[verdverm]

You have to show commercial use afaiui, in order to get the trademark in the first place. You have to submit evidence as such as part of the application.

This prevents name squatting

[tasdev]

Thanks! Turns out I need to file an Intent to Use - very different to the way it's handled here in Australia.

[verdverm]

Yeah, from my experience, it's a few thousand dollars, so if you have cash to burn, it's not too bad, but you probably don't need it until you have a stable cash influx