TMEP Subject Matter Index - C

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• Canadian attorneys and agents— 602.03(a)
• Cancellation
  • of inadvertently accorded filing date— 204.01
  • of international registration— 1904.07; 1904.08
  • of notice of allowance— 1106.03
  • of registration after expungement or reexamination proceeding— 1716.04(e)
  • of registration for certification mark— 1306.04(e); 1306.04(f)(i)
  • of registration for failure to file affidavit of continued use— 1604; 1604.04
  • of registration under §8— 1604; 1604.04
  • of registrations under §14 or §37— 1607
  • of registrations under §71— 1904.10
  • 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
  • correspondence returned by U.S. Post Office— 305.02(g)
  • date used to determine timeliness— 305.02(e)
  • effect of— 305.02(e)
  • eligible correspondence— 305.02(a)
  • location of certificate— 305.02(c)
  • mailing requirements and address— 305.01
  • non-receipt of correspondence by PTO— 305.02(f)
  • wording of certificate— 305.02(d)
• Certificate of registration
  • extension of protection of international registration— 1904.05
  • indication that mark is on Principal Register in— 1601.07
  • indication that mark is on Supplemental Register in— 1601.07
  • issuance in name of assignee— 502.02(a)– (b)
  • new, upon change of ownership— 502.03
• Certificate of transmission ( See Facsimile transmission, certificate of)
• Certification division of USPTO ( See Patent and Trademark Copy Fulfillment Branch)
• Certification mark
  • amendment to different type of mark— 1306.06(b)
  • amendment of certification mark statement in registration— 1609.12
  • authority of applicant to control use of geographic term— 1306.05(b)(ii)
  • based on foreign registration— 1306.02(a)(iv)– 1306.02(a)(iv)(A)
  • cancellation of prior trademark registration as prerequisite to issuance of certification mark registration— 1306.04(f)(i)
  • cancellation of registration for— 1306.04(e)
  • certification statement— 1306.03(a); 1306.05(b)(i)
  • certification versus performance of services and sale of goods— 1306.04(b)
  • characteristics of— 1306.01(c); 1306.04(c)
  • circumstances surrounding use of— 1306.04(c)
  • classification of goods/services in application to register— 1306.02(d); 1401.03(d); 1902.02(g)(ii); 1904.02(b)
  • collective mark, distinguished from certification mark— 1306.06(a)
  • dates of use— 1306.02(a)(i)(A)
  • definition of— 1306.01
  • distinguished from other types of marks— 1306.01; 1306.04(b)(ii); 1306.06(a)
  • drawing requirements for— 1306.04(a)
  • examination of application to register— 1306.04– 1306.04(f)(i)
  • exercise of control— 1306.04(b)(i); 1306.05(b)(ii)
  • extension of protection of international registration— 1306.02(a)(v); 1904.02(d)
  • foreign registration, basis for registration of certification mark— 1306.02(a)(iv)– 1306.02(a)(iv)(A)
  • geographic term used to designate regional origin— 1210.09; 1306.05– 1306.05(c)
  • geographically deceptive term not permitted— 1306.05(e)
  • government as applicant for— 1306.05(b)(ii)
  • grounds for cancellation under §14, applicability to examination— 1306.04(e)
  • identification of goods or services— 1306.02(c)
  • in §66(a) application— 1306.02(a)(v); 1904.02(d)
  • indication of regional origin versus description of goods— 1306.02(c)
  • labor performed by specific group or individual, term used to certify that— 1306.01
  • not registrable as trademark, service mark, or any other type of mark— 1306.04(f)– 1306.04(f)(i)
  • ownership of— 1306.04(b)
  • patent licenses, use of trademark or service mark by patent licensee distinguished from— 1306.04(b)(iii)
  • purpose is to certify, not indicate source— 1306.01(b)
  • quality control by owner not a requirement— 1306.01(a)
  • related company use of trademark or service mark distinguished from— 1306.04(b)(ii)
  • same mark not registrable as other type of mark— 1306.04(f)– 1306.04(f)(i)
  • special elements of applications for— 1306.03– 1306.03(c)
  • specimens— 1306.02(a)(i)(B); 1306.04(c); 1306.04(d)– 1306.04(d)(ii); 1306.05(b)(iii)
  • standards— 1306.03(b)
  • statement of control over use of mark— 1306.02(b)(i)– 1306.02(b)(ii); 1306.04(b)(i)
  • statement of what mark certifies— 1306.03(a); 1306.05(b)(i)
  • statement that applicant does not market/produce the goods/services— 1306.03(c)
  • title or degree not a certification mark— 1306.04(d)(ii)
  • uncertainty as to type of mark— 1306.06
  • use is by others— 1306.01(a); 1306.02(a)(i)(A); 1306.03(c)
  • 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
  • affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse (§8)— 405.06; 1604.06(c)
  • amendment to allege use— 405.06; 1104.10(b)(vii)
  • application filing fee— 202.03(a); 405.06
  • extension of time to file statement of use— 405.06; 1108.02(c)
  • renewal fee— 405.06; 1606.05(c)
  • 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 also Priority under §44(d))
  • amendment to add— 806.03(b); 1003.02
  • form of— 806.01(c); 806.01(e); 1003; 1904.01(e)
  • in application for international registration— 1902.05
  • 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
  • amendment after publication— 707.02; 1109.14; 1505.02(b)
  • amendment after registration— 1401.02; 1609.04
  • amendment from U.S. to international classification system— 1401.02; 1601.06; 1609.04
  • amendment not permitted in §66(a) application— 1401.03(d); 1505.02(b); 1609.04; 1904.02(b)
  • amendment of— 707.02; 1401.03; 1401.03(b); 1401.04(b); 1403.02; 1403.02(b)
  • cannot be changed in §66(a) application— 1306.02(d); 1401.03(d); 1505.02(b); 1609.04; 1904.02(b)
  • certification mark— 1306.02(d); 1401.03(d); 1902.02(g)(ii); 1904.02(d)
  • changes based on 8 th – 10 th Nice Agreements— 1401.09– 1401.12
  • collective mark— 1303.01
  • collective membership mark— 1304.02(d); 1401.03(d); 1902.02(g)(ii); 1904.02(d)
  • criteria for determining— 1401.02(a); 1401.05
  • designation by applicant normally accepted— 1401.03(a)
  • designation by International Bureau in §66(a) application controls— 1401.03(d); 1904.02(b)
  • designation by Office— 1401.03(b)
  • in application for international registration— 1902.02(g)– 1902.02(g)(iii)
  • in §66(a) application— 1401.03(d); 1505.02(b); 1609.04; 1904.02(b)
  • international system— 1401.02– 1401.02(c)
  • plurality of uses— 1401.05(c)
  • republication not required after amendment— 1505.02(b)
  • services— 1401.02(a); 1402.11
  • short titles of classes— 1401.02(b)
  • should be designated by applicant, if known— 1401.03
  • specimens as related to— 1401.06; 1401.07
  • 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 also Collective membership mark and Collective trademarks and service marks)
  • definition of— 1302
  • history of— 1302.01
• Collective membership mark
  • application requirements— 1304.02– 1304.02(d)
  • classification— 1304.02(d); 1401.03(d); 1902.02(g)(ii); 1904.02(d)
  • control over use of— 1304.02(a)(i)– 1304.02(a)(i)(A); 1304.02(b)(i)– 1304.02(b)(ii)
  • definition— 1302
  • distinguished from other types of marks— 1302; 1304.01; 1306.06(a)
  • examination of application to register— 1304.03– 1304..03(c)
  • history of— 1302.01
  • identifications— 1304.02(c)
  • in §66(a) application— 1904.02(d)
  • ownership of— 1302.01; 1304.03(a)
  • purpose of— 1304.01
  • refusal to register— 1304.03(b)– 1304.03(c)
  • specimens for— 1304.02(a)(i)(C)
  • title or degree designations compared with— 1304.03(b)(ii)
  • use is by members— 1304.01; 1304.02(a)(i); 1304.02(a)(i)(B)
  • who may apply— 1304.03(a)
• Collective organization
  • nature of collective organization— 1302– 1303
  • use of collective mark by members of— 1302; 1303.01(a)(i)– 1303.01(a)(ii)
  • use of trademark or service mark by— 1305
• Collective trademarks and service marks
  • application requirements— 1303.01
  • 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)
  • definition— 1302
  • distinguished from other types of marks— 1302; 1303; 1306.06(a)
  • examination of application to register— 1303.02– 1303.02(b)
  • manner of control— 1303.01(a)(i)(A)
  • ownership of— 1303.02(a)
  • specimens for— 1303.01(a)(i)(C)
  • use is by members— 1303.01(a)(i); 1303.01(a)(i)(B)
• Color
  • amendment of color features of mark— 807.14(e)– (e)(iii)
  • as a mark— 1202.05– 1202.05(i)
  • as a separable element of a mark— 1202.05(c)
  • black, white or gray shown on drawing— 807.07(d)– (f)
  • drawings of— 807.07– 807.07(e); 1202.05(d)– 1202.05(d)(iv)
  • functional color marks not registrable— 1202.05(b)
  • gray— 807.07(d)– (f)
  • in the mark— 807.07– 807.07(e); 1202.05– 1202.05(i)
  • lining— 807.07(g); 808.01(b); 1902.02(e)
  • location statement— 807.07(a)(ii)
  • must be claimed as feature of the mark— 807.07(a); 807.07(a)(i)
  • special considerations for color marks— 1202.05(g)
  • 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
  • abandonment of— 718.02(a); 1403.04
  • addition of class number(s) in— 1403.02(c)
  • amendment of— 1403.02
  • correction of class(es) in— 1403.02(b)
  • deletion of class(es) from— 1403.02(a)
  • division of ( See also Division of application)— 1403.03
  • filing fees for— 810.01; 1401.04; 1403.05
  • refusal as to fewer than all classes in— 1403.04
  • requirements for— 1403.01
  • single certificate of registration issued, unless application divided— 1403.01
  • specimens for— 904.01(b)
• Commerce
  • bona fide use in ordinary course of trade— 901.02
  • commerce that may be lawfully regulated by Congress— 901.03
  • definition of— 901.01
  • territorial— 901.03
  • type of— 901.03
  • use in ( See Use in commerce)
  • with the United States— 901.03
• Commercial name— 1202.01
• Commissioner, change of title— 1701
• Companion (copending) applications and registrations
  • consent to register by living individual— 1206.04(c)
  • general examination— 702.03(a)– 702.03(a)(iv)
  • moving goods/services between applications— 1402.08
  • priority actions involving multiple applications— 708.04
  • unacceptable domicile address— 601.01(c)(iv)
• “Company”
  • does not identify legal entity in the United States— 803.03; 803.03(c)
  • used in commonwealth countries to designate legal entity— 803.03(i)
• Company, related ( See Related 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
  • identification of— 1402.03(d)
  • 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)
  • 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
  • Connection with goods or services— 1206.02
  • Implicit consent— 1206.04(d)
  • Must be personally signed— 813; 1206.04(a)– 1206.04(b); 1206.04(b)
  • Must be written consent to registration— 1206.04(a)
  • Name or likeness is that of living individual— 813.01(a); 1206.01
  • Names and likenesses that do not identify particular living individual— 813.01(b); 1206.05
  • Not required if consent of record in prior registration— 1206.04(c)
  • Presumed from signature of application— 1206.04(b)
  • Printing of statement— 813.01(a)– 813.01(c)
  • Sample statements— 813.01(a)– 813.01(b)
  • Statement required for base application— 813; 819.02(k)
  • Updating TRAM database— 813.01(a)– 813.01(c)
  • When inquiry required— 1206.03
  • 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 ( See Companion (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
  • address of— 803.05
  • name of— 803.02– 803.02(c)
  • non-profit— 803.03(c)
  • signature on behalf of— 611.06(d); 804.04
  • state or country of incorporation— 803.04
  • 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
  • applicant has duty to maintain current correspondence address— 609.03
  • change of— 609.02– 609.02(f)
  • establishing— 609.01
  • in §66(a) application— 609.01(a)
  • 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
  • Charges refused or charged back— 202.03(a)– 202.03(a)(i); 405.06
• Cultivar names— 1202.12

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