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The emphasized text is this: > to the best of his/her knowledge and belief no other person, firm, corporation, or association has the right to use the mark in
by paulgb 16y ago
The emphasized text is this:
> to the best of his/her knowledge and belief no other person, firm, corporation, or association has the right to use the mark in commerce
IANAL, but doesn't "right" here imply exclusive right (ie. registered trademark)? Otherwise, everyone would have the "right" to use every (unregistered) mark in commerce, so this statement could never be true.
- rprasad 16y agoYes and no. Because trademarks are market-specific, it is possible that someone else may have a trademark on "Groupon" in the context of say, dog food. So the trademark is not exclusive in that sense. However, each trademark holder would have the exclusive right to use the mark in their particular market.