Life Cycle of a Trademark

It's been a while since my last post. Sorry about that.

Thomson & Thomson has a nice page listing the Life Cycle of a Trademark:

Stage 1 - Creation

Stage 2 - Screening

Stage 3 - Clearance

Stage 4 - Investigation

Stage 5 - Opinion

Stage 6 - Filing and Registration

Stage 7 - Protection

Stage 8 - Maintenance

Stage 9 - Commercial Exploitation

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