Trademark Application (initial)

What this filing is, when it is due, and who has to file it for a company in United States. LawDep tracks every deadline on an auto-rolling compliance calendar and prepares the filing before you submit it.

Cadence

Event-based

How often it recurs

Filed with

USPTO

Lanham Act 15 U.S.C. § 1051

Due

before first use in commerce / per filing strategy

Deadline rule

What is the TM App filing?

Trademark Application (initial) is an event-driven compliance filing that a United States company files with USPTO. The deadline is before first use in commerce / per filing strategy. The filing is governed by Lanham Act 15 U.S.C. § 1051.

Typical evidence required

filing copy
specimen

Who files it

This filing applies to companies operating in this jurisdiction. LawDep applies it to the right entity types automatically, so a filing for one subsidiary never lands on the wrong one.

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TM App is prepared for you, but it is not added to the auto-rolling calendar, because this filing's date depends on an event we cannot predict. Add it manually.

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