Trademark FAQs - related questions & answers

Question: Can the Office conduct a search for an applicant?

Answer:
No. After a trademark application is filed, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will conduct a search of the records as part of the official examination process.

Question: What is the drawing?

Answer:
The "drawing" is a page which depicts the mark applicant seeks to register. In an application based on actual use, Section 1(a), 15 U.S.C. §1051(a), the drawing must show the mark as it is actually used.

Question: What are Trademark rights?

Answer:
Trademark rights may be used to prevent others from using a confusingly similar mark, but not to prevent others from making the same goods or from selling the same goods or services under a clearly different mark.
 

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