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1306.06(c)    Registration as Correct Type of Mark

The examining attorney should take care to ascertain the correct type of mark during examination, and to require amendment if necessary. If a registration is issued for the wrong type of mark, it may be subject to cancellation. See Am. Speech-Language-Hearing Ass’n v. Nat’l Hearing Aid Soc’y, 224 USPQ 798 (TTAB 1984); Nat’l Trailways Bus Sys. v. Trailway Van Lines, Inc., 269 F. Supp. 352, 155 USPQ 507 (E.D.N.Y. 1965).