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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>From:</b> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of Nancy Dwyer Chapman via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 9, 2023 1:58 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Nancy Dwyer Chapman <nancydwyerchapman@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] To Color Claim or Not To Color Claim</font>
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<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">November 9, 2023
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<div class="">This venerable, faded photo from decades ago (which proved useful again and again when I was counseling clients) may give you some fodder to consider a separate color claim application in addition to a B&W application for the logo of interest.</div>
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<div class="">On Nov 9, 2023, at 12:55 PM, Montgomery, Alexander P. via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAbb06e703-6e4d-021e-7398-32520a3c22cc" data-loopstyle="linkonly">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
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<span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 78, 121);">I’ve always wondered whether there is a compelling legal reason to make a color claim in an application to register a logo. Is there any benefit other than “your logo is a similar design<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><u class="">and
uses the same colors</u>” (which is a valid argument even without a color claim)?</span></div>
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<span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 78, 121);">The flexibility of a registration without a color claim seems to far outweigh any benefits obtained by way of a registration with a color claim, but I am prepared to be educated by the collective knowledge of
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