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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