This Handbook provides an overview of federal patent and trademark law. Information discussed includes types of patents and trademarks, duration of registration, requirements for obtaining, a guide to the application process, protecting your patent or trademark, and much more in 18 pages of materials.
How to satisfy the requirements for clarifying, substituting, or adding a filing basis, or applying for more than one filing basis. You can claim a priority filing date if you file your international application within six months of filing your basic trademark application.What is a patent priority date? Priority date refers to the earliest filing date in a family of patent applications. A trademark priority date is the earliest a trademark can be registered with the US Trademark Office (USPTO). You can file an application to register your trademark or service mark with an intenttouse (ITU) filing basis. Descriptive terms cannot benefit from the trademark rules giving the applicant a "constructive" date of first use as of when it files the application.