Trademark opposition windows
Thirty days from publication, and it cannot be reopened — the one deadline with no second chance.
Erik Kostelnik
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When a trademark application is published for opposition, anyone who believes it would harm their brand has 30 days to file an opposition. After that, the window closes and cannot be reopened.
This is the single deadline in Brand Protect that has no second chance. Almost everything else is recoverable — a domain can be bought later, a handle can be requested, an entity registration can be worked around. A missed opposition window cannot.
That's the reason Brand Protect checks weekly rather than monthly. A monthly cadence could miss most of a 30-day window before you ever heard about it.
If you get an opposition alert: the filing is in your class, which means it's a potential conflict rather than a coincidence. The alert shows the mark, the applicant, the class, and the closing date.
Filing an opposition is a legal step. BrandScreen is not a law firm and this is not legal advice — talk to a trademark attorney about whether opposing is the right move.
This is the single deadline in Brand Protect that has no second chance. Almost everything else is recoverable — a domain can be bought later, a handle can be requested, an entity registration can be worked around. A missed opposition window cannot.
That's the reason Brand Protect checks weekly rather than monthly. A monthly cadence could miss most of a 30-day window before you ever heard about it.
If you get an opposition alert: the filing is in your class, which means it's a potential conflict rather than a coincidence. The alert shows the mark, the applicant, the class, and the closing date.
Filing an opposition is a legal step. BrandScreen is not a law firm and this is not legal advice — talk to a trademark attorney about whether opposing is the right move.