<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Wait, for the search :GS3:*025*shirt* AND LD:true NOT IC:025," shouldn't it be "<b><u>AND</u></b> NOT IC:025"?  Or did the "AND NOT" thing get changed?</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:tahoma;font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Cheers,</span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:tahoma;font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16px"> </span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:tahoma;font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0);font-size:12pt">Sam<span> Castree, III</span></span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:tahoma;font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0);font-size:12pt"><br></span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:medium"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0);font-size:12pt"><span><i>Sam Castree Law, LLC</i></span></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><span><span style="font-size:12pt"><i>3421 W. Elm St.</i></span></span></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><span><span style="font-size:12pt"><i>McHenry, IL 60050</i></span></span></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><span><span style="font-size:12pt"><i>(815) 344-6300</i></span></span></span></font></div></div></div></div></span><br></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 11:13 AM Ken Boone via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg2947172246097725353">




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TM Search has a new release and the GS3 search field is now officially available.</div>
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Apr 19, 2024 Release</h3>
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<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(27,27,27)">This release has the following changes:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(27,27,27)">Added or revised the following search fields in the Advanced tab: CU, GS3, LR, OD, OT, and PE.</span></li></ul>
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>From the Advanced tab of the online help (<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">highlighting</span> mine):</div>
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<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Contains the text of the goods and services description as well as the international class number and U.S. class number, but you must account for spaces and punctuation in
 your search</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">
<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Returns results that include plurals, punctuation, and spaces</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">
<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">You must use wildcards at the beginning and end of your search string or the system will not return any results</span></li><ul style="text-align:left;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;list-style-position:initial;list-style-type:none;display:flex">
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<span style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><code style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace">*</code></span><span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> retrieves
 zero or more instances of any character, including a space</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">
<span style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><code style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace">?</code></span><span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> returns
 exactly one instance of any character, including a space</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">For example:</span></li><ul style="text-align:left;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;list-style-position:initial;list-style-type:none;display:flex">
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<span style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><code style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace">GS3:*shirt*</code></span><span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> retrieves
 SHIRT, SHIRTS, T-SHIRTS, SWEATSHIRTS, and more</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">
<span style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><code style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace">GS3:*t?shirt*</code></span><span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> retrieves
 T-SHIRT, T SHIRT and more, but does not retrieve TSHIRT</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">
<span style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><code style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace">GS3:*t*shirt*</code></span><span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> retrieves
 T-SHIRTS, T SHIRT, TSHIRT, TEE SHIRTS, SWEAT SHIRT, and more</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">To search for multiple terms at the same time, connect them with a wildcard</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">
<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">For example,
</span><span style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><code style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace">GS3:*shirt*shoe*</code></span><span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> retrieves
 cases that include a variation of both SHIRT and SHOE</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">
<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">To limit your search term to a specific class, include the class number at the beginning of the string</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">
<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">For example:</span></li><ul style="text-align:left;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;list-style-position:initial;list-style-type:none;display:flex">
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<span style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><code style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace">GS3:*025*shirt*</code></span><span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"> retrieves
 SHIRTS, but only if it’s listed in International Class 25</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">
<span style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><code style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace">GS3:*025*shirt*shoe*</code></span><span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> retrieves
 SHIRTS and SHOES, but only if they’re both listed in that order in International Class 25</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Can also be used with regular expression search strategies and statements</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">
<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Does not include synonyms or other potentially related goods and services that could trigger a
</span><span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,94,162)"><u><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/search/likelihood-confusion" id="m_1172096461295331466OWA3ca0313f-d157-ba3e-099a-b6fa3169afaa" style="color:rgb(0,94,162)" target="_blank">likelihood
 of confusion refusal</a></u></span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">
<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">If you don’t want to narrowly limit your search, try the CC and IC options instead</span></li></ul>
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So I tried the highlighted search (<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">GS3:*025*shirt*
</span>retrieves SHIRTS, <b>but only if it’s listed in International Class 25</b>) with a slight variation, namely</div>
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<b>GS3:*025*shirt* AND LD:true NOT IC:025</b></div>
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That search retrieved 3 trademarks. The first hit (98140185) has only one international class, namely 034, but that GS entry does include the term shirts.  For your convenience, I did a copy/paste from TSDR (<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">highlighting</span> mine).</div>
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<b>For:</b></div>
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IC034 Electronic cigarette liquid (e-liquid) comprised of flavorings in liquid form, other than essential oils, used to refill electronic cigarette cartridges; Pods in the nature of cartridges containing e-liquids comprised of propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin,
 nicotine, and natural and artificial flavorings, other than essential oils for electronic cigarettes; Legally produced hemp derivatives, derived solely from hemp with a delta-9 THC concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis, namely, resins
 and oils other than essential oils, hashes, waxes, hemp flower for smoking or vaping; Cigar wraps; Blunt wraps; Electronic cigarette liquid (e-liquid) comprised of propylene glycol; Electronic cigarette liquid (e-liquid) comprised of vegetable glycerin; Electronic
 cigarette boxes; Electronic cigarette cases; Electronic cigarette lanyards; Electronic cigarette lighters; Electronic cigarette refill cartridges sold empty; Electronic cigarettes; Electronic cigarettes for use as an alternative to traditional cigarettes;
 Boxes for electronic cigarettes and electronic cigarette accessories; Cartomizers, namely, combination electronic cigarette refill cartridges sold empty and atomizers, sold as a component of electronic cigarettes; Cartridges sold filled with chemical flavorings
 in liquid form for electronic cigarettes; Cartridges sold filled with propylene glycol for electronic cigarettes; Cartridges sold filled with vegetable glycerin for electronic cigarettes; Cases for electronic cigarettes and electronic cigarette accessories;
 Chemical flavorings in liquid form used to refill electronic cigarette cartridges; Flavorings, other than essential oils, for use in electronic cigarettes; Mechanical electronic cigarettes; all of the foregoing cannabis-related goods containing cannabis ingredients
 solely derived from hemp with a delta-9 THC concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis with the resulting goods containing a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. IC 025 Clothing,
 namely,<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"> t-shirts</span>, shorts, hoodies, sweaters, jackets, jumpsuits, sweatpants; Headwear, namely, hats, bandannas; Outerwear, namely, coats, raincoats, windbreakers; Footwear, namely, flip flops, shoes,
 boots, sandals; Accessories, namely, belts, scarves, gloves, socks</div>
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<b>International Class(es):</b></div>
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034 - Primary Class</div>
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<b>U.S Class(es):</b></div>
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002, 008, 009, 017</div>
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<b>Class Status:</b></div>
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ACTIVE</div>
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<b>Basis:</b></div>
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<b>First Use:</b></div>
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<b>Use in Commerce:</b></div>
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The other two hits also have only one international class that is NOT class 025 and the relevant search term (shirt) occurs in that class.  That is, all three hits for my search using the example text from the online help retrieves the search term in an international
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I'd recommend rebuilding that GS3 search field with <b>ALL</b> the labels included in the TSDR listing. including the </div>
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so that searching for ACTIVE (or ABANDONED or CANCELLED or EXPIRED) GS entries might be possible.</div>
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Happy TM Searching,</div>
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