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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, 12 February 2024 at 3:12</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">\u202f</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">pm<br>
<b>To: </b>for trademark practitioners <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Carl Oppedahl <carl@oppedahl.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[E-trademarks] what counts as retail store services?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">A listserv member asks to post anonymously ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Hypo: applicant has been selling its cowboy hats in a booth located in a general gift shop. Applicant\u2019s has signage promoting its cowboy hats prominently displayed above the booth. The hats
are made by others. If someone wants to purchase a hat, they purchase it at the gift store register.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Is the applicant providing \u201cretail store services featuring cowboy hats\u201d in IC 035?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Would it make a difference if the applicant accepted payment at the booth rather than having the customer go through the gift shop register? What it the applicant has no one onsite at the booth?
If the applicant provides a means for the customer to view and purchase the goods and arranges for the processing of payment by the gift shop is that enough?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">The explanatory note for Class 35 states that this Class includes, in particular:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">the bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of goods, excluding the transport thereof, enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those goods; such services may
be provided by retail stores, wholesale outlets, through vending machines, mail order catalogues or by means of electronic media, for example, through websites or television shopping programmes</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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