Subject Matter Index R

• Reasonable time between signing and filing papers— 804.03 ; 1104.10(b)(ii) ; 1108.02(b) ; 1109.11(c)
• Receipt, filing— 401.01
• Receipt, postcard, permitted paper filings— 303.02(c)
• Reciprocal registration rights— 1002.03 ; Appendix B
• Recognition as a Representative— 604 – 604.03
• Reconsideration after final action— 715.03 – 715.04(b) ; 1501.02(a)
• Reconsideration of Board decision, request for, by examining attorney— 1501.07
• Reconsideration of decision on petition— 1705.08
• Recordation date— 503.05
• Recorded documents ( See also Assignment, recordation of)
  • automatic update of trademark database after recordation— 504 – 504.04
  • correction of errors in— 503.06 – 503.06(f)
  • effect of— 503.01 – 503.01(e)
  • electronic submission of requests to record documents— 503.04
  • indexing against, not permitted— 503.07
  • notifying Trademark Operation of— 505
  • original documents should not be submitted — 503.03(b)
  • request to update ownership after recordation— 505.01 ; 505.02
  • requests for copies of— 503.08
  • requirements— 503.03 – 503.03(e)
  • searching— 104 ; 503.08
• Red Crescent— 1205.01 ; 1205.01(a) – 1205.01(a)(vi)
• Red Cross— 1205.01 ; 1205.01(c) – 1205.01(c)(iv)
• Red Crystal— 1205.01 ; 1205.01(a) – 1205.01(a)(vi)
• Reexamination— 1716 – 1716.04(h)
  • basis— 1716.02(a)
  • consolidating proceedings— 1716.03(b)
  • cancellation of the registration— 1716.04(e)
  • co-pending proceedings— 1716.04(h)
  • deleting goods and/or services— 1716.04(d)
  • evidence of use or excusable nonuse— 1716.04(c)
  • estoppel— 1716.04(g)
  • instituting proceedings— 1716.03
  • final action— 1716.04(e)
  • notice of institution and Office action— 1716.04(a)
  • notice of petition— 1716.02(d)
  • notice of termination— 1716.04(e)
  • petition for— 1716.02 – 1716.02(b)
  • prima facie case of nonuse— 1716.03(a)
  • procedures for reexamination proceedings— 1716.04
  • reasonable investigation— 1716.02(c) – 1716.02(c)(i)
  • reinstatement after cancellation for failure to respond— 1716.04(f)
  • responding to Office action— 1716.04(b)
  • sources of information and evidence— 1716.02(c)(ii)
  • surrendering the registration— 1716.04(d)
  • suspension pending disposition of expungement proceeding— 716.02(j)
  • timing— 1716.01
• Refund of fees— 405.04 ; 810.02
  • for informal application— 204.01
• Refusal of registration
  • absence of lawful use— 907
  • amendment to Supplemental Register after— 714.05(a)(i) ; 816.04 ; 1209.02(a)(i) ; 1202.19(e)(iii)
  • as to fewer than all classes in combined application— 718.02(a) ; 1403.04
  • characters in creative works— 1202.10 – 1202.10(a)
  • coat of arms— 1204 – 1204.05
  • compliance with other statutes— 907
  • based on inadequate response to request for additional information— 814
  • deceptive matter— 1203.02 – 1203.02(g) ; 1210.05(a) – 1210.05(e) ; 1210.06(b)
  • descriptiveness— 1209.01(b) ; 1209.02 – 1209.02(b)
  • disparagement— 1203.03(b) – 1203.03(b)(ii)
  • duplicate registrations— 703
  • failure to function as a mark— 1202
  • false suggestion of a connection— 1203.03(c) – 1203.03(c)(iii)
  • flag, coat of arms or insignia— 1204 – 1204.05
  • functionality— 1202.02(a) – 1202.02(a)(viii)
  • generic matter— 1209.01(c) – 1209.01(c)(iii)
  • geographic descriptiveness— 1210 – 1210.01(a) ; 1210.02 – 1210.04(d) ; 1210.06 – 1210.06(a) ; 1210.07 – 1210.10
  • geographic misdescriptiveness— 1210.01(b) ; 1210.05(a) – 1210.05(e) ; 1210.06(b)
  • goods in trade— 1202.06 – 1202.06(c)
  • grade designations— 1202.16 – 1202.16(c)(v)(B)
  • immoral or scandalous matter— 1203.01
  • in §66(a) application— 711.02 ; 714.05(b) ; 1904.03(a) – 1904.03(e)
  • incapable matter— 705.01 ; 815.04 ; 1202.03 ; 1202.04 ; 1202.17(e)(i) ; 1202.19(e)(ii)
  • informational matter— 1202.04
  • language in examining attorney's letter— 705.01
  • likelihood of confusion ( See also Likelihood of confusion)— 1207 – 1207.03
  • matter protected by statute or convention— 1205 – 1205.02
  • model designations— 1202.16 – 1202.16(c)(v)(A)
  • name of artist or author— 1202.09 – 1202.09(b)
  • name, portrait or signature of living individual or deceased United States president without consent ( See also Consent to register by living individual)— 1206 – 1206.05
  • nondistinctive configuration— 1202.02(b) – 1202.02(b)(ii)
  • of request for extension of protection of international registration— 711.02 ; 714.05(b) ; 1904.03(a) – 1904.03(e)
  • ornamentation— 1202.03 – 1202.03(g)
  • ownership ( See Ownership of mark)
  • repeating-pattern marks— 1202.19 – 1202.19(k)
  • res judicata— 1217
  • specimen unacceptable— 904.07 – 904.07(b)(i)
  • surname, primarily merely a— 1211 – 1211.02(b)(vii)
  • title of a single creative work— 1202.08 – 1202.08(f)
  • trade name— 1202.01
  • universal symbols— 1202.17 – 1202.17(e)(vi)
  • use as a service mark— 1301.02 – 1301.02(f) ; 1301.04(g)(i) – 1301.04(g)(ii) ; 1301.04(j)
  • use as a trademark— 1202 – 1202.19
  • varietal names— 1202.12
• Refusal, final ( See Final refusal)
• Register ( See Principal Register and Supplemental Register)
• Register indicated on certificate of registration— 1601.07
• Registered extension of protection of international registration to the United States ( See also Extension of protection of international registration to the United States and Section 66(a))
  • affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse— 1613 – 1613.21(d) ; 1904.07(b) ; 1904.10
  • affidavit of incontestability— 1605. – 1605.06 ; 1904.11
  • amendment of identification of goods/services— 1402.01(c) ; 1609.01(a) ; 1609.03 ; 1904.02(c) – (c)(iv) ; 1906.01(i)
  • amendment of mark not permitted— 807.13(b) ; 1609.02 ; 1904.02(j) ; 1906.01(i)
  • assignability of— 501.01(b)
  • assignee, issuance of registration certificate in name of— 502.02(b) ; 502.03
  • assignment of— 501.01(b) ; 501.07 ; 502.01 ; 502.02(b) ; 502.03 ; 503.03(a) ; 503.05 ; 1904.06
  • basis— 806.01(e) ; 806.03(k) ; 1505.02(f) ; 1904.01(a)
  • can be amended under §7 only in limited circumstances— 1609.01(a)
  • cancellation of, by IB— 1904.08
  • certificate of registration— 1904.05
  • certificate of registration, issuance in name of new owner— 502.02(b) ; 502.03
  • claim of acquired distinctiveness— 1212.08
  • classification of goods and services— 1304.02(d) ; 1306.02(d) ; 1401.03(d) ; 1402.01(c) ; 1403.02 ; 1403.02(b) – 1403.02(c) ; 1505.02(b) ; 1609.04 ; 1904.02(b) ; 1904.02(c) – 1904.02(c)(v)
  • concurrent use registration not permitted— 1207.04(b)
  • constructive use— 1904.01(g)
  • correction of errors— 1904.02(e)(i) ; 1904.03(f) ; 1904.13 ; 1904.13(b) ; 1904.14 ; 1906.01(f)
  • dividing— 1110.11 ; 1403.03 ; 1615.02
  • establishing right to take action— 502.01
  • filing receipt— 401.01
  • identification of goods and services— 1304.02(c) ; 1306.02(c) ; 1402.01(c) ; 1609.01(a) ; 1609.03 ; 1904.02(c) – 1904.02(c)(v) ; 1906.01(i)
  • incontestability, affidavit of— 1605.01 ; 1904.11
  • invalidation — 1904.07 – 1904.07(d)
  • issuance of registration certificate in name of new owner— 502.02(b) ; 502.03
  • jurisdiction— 1504.04 ; 1904.02(l)
  • limitation in list of goods/services— 1904.02(e)(ii) ; 1904.03(a) ; 1904.15 ; 1906.01(e)
  • mark cannot be amended— 807.13(b) ; 1609.01(a) ; 1609.02 ; 1904.02(j) ; 1904.02(k) ; 1904.14 ; 1906.01(i)
  • ownership, change of— 501.01(b) ; 501.07 ; 502.01 ; 502.02(b) ; 502.03 ; 503.03(a) ; 503.05 ; 504.04 ; 1904.06 ; 1906.01(a) – 1906.01(a)(iii)
  • ownership, in general— 501 – 501.07 ; 502 – 502.03 ; 1201 – 1201.07 ; 1904.06 ; 1906.01(a) – 1906.01(a)(iii)
  • priority claim— 206.02 ; 806.01(e) ; 1904.01(e) ; 1904.09(b)
  • recording change of ownership— 503.02 – 503.03(a) ; 503.04 – 503.05 ; 1904.06 ; 1906.01(a) – 1906.01(a)(iii)
  • refusal — 711.02 ; 714.05 ; 714.05(b) ; 1904.03 – 1904.03(g) ; 1904.04
  • remains part of international registration— 1904.05
  • remand— 1504.02 ; 1504.04 ; 1504.05
  • renewal — 1602.01 ; 1606.01(b) ; 1614 ; 1905
  • replacement— 1616 ; 1904.12
  • signature— 804.04 ; 804.05 ; 1303.01(a)(v) ; 1303.01(b)(ii) ; 1304.02(a)(v) ; 1304.02(b)(ii) ; 1306.02(a)(v) ; 1306.02(b)(ii) ; 1904.01(c) ; 1904.02(d)
  • Supplemental Register, not registrable on— 801.02(b) ; 815 ; 816.01 ; 816.04 ; 1904.02(f)
  • transformation — 1904.09 – 1904.09(b)
  • use not required— 901 ; 1904.01(d)
  • verification— 804.04 ; 804.05 ; 1303.01(a)(v) ; 1303.01(b)(ii) ; 1304.02(a)(v) ; 1304.02(b)(ii) ; 1306.02(a)(v) ; 1306.02(b)(ii) ; 1904.01(c) ; 1904.02(d)
  • when representation required
  • when representation required — 601.01(a) ; 1612.02
• Registration as correct type of mark— 1306.06(c)
• Registration certificate ( See Certificate of registration)
• Registration notice
  • improper use of— 906.02
  • provided for in 15 U.S.C.  §1111 — 906
  • symbolizing foreign registration— 906.01
• Registration, amendment of mark in— 1609.02 – 1609.02(g)
• Registration, division of— 1615 – 1615.02
• Registration, reinstatement of registration cancelled or expired due to Office error— 1712.02(a)
• Reinstatement
  • of inadvertently abandoned application due to Office error— 1712.01
  • registrations cancelled or expired due to Office error— 1712.02(a)
  • of registrations cancelled for failure to respond in an expungement or reexamination proceeding— 1716.04(f)
• Reissuing of Office action— 717 – 717.02
• Related applications ( See also Companion applications and Conflicting applications)— 702.03 – 702.03(b)
• Related company
  • common stockholders, directors, officers— 1201.03(c)
  • control with respect to use by— 1201.03
  • definition of— 1201.03
  • distributor— 1201.06(a)
  • first use of mark by— 903.05
  • importer— 1201.06(a)
  • licensees and franchisees— 1201.03(e)
  • reference to, in §1(b) applicant— 1201.03(a)
  • sister corporations— 1201.03(d)
  • use by— 903.05 ; 1201.03 – 1201.03(e)
  • use solely by— 1201.03(a)
  • wholly owned— 1201.03(b)
  • with respect to likelihood of confusion— 1201.07 – 1201.07(b)(iv)
• Remand to examining attorney from Trademark Trial and Appeal Board— 1501 ; 1504.05
• Renewal ( See also Renewal, application for)
  • of international registrations— 1602.01 ; 1606.01(b) ; 1614 ; 1905
  • of registered extension of protection— 1602.01 ; 1606.01(b) ; 1614 ; 1905
  • of registrations issued under Act of 1920— 1602.03 ; 1606 – 1606.15
  • of registrations issued under Act of 1946— 1602.01 ; 1606 – 1606.15
  • of registrations issued under Acts of 1881 and 1905— 1602.02 ; 1606 – 1606.15
• Renewal, application for— 1606 – 1606.15
  • appeal to federal court— 1606.14(d)
  • by owner of international registration— 1602.01 ; 1606.01(b) ; 1614 ; 1905
  • by registrant not domiciled in United States— 1606.10
  • combined with §8 affidavit— 1606.15
  • deficiencies, correction of— 1606.05(b) ; 1606.13 – 1606.13(c)
  • domestic representative, designation of— 1606.10
  • execution of— 1606.07
  • fee for filing— 1606.05 – 1606.05(c)
  • form for filing— 1606.04
  • goods/services/classes set forth in— 1606.08 – 1606.08(d)
  • grace period— 1606.03 ; 1606.05(b)
  • Office action upon examination of— 1606.11
  • ownership and who may file— 1606.06
  • petition to Director— 1606.14 – 1606.14(c)
  • premature filing of— 1606.03(a)
  • recourse after refusal— 1606.14 – 1606.14(c)
  • requirements for— 1606.04
  • response to Office action— 1606.12
  • signature of— 1606.07
  • specimen not required— 1606.09
  • term of— 1602 – 1602.03
  • time for filing— 1606.03 – 1606.03(a)
  • untimely filing cannot be cured— 1606.13(c) ; 1712.02(a)
  • use, declaration of use not required— 1606.09
  • who may file— 1606.06
• Repeal of prior trademark acts— 1601.02
• Repeating-pattern marks— 1202.19 – 1202.19(k)
  • drawing requirements for— 1202.19(a) – 1202.19(a)(iv)
  • failure to function— 1202.19(e) – 1202.19(f)(ii)
  • functional— 1202.19(i)
  • mark descriptions for— 1202.19(b)
  • material alteration of— 1202.19(c) – 1202.19(c)(v)
  • random patterns— 1202.19(j)
  • refusals— 1202.19(e) – 1202.19(h)
  • specimens for— 1202.19(d)
  • swatch-type drawings for— 1202.19(a)(iii)
• Replacement— 1616 ; 1904.12
• Reply brief in ex parte appeal— 1501.02(c)
• Representation by attorney or other authorized individual— 602 – 602.03(c)
• Representation required ( See Requirement for Representation)
• Reproduction of mark ( See Drawings)
• Republication— 1505.03 – 1505.03(b)
• Request for extension of protection of international registration to the United States ( See Extension of protection of international registration to the United States, Registered extension of protection of international registration to the United States, and Section 66(a))
• Request for extension of time to file statement of use— 1108 – 1108.05
  • bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce— 1101 ; 1108.02(e)
  • fee for filing— 1108.02(c)
  • filing in conjunction with or after statement of use— 1108.03 – 1108.03(a)
  • form for filing— 1108
  • good cause for— 1108.02(f)
  • hand delivery of— 1108
  • identification of goods/services in— 1108.02(d)
  • “insurance” extension request— 1108.03 – 1108.03(a)
  • minimum filing requirements— 1108.04
  • ownership— 1108.02(a)
  • recourse after denial— 1108.04 ; 1108.05
  • requirements for— 1108.02 – 1108.02(h)
  • time for filing— 1108.01
  • verification— 1108.02(b)
• Request for extension of time to oppose— 1503.04
• Request for information from applicant— 814
• Request to divide— 1110 – 1110.12
  • division of application— 1110 – 1110.11(a)
  • division of application subject to Board proceeding— 1110.09
  • division of application under §44— 1110.10
  • division of application under §66(a)— 1110.11 – 1110.11(a)
  • division of multiple class application— 1110.08 ; 1403.03
  • division of registration— 1615 – 1615.02
  • fee for— 1110.02
  • form and processing of— 1110.04
  • outstanding deadlines apply to applications created by— 1110.05
  • signature of— 1110.06
  • time for filing— 1110.03
  • when response to Office action is due— 1110.05 ; 1110.08
  • when statement of use is due— 1110.07
• Requirement for representation— 601 ; 1013 ; 1505.01(a) ; 1612.02 ; 1705.07(a) ; 1712.01 ; 1712.02(a) ; 1716.04(a) ; 1904.01(i)
• Requirements for receiving filing date for application— 202 – 202.03(a)
• Reregistration of marks registered under prior acts— 1601.03
• Res judicata— 1217
• Resignation of examining attorney— 702.01
• Response to IB notice of irregularity of international application for registration— 1902.07 – 1902.07(f)
• Response to Office action
  • deadline for— 310 ; 711 – 711.02
  • incomplete— 611.05 – 611.05(c) ; 718.03 – 718.03(b) ; 1713.01 – 1713.02 ; 1714.01(f)(ii) – 1714.01(f)(ii)(A)
  • must be signed— 712 – 712.03
  • persons who can sign— 611.03(b) ; 611.06 – 611.06(h) ; 712.01
  • signed by unauthorized party— 608.01 ; 611.05 – 611.05(c) ; 712.03
  • unsigned— 712.02
• Restoration of filing date— 1711
• Restriction of holder’s right to dispose of international registration— 1906.01(b)
• Return of application materials not entitled to a filing date— 204.01
• Returned correspondence— 403 ; 717.01
• Revival ( See Petition to revive abandoned application)
• Revived or reinstated application, examination of— 718.07 ; 1208.01(d)
• Revocation of power of attorney— 606