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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Crane, Susan via E-trademarks<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, November 25, 2023 05:23 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> Crane, Susan <susan.crane@wyndham.com><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [EXT] [E-trademarks] Another new refusal<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">It appears the PTO somehow screwed up and when a mark we acquired issued to registration, the PTO misclassified it as a collective service mark, instead
of a service mark. I went through the prosecution history and at no point did applicant request a collective mark because it wasn’t one, and in the publication it identified the mark properly as a service mark. Prior counsel obviously did not notice the
word “collective” on the reg. certificate. So now they are rejecting the Sec. 8&15 because the specimen does not show use as a collective mark. To make matters more complicated, this mark was applied for in 2005 but did not issue to registration until 2017
due to a longstanding dispute and numerous suspensions. Hoping there is a simple way to correct this but I am guessing it will become complicated.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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