Principal vs. Supplemental Register

Greetings. I’m trademark attorney Josh Gerben, and I would like to talk a little bit about the difference between the principal and the supplemental register. The principal and the supplemental register are the two registers that you could actually end up on when you file a trademark application. It is what it sounds like. You’d rather be on the principal […]

Use in Commerce

Greetings. I’m trademark attorney Josh Gerben and I would like to talk about what does “use in commerce” means as it relates to a trademark application. In any trademark application process, the U.S. government asks a very important question, “Are the goods or services that the trademark represents being used in commerce?” If you answer yes, and you are not […]

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