Trademark applications can take a very long time from date of application to date of registration. In fact, many applications are taking anywhere from 12-18 months. Of course, an applicant can reduce the amount of time needed by responding to UDPTO requests such as office actions or intent to use affidavits in a timely manner.

Finding the current status of a trademark application may seem confusing, but it really isn't.

The USPTO announced that it is reducing the amount of time allowed for trademark applicants to respond to office actions from six months to three months.

Effective May 24, 2022, the USPTO no longer sends paper trademark certificates to applicants at the completion of the registration process. Trademark applicants can now receive paper certificates by making a request to the USPTO.

What is a Common Law Trademark and What Protections Do They Have? A trademark is a sign, symbol, logo, or phrase that serves as a source identifier. It's job is to identify a source of goods or services in the marketplace.  Under federal law, you are not required to register your trademark with ...

One of the most common questions asked by trademark clients is, "how long will my trademark application take?" Unfortunately, over recent months this answer has become more and more discouraging. Pre-Covid, it was possible to see an application go from date of application to registration in less ...

Once your initial application for trademark registration is filed with the USPTO, it will be assigned to an Examining Attorney ("EA") who will carefully review your mark and compare it to others that have already been registered or are pending. The EA will also critically look at your mark to be ...

If you have a Blog with that is part of, or maybe all of your brand, you may want to consider getting the blog name protected with a trademark. A trademark will protect your brand name, or here, your blog name, from being used by others in the specific area, or even related areas to your blog con...

Many times, during a consultation with a prospective client, I am asked what is the process that my firm uses to register a trademark. I thought it would be helpful to summarize this here in this blog post so that potential clients have a good idea what to expect. The process always begins with ...