⚠️ Missing your renewal window means losing your trademark permanently. The USPTO does not send reminders. You are responsible for knowing your dates. Don't let years of brand equity disappear because a deadline slipped.
Book Now →The USPTO requires proof that you are still using your trademark in commerce — and timely filing to keep the registration alive. Here's what's involved.
Due between years 5 and 6 after registration. You must declare that your mark is still being used in commerce and submit a specimen showing active use. Miss this and your trademark is cancelled.
Also available between years 5 and 6. Filing for incontestability gives your mark significantly stronger legal protection — making it much harder for competitors to challenge your ownership.
Due at the 10-year mark and every 10 years after. Combined with a Section 8 declaration, this keeps your trademark registration alive and active. Trademarks can last indefinitely — but only if you renew.
Every renewal is filed by the attorney who knows your mark — not outsourced, not automated, not passed to a paralegal. Your brand deserves that same standard of care at renewal that it received at filing.
Standalone renewal filing — Sections 8 and/or 9 filed on your behalf. Includes specimen review, declaration preparation, and USPTO submission. For clients whose trademark is in good standing and ready to renew.
- ✦Section 8 Declaration of Use filing
- ✦Section 9 Renewal filing (10-year mark)
- ✦Specimen review and preparation guidance
- ✦USPTO submission and confirmation
The complete renewal package — Sections 8 and 15 filed with USPTO plus one full year of trademark monitoring so you know the moment someone tries to encroach on what you've built.
- ✦Section 8 Declaration of Use filing
- ✦Section 15 Incontestability declaration
- ✦1 full year of trademark monitoring
- ✦Specimen review and preparation guidance
- ✦USPTO submission and confirmation
Already renewed but want ongoing monitoring? Annual trademark watch services keep your eyes on the USPTO database so you know the moment a conflicting mark is filed.
Registration without renewal is just paperwork.
Your trademark registration gave you exclusive rights to your brand name. Renewal is how you keep those rights. Without it, your mark goes abandoned — and once it's gone, someone else can legally file on the name you built.
The incontestability filing available at years 5–6 is one of the most powerful moves you can make for your brand — and most trademark holders miss it because no one told them it existed.
"This isn't just a trademark. This is your legacy's first line of defense. Renewal is how you hold the line."
Your trademark is cancelled by the USPTO. The registration is gone. Competitors can legally file on your brand name — and you'll have to start over from scratch, if you can reclaim it at all.
Your mark stays registered and enforceable. You maintain your exclusive rights. Good protection — but someone could still challenge your ownership in certain circumstances.
Your mark is renewed AND incontestable — the strongest form of trademark protection available. Competitors cannot challenge your right to use it based on prior use or descriptiveness. This is the gold standard.
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Protect it like one.
You did the hard work of building something worth protecting. Don't let a missed deadline undo it. Book your renewal session — we'll pull your current status, confirm your dates, and handle everything from there.