TMEP Subject Matter Index (L) – Subject Matter Index

Lanham Act (SeeTrademark Act of 1946)
Laudatory terms in marks 1209.03(k)
Legal advice, Office cannot render 108.02; 1801; 1805
Legal entity of applicant set forth in application 803.03; 803.03(i)
Letter of inquiry with respect to suspended application 716.05
Letter of protest in pending application (SeeProtest, Letter of)
Letterhead stationery as specimen of service mark use 1301.04(c)
License agreements, recording of 503.02; 1906.01(h)
Licensees, use of mark by 1201.03(f)
Likelihood of confusion
1. actual confusion unnecessary 1207.01(d)(ii)
2. attack on registration improper in ex parte proceeding 1207.01(d)(iv)
3. between collective and other marks 1304.08(b)
4. classification not relevant 1207.01(d)(v)
5. collateral attack on registration improper in ex parte 1207.01(d)(iv)
6. consent between parties 1207.01(d)(viii)
7. design marks 1207.01(c) - 1207.01(c)(iii)
8. doubt resolved in registrant’s favor 1207.01(d)(i)
9. expansion of trade doctrine 1207.01(a)(v)
10. family of marks 1207.01(d)(xi)
11. famous mark 1207.01(d)(ix)
12. foreign equivalents 1207.01(b)(vi)
13. legal equivalents 1207.01(c)(i)
14. meaning, similarity in 1207.01(b)(v)
15. no per se rule 1207.01(a)(iv)
16. parody marks 1207.01(b)(x)
17. past decisions of examining attorneys 1207.01(d)(vi); 1216 - 1216.02
18. pharmaceuticals or medicinal products 1207.01(d)(xii)
19. related companies and 1201.07 - 1201.07(b)(iv)
20. relatedness of goods and/or services 1207.01(a) - 1207.01(a)(vi)
21. reliance on identification of goods/services in application/registration 1207.01(a)(iii)
22. similarity of 1207.01(b)
23. similarity of marks 1207.01(b) - 1207.01(b)(x)
24. sophisticated purchasers 1207.01(d)(vii)
25. sound, similarity in 1207.01(b)(iv)
26. third-party registrations 1207.01(d)(iii)
27. transposition of terms 1207.01(b)(vii)
28. unity of control 1201.07 - 1201.07(b)(iv)
29. weak marks 1207.01(b)(ix)
Limited liability company 803.03(h)
1. signature by 611.06(g); 804.04
Limited liability corporation 803.03(h)
Limited liability partnership 803.03(k)
1. signature by 611.06(h)
Lining statement 808.01(b)
Living individual, name or likeness of (SeeConsent to register by living individual)
Loss of papers 305.02(f); 305.03; 1711; 1712.01; 1712.02(a)