Dead Application or Registration

Term: Dead Application or Registration

Definition: A trademark application or registration that is no longer active, so it cannot be used to bar another pending trademark application from federal registration. The trademarks in dead applications or registrations may still be in use in commerce, and the owner may have common law rights, which may be asserted against a subsequent user of the same or similar mark.

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