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Ruth didn't fill in the correct use of…
Ruth didn't fill in the correct use of date on the statement of use. This cause that I need to spend 100 USD to file section 7 to correct it. And I received the certificate of trademark registration on 04-23-2024, she noticed me this information on 05-01-2024.
Response from TrademarkElite· May 10, 2024
We are sorry to hear that you had a bad experience, but are happy to see that we were able to successfully register your trademark. I see that your trademark was filed intent-to-use based, so the section 7 filing is likely not legally relevant. Your protection is retroactive to the filing date of your initial filing, so use dates after your initial filing make no difference. We often choose a use date that is the same as the filing date of the statement of use -- we are only declaring that the mark was used "at least as early" as the declaration filing. It doesn't harm your rights in any way, and actually may reduce risk if your mark came under opposition.


