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    I don't believe it threatens it. I believe it is an administrative
    error by the Office, which can't be challenged in a proceeding.* An
    adversary could instead challenge whether the mark was in use, since
    there was no specimen, but it sounds like the mark was in use so it
    would be fruitless exercise.<br>
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    Pam<br>
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*<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://propertyintangible.com/2015/10/never-underestimate-the-burden-of-proof/">https://propertyintangible.com/2015/10/never-underestimate-the-burden-of-proof/</a>
    See the footnote listing Office errors that cannot be challenged. I
    compiled this in 2015 and there may be more since then. But there
    are a couple cases where the insufficiency of the specimen could not
    be challenged, and one for a foreign registration not provided, so
    between those two I think an altogether missing specimen would be
    treated the same way.<br>
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    <div class="moz-signature">Pamela S. Chestek<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/23/2024 9:28 AM, Welch, Kat via
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Weird situation that I\u2019m wondering if
          anyone else has seen. A client filed their own 1(a)
          application about three years ago but didn\u2019t include a
          specimen. Trademark Office issued an OA requesting evidence of
          use, but then sent a notice of publication less than 24 hours
          later. Application matured into a registration even though no
          specimen was ever submitted. Does this threaten the client\u2019s
          registration? What do we even do in this situation? Call the
          USPTO? Wait for the Section 8 filing? Never heard of this
          happening to anyone before. I assume it was an administrative
          error but don\u2019t want client being knocked for it.
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                              lang="FR-CA">8001 Forsyth Boulevard, </span><span
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                        href="tel:314-345-6272" target="_blank"
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                          style="color:#000001;text-decoration:none">314-345-6272</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                        href="fax:314-480-1505" target="_blank"
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                        href="mailto:Kat.Welch@huschblackwell.com"
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                          style="color:#000001;text-decoration:none">Kat.Welch@huschblackwell.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif;color:#0047FF;mso-ligatures:none">Husch Blackwell is a different kind of law firm\u2014structured around our clients\u2019 industries and built on a culture of selfless service.</span></b><b><span
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style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif;color:#0047FF;mso-ligatures:none">Our 1000+ lawyers collaborate across the U.S. from more than 20 offices and our virtual office, The Link, to provide uncommon solutions</span></b><b><span
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style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif;color:#0047FF;mso-ligatures:none">to our clients\u2019 most complex challenges.</span></b><b><span
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