Trademark/Servicemark Application, Supplemental Register
Use this form to file an initial application for a trademark/servicemark on the
Supplemental Register, rather than the Principal Register. Almost all
marks are filed directly on the Principal Register. However, certain marks
that are not eligible for registration on the Principal Register, but which are
capable of distinguishing an applicant's goods or services, may be
registered on the Supplemental Register. If you file on the Principal
Register, but are only eligible for the Supplemental Register, you will be
permitted to amend the application to change registers during the prosecution of
the application.
NOTE:
The filing fee is $335.00 per class of goods and/or services (i.e., if an application is for one mark,
but the mark is used on goods and/or services in two different classes, e.g., computer software in Class 9
and t-shirts in Class 25, then the overall filing fee is $670.00--- $335.00 x 2 classes). Only one mark is
permissible per application, although a mark may consist of several elements that are joined to form a
composite whole (e.g., words plus a design). Also, the filing fee is a processing fee for the application.
This fee is NOT returned even if ultimately the USPTO does not issue a registration. You should take all
necessary steps to ensure the mark is registrable before filing the application.
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Before filing an application requesting registration on the Supplemental Register, or amending to the
Supplemental Register, you must be lawfully using the mark in commerce, on or in connection with the
goods and services (unlike an application on the Principal Register, which may be based on an intent
to use the mark in the future, under §(b) of the Trademark Act). The only exception from the use
requirement in seeking registration on the Supplemental Register is for applications based solely on
§4 of the Trademark Act (i.e., based on a foreign application and/or registration).
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