commonplace term

Patent and Trademark Office rejected, asserting that the phrase is “a commonplace term ... that merely conveys an ordinary, familiar, well-recognized concept or sentiment.”

The office turned him down, saying the phrase was a “commonplace term” that couldn’t be trademarked.

In its rejection in September, the office said the phrase was “a commonplace term, message or expression” that is widely used.

Officials determined that the phrase was a “commonplace term.”

“The applied-for mark is a commonplace term, message, or expression widely used by a variety of sources that merely conveys an ordinary, familiar, well-recognized concept or sentiment message,” the U.S.