- Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure
- Subject Matter Index L

# Subject Matter Index L

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- Lanham Act ( See Trademark Act of 1946)
- Laudatory terms in marks— 1209.03(k) ; 1209.03(s)
  - as informational matter— 1202.04
  - in likelihood-of confusion-analysis— 1207.01(b)(vi)(C)
  - phrases or slogans— 1213.05(b)(iv)
- Legal advice, Office cannot render— 104 ; 108.02 ; 709.06 ; 1801 ; 1805 ; 1902.02(g)
- Legal entity of applicant set forth in application— 803.03 – 803.03(k) ; 1303.01 ; 1304.02 ; 1306.02
  - association— 803.03(c)
  - banking institution— 803.03(g)
  - changes of— 1604.07(d) ; 1613.07(c)
  - conservatorship— 803.03(e)
  - corporation— 803.03(c)
  - estate— 803.03(e)
  - foreign designations— 803.03(i) ; Appendix D
  - governmental body— 803.03(f)
  - Indian tribe— 803.03(j)
  - individual— 803.03(a)
  - joint venture— 803.03(b)
  - limited liability company— 803.03(h)
  - limited liability partnership— 803.03(k)
  - operating division— 1201.02(d)
  - partnership— 803.03(b)
  - sole proprietorship— 803.03(a)
  - TEAS Plus filing requirements— 819.01(c)
  - trusts— 803.03(e) ; 803.03(e)(i)
  - university— 803.03(f)
- Letter of protest in pending application ( See Protest, Letter of)
- Letterhead stationery as specimen of service mark use— 1301.04(h)(i)
- License agreements, recording of— 503.02 ; 1906.01(h)
- Licensees, use of mark by— 1201.03(e)
- Likelihood of confusion
  - actual confusion unnecessary— 1207.01(d)(ii)
  - between collective and other marks— 1303.02(b)
  - classification not relevant— 1207.01(d)(v)
  - collateral attack on registration improper in ex parte— 1207.01(d)(iv)
  - color marks— 1207.01(b)(xi)
  - composite marks consisting of words and designs— 1207.01(c)(ii)
  - compound word marks— 1207.01(b)(viii)
  - conflicting marks owned by different parties— 1207.01(d)(x)
  - consent between parties— 1207.01(d)(viii)
  - descriptive marks— 1207.01(b)(ix)
  - design marks— 1207.01(c) – 1207.01(c)(iii)
  - doubt resolved in registrant’s favor— 1207.01(d)(i)
  - expansion of trade doctrine— 1207.01(a)(v)
  - family of marks— 1207.01(d)(xi)
  - famous mark— 1207.01(d)(ix)
  - food/beverage products versus restaurant services— 1207.01(a)(ii)(A)
  - foreign equivalents— 1207.01(b)(vi) – 1207.01(b)(vi)(C)
  - legal equivalents— 1207.01(c)(i)
  - meaning, similarity in— 1207.01(b)(v)
  - no per se rule— 1207.01(a)(iv)
  - parody marks— 1207.01(b)(x)
  - past decisions of examining attorneys— 1207.01(d)(vi) ; 1216 – 1216.02
  - pharmaceuticals or medicinal products— 1207.01(d)(xii)
  - related companies and— 1201.07 – 1201.07(b)(iv)
  - relatedness of goods and/or services— 1207.01(a) – 1207.01(a)(vi)
  - reliance on identification of goods/services in application/registration— 1207.01(a)(iii)
  - similarity of marks— 1207.01(b) – 1207.01(b)(xi)
  - sophisticated purchasers— 1207.01(d)(vii)
  - sound, similarity in— 1207.01(b)(iv)
  - third-party registrations— 1207.01(d)(iii)
  - transposition of terms— 1207.01(b)(vii)
  - unity of control— 1201.07 – 1201.07(b)(iv)
  - weak marks— 1207.01(b)(ix)
- Limited liability company— 803.03(h)
  - signature by— 611.06(g)
- Limited liability corporation— 803.03(h)
- Limited liability partnership— 803.03(k)
- signature by— 611.06(h)
- Lining statement— 808.01(b)
- Living individual, name or likeness of ( See Consent to register by living individual)

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