Trademark Application and Post-Registration Process Timelines Applying to register your trademark with the USPTO begins a legal process. Legal requirements and deadlines must be met and fees may be required throughout the process. Not all applied-for trademarks register.
Every trademark application must have a legal basis for filing. The filing bases under federal trademark law are: Section 1(a) Use; Section 1(b) Intent-to-Use; Section 44(d) Foreign application; Section 44(e) Foreign registration; and Section 66(a) Madrid Protocol.
If your trademark registers, additional legal requirements, fees, and deadlines must be met to maintain your registration and keep your trademark registered.
The timelines below provide an overview of the process steps and time frames for filing a trademark application with a particular filing basis and for maintaining a trademark registration.
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