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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:38:49 -0400
From: Tony Sebro <tony@...41...>
To: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...2...>
CC: "inkscape@...41..." <inkscape@...41...>
Subject: Re: affidavits to maintain & strengthen registration of the Inkscape
trademarks
On 08/11/2014 02:30 PM, Bryce Harrington wrote:
One of the board members had a couple questions:
"""
Are the fees for the marks filed every 5 or 10 years? I'm a little
unclear when viewing:
http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/postreg_nonmadrid_timeline.jsp
Are the incontestability affidavits a one time thing or do they get
renewed at some point?
"""
Good questions. The incontestability affidavits (aka a §15
declaration)
are a one-time thing -- and, a one-time opportunity. If we ever wanted
to file them, we'd have to file them within this current window.
However, we would need to still need to file a declaration of continued
use (aka a §8 declaration), as well as an application for renewal (aka a
§9 application) every ten years for each of the marks in order to
maintain each registration.
In other words: once this we file these affidavits, we won't need to do
anything to maintain these registrations for another ten years. But, to
maintain the marks, we would need to file paperwork (and submit filing
fees) every ten years after that.
Best,
-Tony
--
Tony Sebro, General Counsel, Software Freedom Conservancy
+1-212-461-3245 x11
tony@...41...
www.sfconservancy.org
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