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- Margaretta Wrenn, Staff Member
I am Andre mink of the founder of trademark factory the only firm in the world that offers trade marketing services with a predictable result for predictable budgets our trademark agents and trademark attorneys will help you trademark your brand with a free comprehensive trademark search for a single all-inclusive flat fee with a hundred-percent money-back guarantee I'm famous for explaining intellectual property so that a nine year old would understand and the question I'm gonna answer today is what is the date of first use so I have already done a video about what does using a trademark mean and you should watch that video because that will provide some context but when you file an application in some countries you are required to state the date of first use and what that means is that you have to specify the date for which you have evidence that you can prove that you were already using that brand and what I say have to prove you don't have to prove that first day to the trademarks office that's not the purpose right they're going to take you for your and in Canada they won't even request to see if you're currently using the brand so in the US for example when you file a trademark based on existing use you do have to provide the specimen of use and yeah we'll have a video on that in Canada you don't you just say well I want to use it and neither Canada nor US will check the evidence that goes back to the date that you're claiming but if your trademark registers and you said that you've been using this brand for 300 years and somebody wants to invalidate your brand invalidate the trademark if they can prove that you were not using that trademark then or in certain situations if they raise the issue that it does look like you were using it then and you cannot prove that you were then you have gonna have a problem and if your trademark was filed with information that's inaccurate that's incorrect false or fraudulent you've run a big risk of having that trademark invalidated for the only reason that you provided that false information so be very careful when you fill that out and for example when we file your trademark application one of the things that we're going to go through with you is that we're gonna go through the list of the products and services that you want your trademark to cover we're gonna ask you very specifically when was the first date when was the first date when it was that when was the first date and he needs to take it seriously because again we can't put whatever date you're gonna tell us but it's up to you to have the evidence to prove you have all the invoices to have all the website snapshots all the you know photographs whatever it is that you're gonna use to prove that you started using that brand on that date make sure that you have that this is just one of many short videos where I'm providing specific no BS answers to your questions about trademarks so subscribe now and yet notified whenever the next video goes live and if you have a brand that you want to protect request your free comprehensive trademark search and render stability opinion we're gonna look into that we're gonna call you we're gonna walk you through this we're gonna answer your question whether your trademark can't be registered we're gonna help you with their strategy as to whether you should register this trademark or that trademark or this logo or that logo or this tagline or that and you'll be able to make that important decision about what to do with your brand what your branding strategy should look like and you're not gonna even pay a dime for it anyway I'll see you in the next video
Thanks Lavone your participation is very much appreciated
- Margaretta Wrenn
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I've studied political psychology at Berry College in Mount Berry and I am an expert in military psychology. I usually feel aggravated. My previous job was product safety engineer I held this position for 7 years, I love talking about foraging and netball. Huge fan of Zayn Malik I practice cricket and collect baseball cards.
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