Back to collectionTrademark Papers Ready, Commercial Use Still to Begin
During the freeze before the announcement, the release and demonstration were being prepared on schedule. Today the documents needed for trademark registration were ready. Having the papers ready meant the team would not have to hunt for them at the last minute, but the date of first commercial use remained open.
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During the freeze before the announcement, the release and demonstration were being prepared on schedule. The legal team had a separate concern: although the XAI trademark papers were organized, the start of commercial use could not be inferred from a preparation date.
Today the documents needed for trademark registration were ready. Legal asked the team to check them and preserve evidence of actual public use. Someone suggested entering a convenient date for filing purposes, but legal insisted on waiting for the point when commercial use truly began before fixing that record.
Having the papers ready meant the team would not have to hunt for them at the last minute, but the date of first commercial use remained open. Work on the announcement continued while legal waited for verifiable use, so internal preparation would not be recorded as use that had already occurred.