As Pandemic Drags On, Trademark Registrants May Face Maintenance Filing Hurdles
By EsqSocial Corporation 05/02/21
Despite the black humor that March 2020 has never actually ended, time does keep marching on and presenting new challenges. As we near the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, trademark maintenance deadlines in 2021 create new obstacles for registrants. To maintain a federal trademark registration, registrants must periodically file an affidavit of use under Section 8 swearing that the mark is in use in commerce or that the registrant has an acceptable excuse for nonuse......
By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP