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USPTO TMEP › Chapter 1300 - Service Marks, Collective Marks, and Certification Marks › TMEP § 1301.01
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A service mark can only be registered for activities that
constitute services as contemplated by the Trademark Act.
15 U.S.C.
§§1051
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1053
,
1127
. The Trademark Act defines the term “service mark,” but it
does not define what constitutes a "service."
Blizzard Ent. Inc. v. Ava Labs,
Inc.
, Ser. No. 91285851, 2024 TTAB LEXIS 259, at *10 (2024) (citing
In re Canadian Pac., Ltd.
, 754 F.2d 992, 994 (Fed. Cir. 1985)).
Many activities are obviously services (e.g., dry cleaning, banking, shoe repairing,
transportation, and house painting).
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