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Requirements to Maintain US Federal Trademark Registration

us trademark registrationIf you are successfully able to register your United States federal trademark, you have navigated the trickiest part of the trademark process.  However, you are not completely out of the woods.  Simply because you register a trademark does not mean that it will remain valid and enforceable forever.  For your trademark registration to remain valid or active, you must show the United States Trademark office that you have continued to use the mark in commerce after registration.

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The ® Trademark Registration Symbol and the ™ Trademark Symbol: What’s the difference?

trademark registrationYou are probably familiar with two small symbols commonly displayed after the use of a U.S. trademark, the ® and the ™ symbols. But you may wonder what the difference between them is. These two symbols indicate that the owner of a mark is asserting trademark rights in connection with the mark. These “trademark” symbols are intended as notice or a warning to third parties regarding the type of rights that accompany a mark.

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