Is your trademark application or trademark registration valid, abandoned, or cancelled? Is the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) waiting for you to respond to an Office Action or make a filing deadline?

If you have an application or registered trademark, or if someone has sent you a letter asking you to cease and desist from infringing their trademark, you need to know how to check the status of that trademark application or registration.

In this video I explain when you want to check the status on a trademark application or trademark registration, how to check status, and what the various statuses mean.

00:00 Intro
01:06 How to Check Trademark Status
04:08 When to Check Trademark Status
05:26 Examples of Trademark Statuses
08:32 Tip

PDF chart of the common trademark statuses: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/f...

Guides from the USPTO on checking trademark status:
https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-gett...
https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-appl...

USPTO TSDR (status check): http://tsdr.uspto.gov/
USPTO TESS (search): http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/

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Legal Disclosure: Elizabeth is licensed to practice in the state of California and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Information contained in this video is not legal advice – please seek advice of counsel. This video and description may contain attorney advertising.

I recommend guides by Nolo Publishing if you plan to handle your own legal work:
Trademark: Legal Care for Your Business & Product Name Twelfth Edition
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