If you own a US trademark, as a part of its maintenance, you are required to submit the Declaration of Use between the fifth and sixth year after the registration date, between the ninth and tenth year after the registration date, and every ten years after that.
Each of these deadlines has a six-month grace period.
Declare the commercial use of your trademark to keep your registration alive in the US.
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Social media plays a crucial role in the growth of any brand. If you are starting a business, prepare to leverage social media to at least some extent in the promotion of your company. Whether you make ads to run on Facebook and LinkedIn or define your company’s persona through viral posts and tweets, social media provides unique and valuable opportunities for businesses. It also can be a source of countless trademark infringements that can be detrimental to starting businesses.
Numerous entrepreneurs could start their story with the words “inspired by life” and Tom Revill, the founder of Plank hardware, is certainly one of them. “Plank Hardware all started with a few planks of wood and a new flat. We found that finding the right hardware at a reasonable price wasn’t so easy. We were so happy with the final pieces that we started making and selling them to friends, family and online. As a start-up, we’ve invested everything into our products and building our brand, so protecting that is really important to us.”
”Imagine what kind of startup performance we would see with founders spending 5% of their time on fundraising instead of 50%?” Scramble, founded by Kamil Kurmakayev, presents an elegant solution for startups’ fundraising needs and it is our pleasure to protect this brand that helps others.
