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Can I bring a lawsuit for trademark infringement if I have an intent to use trademark application?

Bear in mind that having a trademark registration is different from holding a trademark. Your "intent to use" application does not yet amount to a trademark registration. However, you may or may not have a trademark and, possibly, superior rights over another user of the the same or a substantially similar mark, regardless of whether or not you have completed the trademark registration process. Are you actually using the mark in commerce either within your state, or in interstate commerce? If...

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