You file your USPTO trademark application and wait for it to move through the USPTO review process. After filing, applications typically sit in a queue for, at the time of this article, 5-6 months before an examining attorney reviews it. After that first examination, you may receive a notice called an “Office Action.” That can feel unsettling at first, but it is a normal part of the process. A large percentage of applications receive at least one Office Action, and the USPTO’

Image courtesy of Pixabay (public domain / CC0) https://picryl.com/media/man-iron-hero-people-651af5 Have you seen THUNDERBOLTS®, the movie? In the extra credit scene, one character claims “Do you know he’s filed for ‘copyright’ of the name?” Another character replies, “AVENGERZ with a ‘Z’ there is no copyright.”  Note: We are using this as an example and have no firsthand knowledge of exactly what the characters were thinking in this scene! :) There are two issues here:  The

NO DAYS OFF (BILL'S VERSION), Application Serial No, 99120069 (U.S. Pat. & Trademark Off. Apr. 3, 2025) https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumbe...

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