Trademark Board Manual of Procedure

Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure

A Trademark or Service Mark (American English)

A Trademark or Service Mark (English)

The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)

This board within the Trademark Office tries appeals from rejections of registration of Marks, Oppositions and Cancellations

Such as a business name - these are not registrable unless they are also used as trademarks (to show a source of particular goods or services)

Such as packaging – the appearance of a configuration may be protected under trademark laws as trade dress, so long as it is not a functional (in respect to the goods/services) component

From a foreign language into English – required by trademark laws

Changing foreign (non-Roman) characters or (non-Arabic) numerals into English (Roman) characters or (Arabic) numerals