USPTO Extensions
The USPTO Extends Certain Trademark Deadlines Amid COVID-19 Disruptions
MSK Client AlertÂ
April 3, 2020
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.