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Incontestable Trademarks – A Section 15 Declaration of Incontestability Protects TMs from Claims that the Mark is Merely Descriptive.
After five years a trademark registered with the USPTO must be renewed by filing a Section 8 Declaration of Use. At the same time, a trademark registered on the Principal Register may be declared “incontestable” by filing a Section 15 Declaration of Incontestability. See, 15 U.S.C. §1065. Incontestability provides certain specific rights, stated in 15…
Read MoreIdentity Verification for Trademark Filings with USPTO
Click here for video of what is written below. The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office recently started requiring identity verification for users filing trademark documents on its online portal. Previously, a user could simply log into the USPTO website portal and file a trademark document. Now, only verified users can access the USPTO portal to…
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