commonplace term

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2023

Trademark Office in 2019 denied basketball legend LeBron James' application for a "Taco Tuesday" trademark covering podcasting, social media advertising and other fields, finding in part that it is a "commonplace term."

From Reuters • May 16, 2023

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

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2019

“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.

From Fox News • Sep. 12, 2019

I had a most frightful dream, and it was not due to Welsh-rarebits, but to my fatal weakness, which, not having my Thesaurus at hand, I must identify by the commonplace term of courtesy.

From The Inventions of the Idiot by Bangs, John Kendrick