[E-trademarks] Filing Section 8 declaration during the grace period

Tue Jun 11 13:55:07 UTC 2024

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From: stc at warefressola.com <stc at warefressola.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 9:44 AM
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Subject: RE: [E-trademarks] Filing Section 8 declaration during the grace period
Hi Jessica,

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).
Confirming this, in TMEP 1604.10 (https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/current#/current/TMEP-1600d1e889.html), 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:

“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, 15 U.S.C. §1058<https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TFSR/current#/current/sec-510834c1-3800-4410-8234-81085d283a9a.html>, as follows:

  *   (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
  *   (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
  *   (3) 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. “
Hope that helps!

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Subject: [E-trademarks] Filing Section 8 declaration during the grace period

If you file a Section 8 during the grace period, do you have to state that the mark was in use as of the end of the six-year period? TMEP Section 1604 doesn’t seem to say.

Jessica R. Friedman
Attorney at Law
300 East 59 Street, Ste. 2406
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-220-0900
Cell: 917-647-1884
E-mail: jrfriedman at litproplaw.com<mailto:jrfriedman at litproplaw.com>
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