Trademark Glossary

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Learning trademark law: Trademark Law Portal has created an in-depth trademark glossary covering many common terms relating to trademark law. The glossary is geared toward new trademark attorneys, and individuals who want to learn about trademark terms.

Just click on the letters below to find the trademark law term you need defined.

A - Abandonment to Arbitrary Mark	N - Nice Agreement to Notice of Allowance
B - Buenos Aires Convention	O - Office Action to Opposition
C - Cancellation to Cybersquatting	P - Pan-American Convention to Publication
D - Descriptive Mark to Drawing	Q - No entries
E - Extension of Time to Examining Attorney	R - Registered Mark to Renewal
F - False Advertising to First Use in Commerce	S - Secondary Meaning to Surname
G - Generic Mark to Group Mark	T - TBMP to Transliteration
H - Hague Convention to House Mark	U - Unfair Competition to Unfair Trade Practices
I - Induced Infringement to Incontestability	V - No entries
J - Junior User	W - WIPO
K - No entries	X - No entries
L - Laudatory Term to Literal Element	Y - No entries
M - Madrid Protocol to Mark	Z - No entries

Did you know? Trademarks are registered on either the Principal Register or the Supplemental Register.

There are three types of law that affect trademark rights: Federal, State and common law.