Instructions For The Completion Of The Application For Registration Of A Connecticut Trade Or Service Mark printable pdf download

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR THE COMPLETION

OF THE APPLICATION

FOR

REGISTRATION

OF A CONNECTICUT

TRADE OR SERVICE

MARK

Rev. 12/l 999

The following series of instructions have been compiled to assist you in completing the Application for Registration of a Connecticut

Trade or Service Mark form.

Numbers appearing on this instruction correspond with numbered blanks appearing on the form.

Examples provided in these instructions are fictitious and have been included to illustrate applications of the instructions provided.

Name of Owner of Mark - Provide full legal name of the individual or organization who or which actually owns the mark.

Address of owner of Mark - Provide full street address of mark’s owner. Include street, city, state and zip code.

State or Country of Formation of the Owner - Complete only if owner is not a natural person by providing the owner’s state of

formation.

Note: if the owner of the mark is a partnership, it must attach a list of its partners to the application.

Description of the Mark - Provide in words, a full description of the mark intended to be registered.

If the mark is composed of words alone, the description need only restate those words.

1. Example - The mark is SPINTECH. The description is SPINTECH.

Logos, pictorial features, colors, or distinctive print styles, which are components of the mark, must be described in writing.

1. Example description - SPINTECH appearing in yellow block letters in the center of three horizontally arrayed silver

gears.

Please note that the written description defines the registration.

All searches conducted by this office are based upon the

written description. It is important, therefore, to include all relevant description of the mark in item number 4. Drawings or

references to attached specimens will not substitute for a full written description and must not appear in item number 4.

The goods or services on or in connection with which the mark is used - Provide the type of the goods or services, which the

mark identifies. This is usually a description of what the owner produces, e.g., Tires for a manufacturer of Tires - Real Estate

Services for a Real Estate Agency.

Disclaimers - The exclusive right to use any generic, descriptive or geographically descriptive terms or features of the mark must

be disclaimed on the application.

If such terms or features are not disclaimed, the application will have to be returned for

correction. Whether or not components of a mark must be disclaimed depends largely upon the goods or services in connection

with which it is used.

Example -

1. The mark is described as: The words “Quickie Grocery of Meriden” contained within a bright orange triangle.

The services in connection with which the mark is used is: Grocery store services.

The disclaimer required is: The owner hereby disclaims the exclusive right to use the terms “Grocery” and

“Meriden”.

Instructions For The Completion Of The Application For Registration Of A Connecticut Trade Or Service Mark