TMEP Subject Matter Index (M) – Subject Matter Index

Madrid Protocol (See alsoExtension of protection of international registration to the United States, Registered extension of protection, and §66(a) application) 1900
"Mail Room Date" label, permitted paper filings 303.02(b)
Mail sent to USPTO related to trademarks 302.03
Maintenance of registration 1602 - 1602.04
Manner of use of mark (SeeMethod-of-use)
Mark drawing code 807.18
Material alteration 807.03(d); 807.14 - 807.14(f); 1604.13; 1609.02(a)
1. of color marks 1202.05(d)(iii)
2. of marks containing functional matter 1202.02(c)(i)(A)
3. of marks containing §2(b) matter 1204.04(b)
4. of marks containing TLDs 1215.08 - 1215.08(c)
5. of marks containing unregistrable symbols or designations 1205.01(a)(v); 1205.01(c)(iv)
6. of repeating-pattern marks 1202.19(c)
Material difference between mark on drawing and mark in foreign registration 807.12(b); 1011.01
Meaning of term in mark, inquiry as to 809.01(a); 814
Membership mark (SeeCollective membership mark)
Mere descriptiveness (SeeDescriptiveness, mere)
Merger, documents of 503.02
Method-of-use 905; 1109.09
Minor as applicant 803.01
Minor’s name or likeness appears in mark 1206.04(a)
"Misspelled" words 1209.03(j); 1213.08(c)
Mistake in applicant’s name, correction of 1201.02(c)
Mistake in owner’s/holder’s name, correction of 1104.10(b)(i); 1108.02(a); 1109.10; 1604.07(f); 1613.07(e)
Mistake in registration, correction of 1609.10 - 1609.10(b)
Model or grade designation 1202.16 - 1202.16(c)(v)(B);
More than one mark 202.01; 807.01; 1202.19(g) - 1202.19(g)(ii); 1214.01
Motion marks 807.11; 904.03(l)
Moving goods/services between companion applications 1402.08
Multiple drawings 202.01; 807.01
Multiple filing bases 806.02 - 806.02(g)
Multiple-class application (SeeCombined application)
Musical performer/group names 1202.09; 1202.09(a); 1301.02(b)
"Mutilation" of mark 807.12(d)