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Chapter 900
Use in Commerce
901.02 Bona Fide Use in the Ordinary Course of Trade
901.03 Commerce That May Be Lawfully Regulated By Congress
901.04 Inquiry Regarding Use in Commerce
901.05 Use Only by Related Company
902 Allegations of Use for §1(b) Applications
903.01 Date of First Use Anywhere
903.02 Date of First Use in Commerce
903.03 Relation Between the Two Dates of Use
903.05 First Use by Predecessor or Related Company
903.06 Indefinite Dates of Use
903.06(a) Apparent Discrepancies Between Dates of Use and Date of Execution
903.07 Dates of Use in Another Form
903.08 More than One Item of Goods or Services
904.01(a) More than One Item Specified in a Class
904.01(b) In Combined or Multiple-Class Applications
904.02 Physical Form of Specimens
904.02(a) Electronically Filed Specimens
904.02(b) Paper-Filed Specimens
904.02(c) Additional Requirements
904.02(c)(i) Other Materials Required for Examination
904.02(c)(ii) Specimens for Marks Comprising Color
904.02(c)(iii) Specimens for Marks Used on Publications
904.03 Material Appropriate as Specimens for Trademarks
904.03(c) Commercial Packaging
904.03(d) Electronic and Digital Media Attachments to Paper Filings
904.03(e) Specimens for Trademarks Identifying Computer Programs, Movies, or Video Tapes
904.03(f) Specimens for Sound Marks
904.03(g) Displays Associated with Goods
904.03(k) Specimens for Marks that are Impracticable to Place on Goods, Packaging, or Displays
904.03(l) Specimens for Motion Marks
904.03(m) Specimens for Scent and Flavor Marks
904.04 Material Not Appropriate as Specimens for Trademarks
904.04(a) Drawing or “Picture” of the Mark
904.04(b) Advertising Material
904.05 Affidavit Supporting Substitute Specimens
904.06 Translation of Matter on Specimens
904.07 Requirements for Substitute Specimens and Statutory Refusals
904.07(a) Whether the Specimen Shows the Mark Used in Commerce
904.07(b) Whether the Specimen Shows the Applied-for Mark Functioning as a Mark
906 Federal Registration Notice
906.01 Foreign Countries That Use Registration Symbol ®
906.02 Improper Use of Registration Symbol