# What trademark can be registered in the Trademark Clearinghouse?

## Question

What trademark can be registered in the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH)?

## Answer

The Trademark Clearinghouse accepts any trademark which is:

- still valid in the trademark register (not expired, rejected, cancelled or withdrawn)
- in use by the trademark owner, in the class it is registered
- court validated mark or a marks protected by statute or treaty are [accepted](https://openprovider.help/books/domains/page/can-i-also-submit-other-types-of-trademarks-to-the-tmch) as well.

A trademark may contain international characters, but not a combination of character sets: a Chinese trademark is accepted, a trademark having both a Chinese word and an English word will not be accepted.

An [image trademark](https://openprovider.help/books/domains/page/can-a-device-mark-image-mark-be-registered-in-the-trademark-clearinghouse) (visual trademark or device mark) is accepted as well, as long as the image contains characters that are allowed in domain names.

Trademarks containing a dot (.) are only accepted if the dot is not part of a domain extension (apple.pear is allowed, apple.com isn't).

For more details, please refer to sections 2.2.5 and 4 of the [TMCH Guidelines](https://trademark-clearinghouse.com/sites/default/files/files/downloads/TMCH%20guidelines%20v1.2_0.pdf).