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<p class="MsoNormal">Beat me to it. The only reference to anything similar to “premature use” I can find in the TMEP is in 1109.02, which refers to a premature filing of a statement of use, which doesn’t seem applicable. So I took a look at one of the refusals
for “premature use.” It appears that the gist is that an applicant has filed a 1(a) application when he/she/they/it has not yet actually used the mark in commerce (which seems to me to be “non-use” or “premature CLAIM of use” rather than “premature use”):<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Premature Use – Final Refusal</span></u><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The May 19, 2015 Office Action refused registration under Trademark Act Sections 1(a) and 45 because the current “specimens” and Applicant’s statements show
that applicant has not used the applied-for mark in commerce in connection with the identified services as of the filing date of the application. Trademark Act Sections 1(a) and 45, 15 U.S.C. §§1051(a), 1127; see TMEP §§904, 1301.03(a). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Use or display of a mark in the sale or advertising of goods and/or services before actually creating or providing the goods or rendering the services is not
use in commerce. <i>See Aycock Eng’g, Inc. v. Airflite, Inc.,</i> 560 F.3d 1350, 1360, 90 USPQ2d 1301, 1308 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (holding that applicant’s preparations to use a mark in commerce, by establishing a corporate entity to do business, obtaining toll-free
telephone numbers and contracting with suppliers, were not sufficient to show use in commerce); <i>Richardson-Vicks, Inc. v. Franklin Mint Corp</i>., 216 USPQ 989, 991-92 (TTAB 1982) (noting that the goods to be identified by the mark must exist at the time
of a sale); TMEP §§904, 1301.03(a).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">In this case, the applicant filed over 150 applications which have been refused for various reasons including likelihood of confusion, false connection, mere
descriptiveness, and specimen of use. (<i>See</i> previously supplied list of Applicant’s co-pending applications.) The applicant indicates in most of its responses that<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">"A professional company should be 1a because it is available for sale right now. Any legal advertising cannot be done until the USPTO
approves the trademark."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(<i>See</i>, e.g., attached April 22, 2015 “Response to Office Action” from Applicant’s co-pending Application Serial No. 86/466965.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The applicant appears to be confused with what is required for a USE based application as opposed to an INTENT TO USE application since the above statement appears
to show a misunderstanding of what is meant by "use in commerce".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Trademark Act Section 45 defines "use in commerce" as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The term "use in commerce" means the <u>bona fide use of a mark in the ordinary course of trade</u>, and <u>not made merely to reserve
a right in a mark</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">TMEP §901.01.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Based on Applicant’s statements, and on the supplied “specimen of use” (which is still nothing more than an image showing a rendering of the mark on a piece
of paper), it does not appear that Applicant is using the applied-for mark in commerce within the meaning of Trademark Act Section 45, and Applicant failed to address this refusal in its most recent response.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">As a result of the foregoing, the refusal under Trademark Act Sections 1(a) and 45 is maintained and made FINAL.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If applicant’s services were being rendered in commerce as of the filing date of the application, applicant must submit the following: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(1) <u>A substitute specimen</u> showing the applied-for mark in use in commerce for the goods and/or services specified in the application. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(2) <u>The following statement</u>, verified with an affidavit or signed declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20: “<b>The substitute specimen
was in use in commerce at least as early as the filing date of the application</b>.” 37 C.F.R. §2.59(a); TMEP §904.05; <i>see</i> 37 C.F.R. §2.193(e)(1). If submitting a substitute specimen requires an amendment to the dates of use, applicant must also verify
the amended dates. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(c); TMEP §904.05.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If applicant did not use the applied-for mark in commerce on or before the filing date, applicant may substitute a different basis for filing if applicant can
meet the requirements for the new basis. In this case, applicant may wish to amend the application to assert a Section 1(b) basis. <i>See</i> TMEP §806.03(c). However, if applicant amends the basis to Section 1(b), registration will not be granted until
applicant later amends the application back to use in commerce by filing an acceptable allegation of use with a proper specimen. <i>See</i> 15 U.S.C. §1051(c), (d); 37 C.F.R. §§2.76, 2.88; TMEP §1103. If the same specimen is submitted with an allegation
of use, the same refusal will issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">To amend to Section 1(b), applicant must submit the following statement, verified with an affidavit or signed declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20: “<b>Applicant
has had a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods or services listed in the application as of the filing date of the application</b>.” 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(2); TMEP §806.01(b); <i>see</i> 15 U.S.C. §1051(b); 37 C.F.R.
§§2.35(b)(1), 2.193(e)(1).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Pamela Chestek via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 11, 2024 9:44 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Pamela Chestek <pamela@chesteklegal.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] [EXT] Re: Letter of Protest: anonymous?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">"Premature Use"? Never heard of that one!<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Pamela S. Chestek<br>
Chestek Legal<br>
300 Fayetteville St.<br>
Unit 2492<br>
Raleigh, NC 27602<br>
+1 919-800-8033<br>
<a href="mailto:pamela@chesteklegal.com">pamela@chesteklegal.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.chesteklegal.com/">www.chesteklegal.com</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 4/10/2024 9:41 PM, Laura Geyer via E-trademarks wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Alex:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve had a number of LOPs accepted over the years, and I always tell clients that:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">It’s absolutely confidential as an initial matter, and if not granted, it’s pretty safe to assume nobody but G-d and an unidentified person on the PTO staff will know about it, BUT<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">If granted, and especially if the applicant is aware of your existence, there’s a chance that they’ll
<i>guess</i> who is responsible especially if your mark is the only one cited. If it’s one of those 13 mark 2(d)s
<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">🙄🙄🙄</span> you might squeak past, but if it’s the corporate equivalent of a national security concern then:<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Just assume that it could be found out by FOIA or accidentally entered into the record somehow in the process and make your dispositions accordingly.
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<p class="MsoNormal">It’s just such a useful tool that it’s worth the risk. I’m not aware of one of mine that leaked but certainly it wouldn’t take a master carpenter to sort out who’d filed it in some of those cases. I do remember back when the “Trademark
King” filed to register something like 80 trademark applications a number of which incorporated famous trademarks (like, say, Mercedes) or famous people’s names like Elton John or a bunch of generic things like “Holiday Sale” (resulting in office action responses
I treasure to this day) all for “trademark branding”. There was a rain of LOPs in lots of the famous mark applications, many of which were passed on to the examiners and 2(d)s issued (that probably would have issued anyway). I mean, it could have been a random
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Who was the Trademark King,” those of you who are not old like me might ask … just a few screenshots from one of his efforts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [EXT] Re: [E-trademarks] Letter of Protest: anonymous?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">True, but is it possible you can file a FOIA request to get the original letter?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Could we use the name of the in-house attorney who is initiating the objection or some other name?<o:p></o:p></p>
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