Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Pennsylvania

placing a TM...trade mark on tshirt designs intended use and in actual use.....does that protect it until a registered application can be filed

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Asked on 2/11/16, 7:42 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Mark Torche Patwrite Law

The use of TM after your mark in the United States gives notice that you consider the mark to be your trademark. Your actual rights in the mark originate with that use and not through registration. You gain additional benefits through registration. Placing a TM on something that is not in actual use is not really meaningful. The "intent to use" status is really something that you have to file in order to have meaning.

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Answered on 2/11/16, 8:12 am


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