How To Properly Use Your Trademark In Interstate Commerce
A prerequisite for federal registration of your trademark is showing that your mark is being used “in commerce”, as Section 901 of the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP) lays out. Essentially this means that you need to use your logo, slogan, or other source identifier in the course of authentic, "bona fide" business. We'll go further into what qualifies as bona fide business a bit later. Use In Commerce for Physical Goods vs Services Physical Goods - The mark should appear on...