Trademark applicants should exercise care when drafting descriptions of goods and services, particularly when marketing highly regulated goods.
Trademark applicants should exercise care when drafting descriptions of goods and services, particularly when marketing highly regulated goods.
In our experience, trademark applicants are often confused about the specimen requirements submitted with a trademark application involving goods (as opposed to services). The specimen is used to prove “use in commerce.” Use in commerce under the Lanham Act is deemed to be when the mark is “placed in any manner on the goods or […]