Tutorial: How to File a Statement of Use for an Intent-to-Use Trademark Application with the USPTO

[@CSXRobertt]

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[@ElizabethPW]

Great to hear!

[@KaraG-b5t]

Thank you! This made it all clear and easy. Saved me $500 in attorney fees:)

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[@ElizabethPW]

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[@BillCallaghan-fq7hk]

Extremely helpful, now I can ignore all those attorney's that are emailing me! Thank You!

[@pixeepixel4170]

Thank you sooooo much for sharing your knowledge on this topic!! You are helping more people than you realize! I just submitted my Allegation of Use while following along with your video :)

[@ElizabethPW]

Glad it was helpful!

[@KalieMontz-u5i]

Can't thank you enough for these videos!!! This is so helpful and love how you explain each item and what I am entering and agreeing to!

[@ShermanRutledge]

Elizabeth, your video was the best, no joking, I watched so many videos, and you are so concise and clear in your steps, thank you for sharing and taking your time for us.

[@ElizabethPW]

You're welcome!

[@skylark9111]

So true!!!!

[@enekneya7378]

Oh my goodness, this one was SO HELPFUL!!! Thank you!

[@ElizabethPW]

Welcome!!

[@JamilaIsbell]

You are a gem. Thank you for your videos!

[@ElizabethPW]

You are so welcome!

[@itszoravalentine]

Wow, thank you so much!! This is so comprehensive.

[@ElizabethPW]

Welcome!

[@Tokyo_Arcade]

EPW has the best and easiest to understand tutorials! Thank you!

[@ElizabethPW]

Glad you think so!

[@UROADX]

Such a great help Elizabeth!!!! Thank You!

[@jayrodbaja]

What an amazing tutorial!! Thank you for taking the time to go step by step through the process. This video is exactly what I was looking for. Cheers!

[@aaroncoles2433]

Oh God! Thank you Elizabeth!!! 🙌🏾

[@ElizabethKik-g9p]

Thank you so much! I am trying to file an extension of time for statement of use--do you have a video to help with that? I am stuck on one of the windows to fill out. Thank you!

[@michaelolson571]

You are the BEST!

[@matheusdiniz1672]

Thank you very much for this video. I'm from Brazil and it helped me a lot.

[@ElizabethPW]

Glad it helped!

[@s.a.felder2609]

Extremely helpful, thank you so much for the video.

[@DavidAdams-q1x]

Hi Elizabeth, first I'd like to inform that your videos are very helpful and informative and do appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience with the masses. Next, needed to ask if a person hired an attorney to file the application and the application now has a status of "Notice of Allowance" where now you have 6 months to file the Statement of Use. If you wanted to file your own statement of use to save in cost, how should you handle the attorney that's representing you. Should you just send a notice of termination of services and then ask the attorney to have the address on record changed to your address, thanks

[@ElizabethPW]

Yes you can just email the lawyer about it but then file the paperwork yourself (you don't know how long it will take the lawyer to do it, if they will do it at all)

[@derrylperry]

Can you add a use which was not claimed on the original application? For example, started selling a logo t-shirt to go along with an entertainer's name/logo. I've been selling shirts and have proof.

[@ElizabethPW]

If you want to add an additional class, you file a new application

[@derrylperry]

@@ElizabethPW Thanks, thought so.

[@sinslap_]

please post if it gets rejected or not

[@ElizabethPW]

It's still pending! Takes a long time now

[@sensationsus1153]

hello I was seeing the video of how to change the trademark owner, everything is perfect but I have a question in what to put in the file attached that you said that we can take to the ups to notarized, if you can help me y appreciate a lot

[@dahandynurse6791]

Thank you so much for your videos. I wanted to ask I did mine in shirts and hoodies, one class. I have only sold 2 and I have given a few to the staff. I don't have a website with these item for sale, but I do have the product with the logo on it. Would this suffice as the statement of use?

[@ElizabethPW]

They’d want a pic of the item with the trademark on the tag, label, packaging, etc. Sometimes it works on the shirt front but not always

[@ATierraFilm]

I want to file my clothing brand under retail store is that smart to do, even though I am operating online.

[@ElizabethPW]

Sometimes that can work -- really depends on the exact circumstances

[@PracticallyDivineSage]

Hey ma'am your video is very helpful! Although I'm struggling to compete my statement of use because, since I am completing the statement of use my attorney told me to remove her. But I don't know how to do that because at the end of the form it requires her information. She began the process for the Trademark application and now I just have to finish it. What do you suggest I do?

[@ElizabethPW]

If you do not reside in the US, you are required to have an attorney sign, so you’d need a new attorney. If you are in the US then you can sign as someone representing themselves.

[@ladee7bug7]

Hi Elizabeth Thanks for the video! I have filed my Statement of Use for a Trademark. I really need to choose another class. Should I do it now , or wait for the SOU to be approved? It's for the same trademark of course.

[@ElizabethPW]

To choose another class you file a new application

[@marcfruchtman9473]

Thanks for the video! Very interesting.

[@ElizabethPW]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@CartoonUnpluggedTV]

Extremely helpful! Quick question, what if I haven't made any monetization on my channel yet? Would I have to extend my statement of use until I do? In regards to the date of commerce?

[@ElizabethPW]

Yes you file an extension until you monetize

[@jdm2718]

Q: If the 'Owner' of the trademark is my CA LLC, would I check the box under the 'Domicile Address' section (meaning my business address and domicile are the same for the owner, which would be the LLC)? Or would I uncheck it and add my personal home address along with my name & title as principal of the LLC? Also, there was another box inside this section, "Check this box ONLY if the owner is a juristic entity (eg LLC)" - would I also check that box? Thx!

[@ElizabethPW]

The domicile must be a real street address. So if the LLC has an office where you work, put that. But if there is no location, you put your personal home address and check the box with the "juristic entity" and it will give you a place to insert your name

[@Simbavictoria-kc9li]

Hello, Elizabeth, Great video it cleared up a few things for me. However, what if you haven’t began to operate the business as of yet are you able to still file for the SOU? If so as an e-commerce, is a picture of the item enough to file? And does the picture have to be a jpeg also? And if the trademark is on abandonment can a SOU be filed rather than the extension?

[@ElizabethPW]

You need to be making money somehow to file the SOU

[@Maalejandrapg]

Thank you! Very helpful!!!

[@pkchar]

Can I Trademark a black and white version of my image and use a color image in some places? Or do I have to Trademark the color and black and white versions? And can the colors change? Like if I have a Trademark on a black and white logo but use it on a rubber stamp with red ink, or print stickers with different colors in the foreground and background?

[@ElizabethPW]

You can trademark a b&w version as a trademark that does not claim color as part of the trademark. Then you can use various colors in the future.

[@maurodc]

Thank You :)

[@ksingleton6976]

Do you have an extension request video??

[@ElizabethPW]

Not yet, but I'll add it to the list

[@Best-relaxation-music777]

Thank you so much! You helped me!!!!

[@ElizabethPW]

Great to hear!

[@TheArthead]

Hi , I have the t shirt company printing out my first trademark on a shirt , but they’re taking a while my SOU is do on August 6. I’m kinda stressing on the short time I have, if I get my shirts come in by the 22nd of this month, do you think I’ll have enough time to file the SOU on time?

[@ElizabethPW]

Probably since it is based on when you file. You can also apply for a 6-month extension but that costs a bit of $

[@EricJones-q4y]

I hope I'm not double posting. Seems my last one disappeared. For proof of sales with my trademark do I have to have a certain amount or just show a single sale? Also that sale can not be associated to me to make it legitimate correct?

[@ElizabethPW]

It can be for any amount. Yep it needs to be a legit sale.

[@TwoWheelTraveling-yd5bl]

@@ElizabethPW thank you

[@ShermanRutledge]

Elizabeth, I am rebuilding my very complicated website, will it matter if construction if ongoing and I submit my website with the logo on it? Should the website be completely finished, will it matter, I decided to rebuild it, thank you for your opinion.

[@ElizabethPW]

It is okay if you change the website, but the logo/trademark must match *exactly*