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