What are the limits as to what can be trademarked?
There are certain limits to get a trademark registration. Here we can understand that what can be a trademark or what can’t be a trademark. First of all you should remember that, if a brand name is not a part of trading than the word can’t be a trademark, it means the trading is the compulsory to get a trademark to be registered. In a simple words we can say;
-A trademark can be a name, symbol, shape, colour, tunes and packing of products.
-A Trademark should not be a generic name, it means trademark should be an invented or coined.
-A Trademark should not contain the words related to religious sentiments.
-A trademark should not be conflicting trademarks with others. It means the trademarks should not create confusion between two trademarks.
-A Trademark that discrib the good or service and give the consumer an idea about the quality, quantity or geographic origin of the particular good or service. Descriptive trademarks cannot be registered.
Apart of all above there few more criterias that should be consider before filing a trademark. Therefore you should contact to your attorney.
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Source: Quora