<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">The mark is the background of a CD.<div>Is there a case or insert with the CD? with the background, could there be? Maybe smaller.</div><div>Daniel Kegan</div><div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Nov 14, 2023, at 3:25 PM, Jim Larsen via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:</div><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; 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; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Client has provided a specimen in which the (graphic) mark is the background on a CD (for non-downloadable software). However, since there is a hole in the center of the CD the mark as filed is, arguably, not represented in full. Has anyone had success submitting a specimen in such situation in this manner?</div><div class="elementToProof" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; 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="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div id="Signature"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Best regards,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">-Jim</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89);"><b>James C. Larsen<br></b></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">Attorney</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(47, 84, 150);"><b><i>Larsen IP PLLC</i></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">p: 425.298.6846</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">e:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:jim@Larsen-IP.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">jim@Larsen-IP.com</a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">w.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.larsen-ip.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">www.Larsen-IP.com</a></span></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>