Declaration of Incontestability Law and Legal Definition
Pursuant to 15 USCS § 1065, to claim that a mark registered on the Principal Register is incontestable; an applicant should file a declaration of incontestability. This declaration can be filed once the mark has been in continuous use in commerce for a period of five years after the date of registration, and the mark is still in use in commerce. Declaration of Incontestability can also be filed within one year after the expiration of five-year period of continuous use following registration. The mark should not have become generic
Legal Definition list
- Declaration of Excusable Nonuse
- Declaration of Continued Use
- Declaration of Bona Fide Intention to use the Mark in Commerce
- Declaration of an Incident of National Significance
- Declaration in Course of Duty
- Declaration of Incontestability
- Declaration of Independence
- Declaration of Intention
- Declaration of Invalidity
- Declaration of Legitimacy
- Declaration of Mailing
