The USPTO Extends Certain Trademark Deadlines Amid COVID-19 Disruptions

Written by Alesha M. Dominique and Marissa B. Lewis

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced earlier this week a thirty-day extension of certain trademark deadlines due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  The extension applies broadly to trademark deadlines that fall between March 27, 2020 and April 30, 2020, including, in particular:

• Responses to office actions, including notices of appeal from a final refusal;
• Statements of use or requests to extend the time to file a statement of use;
• Notices of opposition or requests to extend the time to file a notice of opposition;
• Priority filings;
• Transformations of international registration into a national trademark application;
• Affidavits of use or excusable nonuse; and
• Renewal applications.

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