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What documents and other details are required before filing the trademark application with the USPTO?

Written by Jan Buza

Co-founder of Trama

A USPTO trademark application requires the following information:

Owner details: legal name and address (company name and registered address for a legal entity; personal name and address for an individual).
The mark: the exact text of a wordmark, or a clear image file for a figurative or combined mark.
Goods and services: a description organized by Nice Classification class, using terminology accepted by the USPTO's ID Manual.
Filing basis: use in commerce (with a specimen) or intent to use.
Specimen: required at filing for use-in-commerce applications; submitted later for intent-to-use applications.
Attorney details: required for foreign-domiciled applicants; a licensed US attorney must be appointed.
Filing fee: paid at the time of submission.

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