DECLARATION OF USE

declaration  of  use.Trademarks.  A  sworn  statement  submitted  by  a  registered  mark’s  owner

averring  that  the  registered  mark  is  currently  in  use  in  commerce,  and  providing  a  specimen  or

facsimile of the mark’s use. • The § 8 affidavit must be filed (1) the fifth or sixth year following

registration, and (2) the year before the end of every ten-year period after the date of registration. D

If a registered  mark’s  owner fails to  file a § 8 affidavit within the required time, the  U.S. Patent

and Trademark Office may cancel the registration. The term comes from § 8 of the Lanham Act.

— Also termed affidavit of continued use; affidavit of use; affidavit under § 8; section 8 affidavit;

declaration  of  continued  use; declaration  under  §  8; Section  8  declaration; statement of  use.  Cf.

INCONTESTABILITY STATUS; CANCELLATION (4). [Blacks Law 8th]