Substantive Reasons for Refusal [Trademark] Law and Legal Definition
There are several substantive reasons for refusing registration of a mark. The refusal can be due to likelihood of confusion; primarily merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of the goods/services; primarily geographically descriptive or primarily geographically deceptively; misdescriptive of the goods/services; primarily merely a surname; or mere ornamentation. This is not a complete list of all possible grounds of refusal and there can be more reasons for refusal other than the ones mentioned above.
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Related Legal Terms
- 1040 Form
- A Fortiori
- A Fortiori Argument
- Abandonment (Trademark)
- Absent Uniformed Services Voter
- Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding [USIP]
- Acceptance for Value
- Access to Classified Information (Military)
- Accessory Before The Fact
- Accompanying the Armed Forces outside the United States
