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Deceptively misdescriptive

A mark that deceptively mis-describes a characteristic, feature or quality of a good or service in such a way as to potentially mislead the consumer is not registrable as a trademark.

Declaration

Formal statement that you are the owner of invention, design, or mark, and that, to the best of your knowledge, no one else was using the invention, design, or mark when you created it.  Copyright: Formal statement that the applicant is the author, the owner of the work, an assignee or a person to whom an interest in the copyright has been granted by license.

Description

A description is a basic requirement of an application for an industrial design. It identifies the features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament that distinguish the design, and indicates whether the design resides in the entire article or a portion.

Design patent

The term used in the United States to describe a patent protecting the appearance of a product.

Disclaimer

A statement that the applicant does not claim exclusive rights for a portion of the trademark. 

Dramatic work

Includes plays, screenplays, scripts, films, videos and choreographic works as well as translations of such works.

Drawings

Drawings (or photographs) disclosing certain aspects of an invention to help the reader understand what is being claimed; an image illustrating the appearance of a design; an image of a trademark or servicemark.