When the registration of a Mark is terminated early by a proceeding at the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board or by a court.

A Mark that shows approval, which may then be utilized by others than the Mark owner to show that they have the approval of the Mark owner, such as a “seal of approval”.

Name or design of a particular character, such as a person in a book – not typically registrable unless other meanings can be shown

U.S. law requires only that the citizenship of individuals or the Domicile of a company be listed; there is no requirement that the citizen be from any particular country

A Mark designating a group or association

Such as the color ‘brown’ for package delivery services – must have acquired distinctiveness to be registrable

If color is an important part of a Mark, such color(s) must be indicated with a description of the parts of the Mark that have particular color(s)

Interstate Commerce – transactions, such as sales or marketing efforts between two U.S. states or between a state and a foreign country

Trademark single filing that can extend to all European Economic Community (EEC) member countries; also European Community Mark (ECM)

Another name for Trade Dress

Helping someone else to directly infringe, such as by providing infringing sales literature with the Mark of another, or importing trademarked goods into the U.S. for sale by another who is the Direct Infringer

Providing goods and/or services having a Mark associated with them when the goods and/or services do not come from the owner of the Mark

Reserving a domain name consisting of the Mark or name of another with the goal of obtaining payment from the legitimate owner to give it up