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Can I use a PO Box as the official address on my trademark application?

Written by Jan Buza

Co-founder of Trama

A PO Box can be used as a correspondence or mailing address, but not as the legal domicile address. Most IP offices require a physical address for the domicile field in the application; a PO Box does not satisfy this requirement.

Some IP offices only display the correspondence address in publicly searchable records, keeping the domicile address private. If privacy is a concern, ask your legal representative whether their office address can be used as the correspondence address in the application.

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