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[Morris] Hi, I'm trademark attorney Morris Turek.
I protect individuals and businesses throughout the world by assisting them with their important trademark matters.
It is not unusual for potential clients to ask me questions about the federal trademark registration process
and what it entails.
Well, the federal trademark registration process is pretty straightforward.
Once your trademark application is filed with the trademark office
it will be about 3-4 months before the trademark office assigns your application to an examining attorney.
The examining attorney will review your application for completeness
and will analyze whether your trademark falls into any one of the numerous categories of trademarks
that are legally prohibited from being federally registered.
The examining attorney will also conduct a search of the trademark office's records
to see whether your trademark is likely to cause confusion with another trademark
in an application or registration owned by someone else.
If the examining attorney has no issues with your trademark application,
it will be approved for publication.
On the other hand, if the examining attorney rejects your trademark application,
you will receive an office action explaining why your application wasn't approved.
If you are able to fully and successfully overcome the rejection,
the examining attorney will approve your application for publication.
If not, you may have to consider appealing the rejection to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
If nobody opposes your trademark application during the 30-day publication period
and your trademark was in use at the time you filed your application,
the trademark office will issue your trademark registration.
If you filed your trademark application on an intent to use basis,
the trademark office will instead issue what is called the notice of allowance.
You will then have 6 months to file the statement of use
which is a document that proves to the trademark office that you are now using your trademark in commerce.
If you can't file the statement of use within those 6 months,
you could get another 6 months by filing for an extension of time.
The trademark office will not register your trademark until you file the statement of use.
If you still have questions about the federal trademark registration process, please feel free to give me a call.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
[Morris Turek, Trademark Attorney] [(314) 749-4059, morris@yourtrademarkattorney.com]