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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Jessica,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I believe that the Section 8 filing simply states the mark is in use in commerce, and use has to be during the relevant time you are filing declaration (before end of grace period if filing in grace period, or before start of grace period if filing before it). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Confirming this, in TMEP 1604.10 (<a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/current#/current/TMEP-1600d1e889.html">https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/current#/current/TMEP-1600d1e889.html</a>), describing substitute declarations, it says in #3 the use for a grace period filing that a substitute declaration need only state it was in use before the end of the grace period:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=annotate-ok>“A 8 affidavit or declaration that does not state that the mark is in use in commerce is deficient. The owner must submit a substitute affidavit or declaration stating that the mark was in use in commerce ….during the relevant period specified in 8 of the Trademark Act, <b><a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TFSR/current#/current/sec-510834c1-3800-4410-8234-81085d283a9a.html" target="_blank">15 U.S.C. 1058</a></b>, as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=nobull style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1' id=TMEP-ListItem-d22e1770>(1) If the 8 affidavit or declaration was filed during the sixth year after the date of registration or publication under 12(c) of the Act, the substitute affidavit or declaration must state that the mark was in use in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization before the expiration of the sixth year after the date of registration or publication under 12(c), if accurate; or <o:p></o:p></li><li class=nobull style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1' id=TMEP-ListItem-d22e1779>(2) If the 8 affidavit or declaration was filed within one year before the end of any ten-year period after the date of registration, the substitute affidavit or declaration must state that the mark was in use in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization within one year before the end of the ten-year period after the date of registration, if accurate; or <o:p></o:p></li><li class=nobull style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1' id=TMEP-ListItem-d22e1788>(3) <b><u>If the 8 affidavit or declaration was filed during the grace period, the substitute affidavit or declaration must state that the mark was in use in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization before the expiration of the grace period, if accurate.</u></b> “<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal>Hope that helps!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><table class=MsoTableGrid border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=366 style='width:274.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr style='height:88.65pt'><td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:88.65pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><img border=0 width=86 height=86 style='width:.8958in;height:.8958in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image002.jpg@01DABBE3.FD72F230" alt="Logo Description automatically generated with medium confidence"><span style='mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><br><br></span></span><span style='mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-cooper-wfmb"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=18 height=18 style='width:.1875in;height:.1875in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01DABBE3.FD72F230" alt="Icon Description automatically generated"></span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'> </span><span style='mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ipattorneysteve/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=18 height=18 style='width:.1875in;height:.1875in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.png@01DABBE3.FD72F230" alt="Icon Description automatically generated"></span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=270 valign=top style='width:202.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:88.65pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#002060;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Steven T. 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This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Jessica R. Friedman <jrfriedman@litproplaw.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] Filing Section 8 declaration during the grace period<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41'>If you file a Section 8 during the grace period, do you have to state that the mark was in use a<i>s of the end of the six-year period</i>? TMEP Section 1604 doesn’t seem to say. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366'>Jessica R. 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