Michael Snow wrote in part:
One potential risk in waiting is that we could be denied registration because somebody else had already registered the trademark themselves. The US Patent & Trademark Office generally will only check that there are no conflicting registered marks. They will not investigate to make sure that nobody else is using the mark. Instead, they provide "notice" to the public by publishing applications, and if someone raises legitimate objections, then the mark is not registered.
Hum. So how easy is it to keep track of these announcements of applications? (I assume that we'd be in a good position to object to registration.) And how easy is it to keep track of applications in other countries, such as the European Union?
-- Toby