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70025285 - This older registration was among the trademarks updated on TM Search this morning.</div>
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The Search Results screen shows the mark as </div>
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<img id="image_0" size="125203" contenttype="image/png" style="max-width: 698px;" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:1ea63664-7944-4880-956b-f32b0547a8ba"></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Isn't that <i>drawing</i> displayed convincing that the two
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>?</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> question mark characters in the mark are intended as part of the mark? </span></div>
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I toggled to the summary page anyway. A partial copy/paste follows (<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">highlighting</span> mine). </div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Created</span></div>
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2024-05-09 05:51</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">No image for typed drawing</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Wordmark</span></div>
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SOCI?T?</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Serial number</span></div>
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70025285</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Status</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1;">LIVEREGISTERED</span>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Goods and services</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">US 046: ROQUEFORT CHEESE.</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Register</span></div>
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PRINCIPAL</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Dates</span></div>
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Filing date</div>
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1894-07-28</div>
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Registration date</div>
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1894-10-02</div>
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Hmmm. No drawing displayed on the TM Search summary screen. Better check TSDR.</div>
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So TSDR displays a drawing (SOCIÉTÉ), but the word mark (SOCI?T?) doesn't match that TSDR drawing. As you likely guessed, a</div>
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Jan. 17, 2024</div>
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<a href="https://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn70025285&docId=S8920240117135703&linkId=3" target="S8920240117135703" id="OWAdbfc583d-2f62-8524-1646-b14e96a48de3" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 204); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;" fg_scanned="1">PR-Section
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document was <i>accepted</i> yesterday, corrupting the word mark SOCIÉTÉ to SOCI?T?. (The Oct. 02, 2023
<b>USPTO COURTESY REMINDER</b> shows SOCIÉTÉ was the word mark at that date.)</div>
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Our standard character struggles continue. </div>
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Happy Trademarking,</div>
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Ken Boone</div>
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