<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks for the great feedback everyone.  The registration example I have looks like it should probably not have been accepted based on TMEP 1202.8(d) which seems pretty specific.  Looks like the EA saw it more like Sam does.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">db</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 9:55 PM Sam Castree 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 dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Unless the book is a <i>coloring</i> book.  Then a single work is totally acceptable, no series needed.  (Same with video games, which are much closer to my heart and that of my practice).<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="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"><br></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">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 Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 8:11 PM Lara Pearson via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">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 dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/current#/result/TMEP-1200d1e2517.html?q=title%20of%20a%20single%20work&ccb=on&ncb=off&icb=off&fcb=off&ver=current&syn=adj&results=compact&sort=relevance&cnt=10&index=2" target="_blank">Title of a single work cannot function as a TM</a>. For TM rights to exist, there must be a series. The specimen could contain the mark on a single work, so long as the image depicts the 2nd or a subsequent work in the series. That said, since the mark must be on at least 2 works, I would submit images of both. More is better when it comes to evidence of use, IMHO.<br><br><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:x-small">Lara Pearson </span><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:x-small">(she/her/hers)</font><font size="1" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">[</span><a href="https://medium.com/gender-inclusivit/why-i-put-pronouns-on-my-email-signature-and-linkedin-profile-and-you-should-too-d3dc942c8743" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Why pronouns</a>?<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">] (<a href="https://namedrop.io/larapearson" target="_blank">Hear how I say my name</a>)</span></font></font><br></p><p style="font-siz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