The TM5 ID List is designed to assist trademark rights holders who seek trademark protection in multiple jurisdictions by creating a common list of acceptable goods and services. \u00a0This pre-approved list, which as of October 2019 contains over 20,000 acceptable identifications, simplifies the process of trademark application across multiple offices.<\/p>\n
Generally, applicants seeking a trademark registration must provide a description (\u201cID\u201d or \u201cidentification\u201d) of the goods or services associated with the mark. \u00a0An applicant may choose to personally craft the ID or select one from a pick list that the office maintains. \u00a0The advantage to selecting a pre-written ID is that the applicant is assured that it will be accepted, since an inadequately worded ID can delay application processing and registration.<\/p>\n
Therefore, an applicant may benefit substantially by drawing an ID from a pre-approved list. \u00a0However, if an applicant wishes to obtain registrations in multiple jurisdictions, they may need to consult the lists of multiple offices, each using somewhat different wording to describe the same goods or services.<\/p>\n
The TM5 ID List is an attempt to harmonize this process.\u00a0 It seeks to create a common, pre-approved list of IDs that are acceptable in at least each of the five TM5 Partner offices, with a goal to extend to other national IP offices as well. \u00a0An applicant seeking to obtain a trademark registration in any participating office is assured that the office will accept any ID that is included in the \u201cunified list.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rights holders may view the pre-approved list of common identifications by accessing it here<\/a>. \u00a0When consulting the USPTO\u2019s Manual of Acceptable Goods and Services<\/a>, the IDs in the Manual that are accompanied by a \u201cT\u201d notation constitute the \u201cunified list\u201d. \u00a0When consulting EUIPO\u2019s TMClass website<\/a>, the pre-approved, common IDs are noted by a green dot in the \u201cID List\u201d column. When consulting JPO’s J-PlatPat website<\/a>, TM5 ID List terms are identified with a \u201cT\u201d.<\/p>\n The TM5 Partners continue to invite other offices to participate in this initiative and continue to add to the \u201cunified list\u201d of goods and services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The TM 5 \u201cID List Project\u201d is designed to assist trademark right holders who seek trademark protection in multiple jurisdictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ongoing-projects","category-projects","tag-uspto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n