Response (Trademark) Law and Legal Definition
Response is the reply from a trademark applicant to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) after the USPTO has sent the applicant an initial refusal of registration (office action). A response is due after six months of receiving the office action, or the application will be considered abandoned. Trademark response can be to an office action that an examining attorney has issued including a regular letter; a priority action; or an examiner's amendment, based on an application or Statement of Use. It can also be issued to pay an additional fee. Response cannot be made after a final action has issued.
Legal Definition list
- Response Spectrum [Nuclear Regulatory Commission]
- Response Costs in Removing Released Hazardous Substances
- Response Costs
- Response Activities [Transportation]
- Response Action
- Response Zone [Transportation]
- Responsibility
- Responsible Audit Agency
- Responsible Broker-Dealer
- Responsible Department Official [Education]
- Responsible DOT Official
Related Legal Terms
- Abandonment (Trademark)
- Acquiescence (Trademark)
- Acquired Distinctiveness (Trademark)
- Acquisition of Ownership (Trademark)
- Actual Confusion (Trademark)
- Advertising Injury (Trademark)
- Aesthetic Functionality (Trademark)
- Affirmative Defenses (Trademark)
- Affixation Requirement (Trademark)
- Armed Response Personnel [Energy]
