Industry committee  That's right. At the moment, there is a lot more policing involved at the examination stage, and that is being eliminated.

Industry committee  It could, if oppositions are launched. These are third-party oppositions. If a trademark owner has been using their mark for years and maybe, for whatever reason, they didn't get around to registering it, and someone else comes along and scoops it, if the owner is in time, the ow

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  That's a good question. If use were maintained, I think we could live with the adoption. Let's put it this way. The treaties provide tools, and Madrid in particular, because what Madrid does is provide a mechanism for obtaining an international registration, but it's not really

Industry committee  The U.S. in particular....

Industry committee  It's very similar to Canada. Once an application has been allowed, if it was based on intent to use there's a requirement to file a statement of use, and not only a statement of use but specimens. Also, as Mr. Eisen mentioned, between the fifth and sixth anniversaries of registra

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