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Is the drawing not lined for color? Applications filed before
November 2003 could use a drawing in black and white with various
lining patterns used to represent different colors. See TMEP
808.01(b). So it sounds like it may actually have a color claim
that, presumably, matches the description.<br>
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I'm not sure where you can find a copy of the patterns, I couldn't
locate it quickly in the TMEP. But I'm sure someone on this list
knows where it is! Used to be in the CFR.<br>
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Pam<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/29/2024 6:25 PM, Kevin Grierson
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folks, this is a weird one. Inherited a fairly old
registration (filed 2001, registered 2004) with lots of
scanned paper filings, so I’m having a hard time figuring
out what happened, but my client has a registration for a
mark with a design component. The application and
registration do NOT reference a claim to color, but the mark
description DOES, so for example, if the mark was ACME next
to a flag, the description reads “The mark consists of the
word ACME in red next to a flag consisting of red and white
stripes.” The application was based on a foreign
registration in color; my guess is that the original counsel
omitted (forgot?) the color claim but described the original
foreign mark in the application. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">20+
years later, client has decided to change the color scheme,
so now ACME is in green and the flag has green and white
stripes. Would a specimen in the new color scheme filed
with a Section 8 declaration be accepted? As noted, the
registration doesn’t claim color (and for what it’s worth,
the office’s official drawing is in black and white) but the
specimen would not match the description of the mark.
Thankfully, we recently filed the second renewal with a
specimen that matches the colors in the description, but I’m
thinking down the road about the next renewal and whether it
makes sense to file a new application now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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looked through the TMEP at the sections dealing with mark
descriptions, but all the sections I’ve found deal with
pre-registration review issues, not what effect (if any) an
inaccurate description has on post-registration filings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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