Filing a trademark example of use in the USA? You think, piece of cake. At this point you have jumped through the application hoops, chosen and narrowed your classes of goods and services appropriately and are ready to get the coveted “circle R.” You jump on your website, see the mark clearly used on the first page, hit “print,” and send it to the USPTO.
Except…
Wait, how can use not be considered “use”? As it turns out, simply displaying a mark is often not enough. Below are some tips for decoding three common specimen rejections issued by the USPTO and finding a suitable example of use. Continue reading “How Much Use Equals “Use”? Decoding Common Specimen Refusals issued by the USPTO”