Trademark Specimens
Except in a few cases*, a trademark will not be registered until the mark has been used. The Trademark Office won’t register a trademark unless the applicant provides proof of how the mark is used in commerce. This is a…
Insurance Extension Requests in Section 1(b) Trademark Applications
When an Section 1(b) intent-to-use trademark application receives a Notice of Allowance, the applicant has six months to file an acceptable statement of use to prove that the applied-for mark is being used in commerce. Applicants that fail to file…