TMEP Subject Matter Index - E

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• Educational institution as owner of mark— 803.03(f)
• Effective date
  • of Madrid Protocol Implementation Act— 1900 (introductory text)
  • of Trademark Act of 1946— 1601.02
  • of Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988— 1602.01
  • of Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act— 1602.04
• Effective filing date of application— 206– 206.03
• Electronic filing, mandatory— 301.01
• Electronic filing through the trademark electronic filing system— 301.01
  • confirmation of receipt of— 303.02(a)
  • drawings— 807.05– 807.05(c)
  • signature— 611.01(c)
  • specimens— 904.02(a)
• Electronic funds transfer— 405.05
• Electronic image files— 109.01; 402
• Electronic mail— 304– 304.03
  • attachments must be in .jpg or .pdf format— 304.01
  • cannot be used to respond to examining attorneys’ Office actions— 304.02; 709.05
  • communications that may be filed by— 304.01
  • outgoing— 304.03; 403; 717.01
  • procedure— 304.03; 709.04– 709.05
• Electronic signature— 611.01(c)
  • in general— 611.01(c)
  • generated using document-signing software— 611.01(c)(i)– (ii)
• Email address, required— 803.05(b); 1612.01(a); 1904.01(j)
• English, application must be in— 802
• Enrollment and Discipline, Office of— 602; 602.03– 602.03(a); 604.01; 611.05(b); 720
• Entity of foreign applicants, common terms designating— 803.03(i); 803.04; Appendix D
• Entity, legal— 803.03– 803.03(k); Appendix D
• Equivalents, foreign— 1207.01(b)(vi)– 1207.01(b)(vi)(C); 1209.03(g); 1211.01(a)(vii)
• Errors in cover sheet or recorded document, correction of— 503.06– 503.06(f)
• Establishing ownership of applications or registrations— 502– 502.03
• Estate as owner of mark— 803.03(e)
• European Union Trademark— Appendix B
• Evidence with respect to refusal or requirement— 710– 710.03
  • from Internet— 710.01(b)
  • from research database— 710.01(a)
  • indicating no refusal or requirement necessary— 710.02
  • of third party registration— 710.03
  • record must be complete prior to appeal— 710.01(c); 1501.02(b)
  • remand for introduction of new evidence— 1504.05
• Ex parte, contacts with third parties regarding ex parte matters— 1806
• Examination
  • checklist— 818
  • initial ( See also Intent-to-use applications, initial examination of)— 704– 704.03; 1102– 1102.04
  • of related applications— 702.03– 702.03(b)
  • of §66(a) application— 1904.02– 1904.09(b)
  • order of— 702.01; 702.02; 702.03(a)(i)– 702.03(a)(ii)
  • procedure— 704– 704.03
  • search— 704.02; 718.07
  • “second” examination ( See Statement of use, examination of)
  • “special” applications— 702.02; 1710– 1710.02
  • statutory authority for— 701
  • suspended applications— 716– 716.06
• Examiner’s amendment
  • approval of— 707.01
  • combined with priority action— 708.05
  • form of— 707.03
  • may not be issued as first action in §66(a) application— 707
  • objection to amendment of identification of goods/services— 1402.07(e)
  • paralegal cannot authorize— 608.01; 707.01
  • to charge fee— 405.03; 810.01
  • to enter standard character claim— 707.02
  • when appropriate— 707– 707.02
  • without prior authorization— 707.02
• Examining attorneys’ appeal briefs ( See Appeal briefs, examining attorneys’)
• Express abandonment of application— 608.01; 611.02; 718.01
• Expungement— 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 expungement 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
• Extension of protection of international registration to the United States ( See also Registered extension of protection and Section 66(a))
  • affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse— 1613; 1904.10
  • affidavit of incontestability— 1605.01; 1904.11
  • amendment of identification of goods/services— 1402.01(c); 1609.01; 1904.02(c)– (c)(v); 1906.01(i)
  • amendment of mark not permitted— 807.13(b); 1609.02; 1904.02(j); 1906.01(i)
  • amendment to Supplemental Register not permitted— 801.02(b); 815; 816.01; 816.04; 1904.02(f)
  • amendments to— 1904.13(a)
  • 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; 1906.01(a)– 1906.01(a)(iii)
  • 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
  • cannot be based on USPTO application— 1904.01(h)
  • 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— 1401.03(d); 1403.02; 1403.02(b); 1403.02(c); 1505.02(b); 1609.04; 1904.02(b); 1904.02(c)– (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)
  • correspondence address— 609.01(a); 1904.02(i)
  • declaration of intent to use required— 804.05; 1904.01(c)
  • dividing— 1110.11; 1615.02
  • domicile address, updating of— 609.01(a)
  • email address — 601.01(a); 609.01(a); 803.05(b); 1904.01(j)
  • drawing— 807.03(b); 807.03(g); 807.03(h); 807.07(b); 807.07(d)(iii); 807.07(f)(i); 807.12(c); 807.13(b); 1904.02(k)
  • establishing right to take action— 502.01
  • examination of— 1904.02– 1904.02(l); 1904.09(b)
  • express abandonment of— 608.01; 611.02; 718.01
  • filing basis— 806.01(e); 806.03(k); 1505.02(f); 1904.01(a)
  • filing date— 201– 201.02; 202– 202.01; 202.03; 203; 1904.01(b)
  • filing fee— 202.03; 810– 810.01; 810.01; 1904.01(f)
  • filing receipt— 401.01
  • identification of goods and services— 1402.01(c); 1609.01(a); 1904.02(c)– (c)(v); 1906.01(i)
  • incontestability, affidavit of— 1605.01; 1904.11
  • invalidation of— 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(g); 1904.15; 1906.01(e)
  • mark cannot be amended— 807.13(b); 1609.02; 1904.02(j); 1906.01(i)
  • must be filed by holder of international registration— 1201
  • notice of refusal— 1904.03– 1904.03(g); 1904.04
  • Office actions, issuing— 1904.02(h)
  • opposition— 1503.01– 1503.05; 1504.02– 1504.04(a); 1904.04
  • ownership, change of— 501.01(b); 501.07; 502.01; 502.02(b); 502.03; 503.03(a); 503.05; 1904.06; 1906.01– 1906.01(a)(iv)
  • ownership, in general— 501– 501.07; 502; 1201; 1904.06
  • priority claim— 206.02; 1904.01(e)
  • recording change of ownership— 503.05; 1904.06; 1906.01(a)– 1906.01(a)(iv)
  • refusal of— 711.03; 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 of— 1602.01; 1606.01(b); 1614; 1905
  • replacement— 1616; 1904.12
  • signature— 804.04; 804.05; 1904.01(c)
  • Supplemental Register, amendment to not a new issue— 714.05(a)(i)
  • Supplemental Register, not registrable on— 801.02(b); 815; 816.01; 816.04; 1904.02(f)
  • transformation of— 1904.09– 1904.09(b)
  • use not required— 901; 1904.01(d)
  • verification— 804; 804.04; 804.05; 1904.01(c); 1904.02(d)
  • when representation required — 601.01(a); 1904.01(i)
• Extension of time to file statement of use ( See Request for extension of time to file statement of use)
• Extension of time to oppose— 1503.04
• Extension of time to respond to Office action— 711.01– 711.01(b)

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