, name or likeness of ( See Consent to register by living individual)