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What are dead or abandoned marks?

April 26, 2017abandoned dead marks

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What are dead or abandoned marks?

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A dead or abandoned status for a trademark application means that specific application is no longer under prosecution within the USPTO, and would not be used as a bar against your filing. It does not necessarily mean that there are not other marks that might be in use in commerce (i.e., certain marks can be dead or abandoned, but are still in use in commerce).