It is customary to file a Declaration of Incontestability at the same time the Declaration of Use is filed. Trademarks and service marks are renewable perpetually every ten years, measured from the date of registration. If a regular or ITU trademark application is filed, our legal fee covers the preparation and filing of the application, but does not include a drawing charge if the mark is in the form of an artistic logo. Some trademark applications require amendment which require an additional fee. The amendment, if necessary, is usually encountered about four months after the filing date of the trademark application.
Oppositions are quite rare.
Overseas Trademarks Trademark applications may also be filed overseas. We recommend against such filing, of course, if you have no means of marketing your product overseas. There are no treaties for filing trademark applications in Asian, African, or other countries outside of the European Union. Thus, a trademark lawyer must be hired in the non-European country of interest. This trademark registration must be renewed no later than Tuesday, August 21, 2007.