What is a Section 1(a) use-based trademark application?
What is a use-based trademark application? A trademark application must always identify whether the mark has already been used on…
Substitute specimens: How to show trademark use when original specimens rejected
Why the need for substitute specimens of use? If you’ve encountered a rejection of your trademark specimens of use, then…
Can you trademark before launching product?
What comes first: filing trademark or launching product? The US trademark registration system is different from the rest of the…
USPTO approval of ITU application before using trademark?
Trademark Office approval not required before using ITU mark There is no legal requirement to wait for USPTO approval of…
Rejected trademark specimens: What to do
Why do trademark specimens get rejected? Back in the old days when paper trademark applications were filed via snail mail,…
What is a lack of bona fide intent to use?
What is intent to use? To understand what something is not, begin with what it is. Intent to use refers…
What is a trademark registration basis?
What is a trademark registration basis? A trademark registration basis provides the reason for why your mark should be registered.…
What is trademark priority?
Trademark Priority: Determining Who Was First Trademark rights in the US generally belong to the one who was first to…
When Should You Request An Extension of Time for Filing a Statement of Use?
When do you have to submit evidence of trademark use? In an Intent-To-Use (ITU) trademark application, you have six months…
What is a Statement of Use (SOU)?
What is a Statement of Use? An Intent-To-Use (ITU) trademark application does not require any evidence of trademark use at…
What is an (ITU) Intent-To-Use trademark application?
What is an Intent-To-Use application? To register a trademark, you normally have to use the mark. Registration generally requires use…