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After five years, a trademark registered with the USPTO must be renewed by filing a Section 8 Declaration of Use. At the same time, incontestable trademarks can be established through a Section 15 Declaration of Incontestability, which provides important legal protections under federal trademark law. See, 15 U.S.C. §1065. Incontestability provides certain specific rights, stated…