TMEP Subject Matter Index (C) – Subject Matter Index

Canadian attorneys and agents 602.03(a)
Cancellation
1. of inadvertently accorded filing date 204.01
2. of international registration 1904.07; 1904.08
3. of notice of allowance 1106.03
4. of registration after expungement or reexamination proceeding 1716.04(e)
5. of registration for certification mark 1306.04(e); 1306.04(f)(i)
6. of registration for failure to file affidavit of continued use 1604; 1604.04
7. of registration under §8 1604; 1604.04
8. of registrations under §14 or §37 1607
9. of registrations under §71 1904.10
10. surrender of registration for 1608
Catalogs as trademark specimens 904.03(h)
Certificate of extension of protection of international registration 1904.05
Certificate of mailing procedure
1. correspondence returned by U.S. Post Office 305.02(g)
2. date used to determine timeliness 305.02(e)
3. effect of 305.02(e)
4. eligible correspondence 305.02(a)
5. location of certificate 305.02(c)
6. mailing requirements and address 305.01
7. non-receipt of correspondence by PTO 305.02(f)
8. wording of certificate 305.02(d)
Certificate of registration
1. extension of protection of international registration 1904.05
2. indication that mark is on Principal Register in 1601.07
3. indication that mark is on Supplemental Register in 1601.07
4. issuance in name of assignee 502.02(a) - (b)
5. new, upon change of ownership 502.03
Certificate of transmission (SeeFacsimile transmission, certificate of)
Certification division of USPTO (SeePatent and Trademark Copy Fulfillment Branch)
Certification mark
1. amendment to different type of mark 1306.06(b)
2. amendment of certification mark statement in registration 1609.12
3. authority of applicant to control use of geographic term 1306.05(b)(ii)
4. based on foreign registration 1306.02(a)(iv) - 1306.02(a)(iv)(A)
5. cancellation of prior trademark registration as prerequisite to issuance of certification mark registration 1306.04(f)(i)
6. cancellation of registration for 1306.04(e)
7. certification statement 1306.03(a); 1306.05(b)(i)
8. certification versus performance of services and sale of goods 1306.04(b)
9. characteristics of 1306.01(c); 1306.04(c)
10. circumstances surrounding use of 1306.04(c)
11. classification of goods/services in application to register 1306.02(d); 1401.03(d); 1902.02(g)(ii); 1904.02(b)
12. collective mark, distinguished from certification mark 1306.06(a)
13. dates of use 1306.02(a)(i)(A)
14. definition of 1306.01
15. distinguished from other types of marks 1306.01; 1306.04(b)(ii); 1306.06(a)
16. drawing requirements for 1306.04(a)
17. examination of application to register 1306.04 - 1306.04(f)(i)
18. exercise of control 1306.04(b)(i); 1306.05(b)(ii)
19. extension of protection of international registration 1306.02(a)(v); 1904.02(d)
20. foreign registration, basis for registration of certification mark 1306.02(a)(iv) - 1306.02(a)(iv)(A)
21. geographic term used to designate regional origin 1210.09; 1306.05 - 1306.05(c)
22. geographically deceptive term not permitted 1306.05(e)
23. government as applicant for 1306.05(b)(ii)
24. grounds for cancellation under §14, applicability to examination 1306.04(e)
25. identification of goods or services 1306.02(c)
26. in §66(a) application 1306.02(a)(v); 1904.02(d)
27. indication of regional origin versus description of goods 1306.02(c)
28. labor performed by specific group or individual, term used to certify that 1306.01
29. not registrable as trademark, service mark, or any other type of mark 1306.04(f) - 1306.04(f)(i)
30. ownership of 1306.04(b)
31. patent licenses, use of trademark or service mark by patent licensee distinguished from 1306.04(b)(iii)
32. purpose is to certify, not indicate source 1306.01(b)
33. quality control by owner not a requirement 1306.01(a)
34. related company use of trademark or service mark distinguished from 1306.04(b)(ii)
35. same mark not registrable as other type of mark 1306.04(f) - 1306.04(f)(i)
36. special elements of applications for 1306.03 - 1306.03(c)
37. specimens 1306.02(a)(i)(B); 1306.04(c); 1306.04(d) - 1306.04(d)(ii); 1306.05(b)(iii)
38. standards 1306.03(b)
39. statement of control over use of mark 1306.02(b)(i) - 1306.02(b)(ii); 1306.04(b)(i)
40. statement of what mark certifies 1306.03(a); 1306.05(b)(i)
41. statement that applicant does not market/produce the goods/services 1306.03(c)
42. title or degree not a certification mark 1306.04(d)(ii)
43. uncertainty as to type of mark 1306.06
44. use is by others 1306.01(a); 1306.02(a)(i)(A); 1306.03(c)
45. verification language in application to register 1306.02(b) - 1306.02(b)(ii)
Certification or certified copy of foreign registration required for §44(e) 1004.01
Chain of title 502.01; 502.02(a); 504.03
Change of attorney 604.04
Change of correspondence address 503.01(b); 609.02 - 609.02(f)
Change of filing date of application 204.03; 205; 206.01; 206.04; 1711
Character or person, as mark 1202.09 - 1202.09(b); 1202.10 - 1202.10(a); 1301.02(b)
Check, returned unpaid
1. affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse (§8) 405.06; 1604.06(c)
2. amendment to allege use 405.06; 1104.10(b)(vii)
3. application filing fee 202.03(a); 405.06
4. extension of time to file statement of use 405.06; 1108.02(c)
5. renewal fee 405.06; 1606.05(c)
6. statement of use 405.06; 1109.15(a)
Checklist, application 818
Checks, in general 405.02
Citation of Decisions and USPTO Publications 705.05
Citizenship of applicant 803.04
Claim of priority (See alsoPriority under §44(d))
1. amendment to add 806.03(b); 1003.02
2. form of 806.01(c); 806.01(e); 1003; 1904.01(e)
3. in application for international registration 1902.05
4. in request for extension of protection of international registration 206.02; 1904.01(e)
Claiming benefits of Act of 1946 under §12(c) 1603 - 1603.03
Class headings 1401.02(a)
Classification of goods/services
1. amendment after publication 707.02; 1109.14; 1505.02(b)
2. amendment after registration 1401.02; 1609.04
3. amendment from U.S. to international classification system 1401.02; 1601.06; 1609.04
4. amendment not permitted in §66(a) application 1401.03(d); 1505.02(b); 1609.04; 1904.02(b)
5. amendment of 707.02; 1401.03; 1401.03(b); 1401.04(b); 1403.02; 1403.02(b)
6. cannot be changed in §66(a) application 1306.02(d); 1401.03(d); 1505.02(b); 1609.04; 1904.02(b)
7. certification mark 1306.02(d); 1401.03(d); 1902.02(g)(ii); 1904.02(d)
8. changes based on 8 ^th – 10 ^th Nice Agreements 1401.09 - 1401.12
9. collective mark 1303.01
10. collective membership mark 1304.02(d); 1401.03(d); 1902.02(g)(ii); 1904.02(d)
11. criteria for determining 1401.02(a); 1401.05
12. designation by applicant normally accepted 1401.03(a)
13. designation by International Bureau in §66(a) application controls 1401.03(d); 1904.02(b)
14. designation by Office 1401.03(b)
15. in application for international registration 1902.02(g) - 1902.02(g)(iii)
16. in §66(a) application 1401.03(d); 1505.02(b); 1609.04; 1904.02(b)
17. international system 1401.02 - 1401.02(c)
18. plurality of uses 1401.05(c)
19. republication not required after amendment 1505.02(b)
20. services 1401.02(a); 1402.11
21. short titles of classes 1401.02(b)
22. should be designated by applicant, if known 1401.03
23. specimens as related to 1401.06; 1401.07
24. statutory authority for 1401.01
Clear error 706.01; 1109.08; 1706
Closings of USPTO, unscheduled 309
Coat of arms, refusal to register mark comprising 1204
Collateral estoppel 1217
Collective mark, in general (See alsoCollective membership mark and Collective trademarks and service marks)
1. definition of 1302
2. history of 1302.01
Collective membership mark
1. application requirements 1304.02 - 1304.02(d)
2. classification 1304.02(d); 1401.03(d); 1902.02(g)(ii); 1904.02(d)
3. control over use of 1304.02(a)(i) - 1304.02(a)(i)(A); 1304.02(b)(i) - 1304.02(b)(ii)
4. definition 1302
5. distinguished from other types of marks 1302; 1304.01; 1306.06(a)
6. examination of application to register 1304.03 - 1304..03(c)
7. history of 1302.01
8. identifications 1304.02(c)
9. in §66(a) application 1904.02(d)
10. ownership of 1302.01; 1304.03(a)
11. purpose of 1304.01
12. refusal to register 1304.03(b) - 1304.03(c)
13. specimens for 1304.02(a)(i)(C)
14. title or degree designations compared with 1304.03(b)(ii)
15. use is by members 1304.01; 1304.02(a)(i); 1304.02(a)(i)(B)
16. who may apply 1304.03(a)
Collective organization
1. nature of collective organization 1302 - 1303
2. use of collective mark by members of 1302; 1303.01(a)(i) - 1303.01(a)(ii)
3. use of trademark or service mark by 1305
Collective trademarks and service marks
1. application requirements 1303.01
2. control over use of 1303.01(a)(i) - 1303.01(a)(i)(A); 1303.01(a)(ii) - 1303.01(a)(v); 1303.01(b)(i) - 1303.01(b)(ii); 1303.02(a)
3. definition 1302
4. distinguished from other types of marks 1302; 1303; 1306.06(a)
5. examination of application to register 1303.02 - 1303.02(b)
6. manner of control 1303.01(a)(i)(A)
7. ownership of 1303.02(a)
8. specimens for 1303.01(a)(i)(C)
9. use is by members 1303.01(a)(i); 1303.01(a)(i)(B)
Color
1. amendment of color features of mark 807.14(e) - (e)(iii)
2. as a mark 1202.05 - 1202.05(i)
3. as a separable element of a mark 1202.05(c)
4. black, white or gray shown on drawing 807.07(d) - (f)
5. drawings of 807.07 - 807.07(e); 1202.05(d) - 1202.05(d)(iv)
6. functional color marks not registrable 1202.05(b)
7. gray 807.07(d) - (f)
8. in the mark 807.07 - 807.07(e); 1202.05 - 1202.05(i)
9. lining 807.07(g); 808.01(b); 1902.02(e)
10. location statement 807.07(a)(ii)
11. must be claimed as feature of the mark 807.07(a); 807.07(a)(i)
12. special considerations for color marks 1202.05(g)
13. specimens for marks comprising 904.02(c)(ii); 1202.05(f)
Color claim 807.07(a) - 807.07(f)
Columns or sections of publications, marks that identify 1202.07 - 1202.07(b)
Combined affidavit under §§8 and 15 1605.05
Combined application 1403 - 1403.06
1. abandonment of 718.02(a); 1403.04
2. addition of class number(s) in 1403.02(c)
3. amendment of 1403.02
4. correction of class(es) in 1403.02(b)
5. deletion of class(es) from 1403.02(a)
6. division of (See alsoDivision of application) 1403.03
7. filing fees for 810.01; 1401.04; 1403.05
8. refusal as to fewer than all classes in 1403.04
9. requirements for 1403.01
10. single certificate of registration issued, unless application divided 1403.01
11. specimens for 904.01(b)
Commerce
1. bona fide use in ordinary course of trade 901.02
2. commerce that may be lawfully regulated by Congress 901.03
3. definition of 901.01
4. territorial 901.03
5. type of 901.03
6. use in (SeeUse in commerce)
7. with the United States 901.03
Commercial name 1202.01
Commissioner, change of title 1701
Companion (copending) applications and registrations
1. consent to register by living individual 1206.04(c)
2. general examination 702.03(a) - 702.03(a)(iv)
3. moving goods/services between applications 1402.08
4. priority actions involving multiple applications 708.04
5. unacceptable domicile address 601.01(c)(iv)
"Company"
1. does not identify legal entity in the United States 803.03; 803.03(c)
2. used in commonwealth countries to designate legal entity 803.03(i)
Company, related (SeeRelated company)
Compliance with other laws 907
Component or ingredient, mark used to identify 1402.05(a)
Composition material of goods 1402.05(b)
Computer programs and software, recorded or downloadable
1. identification of 1402.03(d)
2. specimens for 904.03(e)
Computer services, identification of 1402.11(a) - 1402.11(a)(xii)
Computer software as service mark 1301.02(f)
Computing period for response to action 310
Concurrent use registration 1207.04 - 1207.04(g)(i)
1. not permitted in §44 and §66(a) applications 1207.04(b)
Conditional assignment 503.01(e)
Configuration of goods or packaging 1202.02 - 1202.02(f)(ii)
Conflicting applications 702.03(b); 705.03; 718.07; 1207 - 1207.03; 1208 - 1208.02(f)
Conflicting marks 702.03(b); 1207 - 1207.03; 1208 - 1208.02(f)
Congressional inquiry 1802
Consent agreement 714.05(d); 715.03(b); 1207.01(d)(viii)
Consent to register by living individual 813 - 813.01(c); 1206 - 1206.05
1. Connection with goods or services 1206.02
2. Implicit consent 1206.04(d)
3. Must be personally signed 813; 1206.04(a) - 1206.04(b); 1206.04(b)
4. Must be written consent to registration 1206.04(a)
5. Name or likeness is that of living individual 813.01(a); 1206.01
6. Names and likenesses that do not identify particular living individual 813.01(b); 1206.05
7. Not required if consent of record in prior registration 1206.04(c)
8. Presumed from signature of application 1206.04(b)
9. Printing of statement 813.01(a) - 813.01(c)
10. Sample statements 813.01(a) - 813.01(b)
11. Statement required for base application 813; 819.02(k)
12. Updating TRAM database 813.01(a) - 813.01(c)
13. When inquiry required 1206.03
14. Written consent must be personally signed 813; 1206.04(a) - 1206.04(b)
Conservatorship as owner of mark 803.03(e)
Constructive use 201.02; 1904.01(g)
Control over nature and quality of goods/services 1201.01; 1201.03 - 1201.03(a)
Convention or treaty relating to trademarks 1001; 1002.01 - 1002.05; 1900; Appendix B
Copending (companion) applications (SeeCompanion (copending) applications and registrations)
Copies of documents, when acceptable for filing 302.01
Copies of materials in files, requests for 111
Copies of trademark applications and registrations, requests for 111
Copying materials in files 109.03
Corporation
1. address of 803.05
2. name of 803.02 - 803.02(c)
3. non-profit 803.03(c)
4. signature on behalf of 611.06(d); 804.04
5. state or country of incorporation 803.04
6. tax-exempt 803.03(c)
Correction of drawing 807.13 - 807.16
Correction of errors in cover sheet or recorded document 503.06 - 503.06(f)
Correction of errors in international registration 1906.01(f)
Correction of mistake in name of applicant 1201.02(c)
Correction of mistake in registration 1609.10 - 1609.10(b)
Correspondence address 609 - 609.03
1. applicant has duty to maintain current correspondence address 609.03
2. change of 609.02 - 609.02(f)
3. establishing 609.01
4. in §66(a) application 609.01(a)
5. signature of request to change 609.02(b); 611.02
Correspondence for trademark applications 302.03(a)
Correspondence for trademark registrations 302.03(b)
Correspondence, not received by USPTO 305.03(d)
Correspondence, returned as undeliverable 403
Correspondence, with whom held 609 - 609.03
Country of origin 1002.04
Courier service, delivery of correspondence by 307
Court orders concerning registrations 1610
Cover sheet required for recording in Assignment Division 503.03(e)
Credit card 405.01; 405.06
1. Charges refused or charged back 202.03(a) - 202.03(a)(i); 405.06
Cultivar names 1202.12