<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">November 9, 2023<div class=""><br class=""></div><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><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img id="<8CC1699A-F59C-4A21-97B9-FB798C019808>" alt="IMG_9272.jpg" class="Apple-web-attachment Apple-edge-to-edge-visual-media Singleton" style="opacity: 1;" apple-inline="yes" src="cid:8CC1699A-F59C-4A21-97B9-FB798C019808"></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Nancy</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">Nancy Dwyer Chapman<br class="">1 Brooklands 2A<br class="">Bronxville, NY 10708<br class="">Tel.: 914-793-1814<br class="">Cell: 914-309-6879<br class=""><br class="">Life is a gift, that’s why we call it the present.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><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="">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 78, 121);" class="">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="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u class="">and uses the same colors</u>” (which is a valid argument even without a color claim)?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 78, 121);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 78, 121);" class="">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 this group.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.hinckleyallen.com/people/alexander-p-montgomery" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 121); text-decoration: none;" class="">Alexander P. 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