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<div>See below.</div>
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<div>C. Dale Quisenberry </div>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Mar 29, 2024, at 10:56\u202fAM, Ken Boone <boondogles@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>
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I'm still NOT an attorney, so I'll just ask questions? </div>
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Is the proposed standard character mark so unique that it would likely register?</div>
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Yes with the specific font I think yes.</div>
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Can the applicant afford to submit 2 applications: a standard character application and a special form application?</div>
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<div>No.</div>
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<div>Seems to me these slipped by improperly since not on the approved list.</div>
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LD:true AND MD:(TYPED STANDARD) AND RN:* AND WD:( *²* *³*)</div>
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NB² NOTHING BUT BOURBON</div>
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CHAMP²</div>
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VESTAMID E²X</div>
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SEC³URE</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Could one argue that the applications should have used the ordinary digits 2 and 3, so these are invalid standard character mark registrations? (FTR, I'm pretty sure TEAS does not allow either ² or ³ in the word mark entries
for standard character marks.) Alternatively, could one argue that simply the word mark entries to use the ordinary digits 2 or 3 instead of the invalid standard characters
</span><span style="font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">² or ³? (It appear to me that the IB accepts ² and ³ as valid standard characters, a bit of a disconnect with the USPTO.)</span></div>
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Now try the search <span style="background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>LD:true AND MD:(TYPED STANDARD) AND RN:* AND DE:(reverse*)</b></span> and two hits relevant to the original question appear. (The 3<sup>rd</sup> hit looks like a standard character mark
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SN: 76222868</div>
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WM: E-DRIV</div>
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Standard Character Claim:\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Yes. The mark consists of standard characters without claim to any particular font style, size, or color.</div>
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Mark Drawing Type: 1 - TYPESET WORD(S) /LETTER(S) /NUMBER(S)</div>
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Description of Mark: The mark consists of the letters "E-DRIV" with the "R" reversed.</div>
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WM:\u2002\u2002BACKENDBENCHMARKING</div>
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Standard Character Claim:\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Yes. The mark consists of standard characters without claim to any particular font style, size, or color.</div>
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Mark Drawing Type:\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u20024 - STANDARD CHARACTER MARK</div>
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Description of Mark:\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002The mark consists of the words "Backend Benchmarking" with no space between and with the two initial "B's" capitalized and the "D" in "Backend" both capitalized and in reverse form.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Of course, standard character marks rarely have description of mark entries. The following two searches suggests only
<b>9,757</b> of </span><span style="font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>2,340,905</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> live typed drawing - standard character mark registrations have description of mark entries.</span></div>
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2,340,905 results for LD:true AND MD:(TYPED STANDARD) AND RN:*</div>
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9,757 results for LD:true AND MD:(TYPED STANDARD) AND RN:* AND DE:*</div>
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<div>Same comment as above. Plus I don\u2019t recall ever seeing an option to provide a description of a standard character mark so I\u2019m not sure how they were able to include that. You or someone on this list probably knows how this can be accomplished, not that
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<div>Thanks again for your input, Ken.</div>
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<b>From:</b> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of Dale Quisenberry via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 29, 2024 8:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Crane, Susan via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Dale Quisenberry <dale@quisenberrylaw.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] Inverted letters - Standard Character or design?</div>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Listmates,</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I think I know the answer to this but not certain.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Client has a mark that is a word with one letter inverted.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I\u2019m thinking I need to file that as a design application, not standard character.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Agree?</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Thanks.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">C. Dale Quisenberry</span></p>
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