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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Good morning, esteemed listmates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> I have a foreign client with multiple registrations in a foreign jurisdiction that doesn’t allow multi-class registrations. The marks are identical between these foreign registrations, only
differing in the g/s descriptions. I’m wondering if those could be combined into a single registration with the USPTO, claiming a 44(e) basis, and uploading the corresponding registration certificate per class.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I haven’t found a good answer in the TMEP. Closest I’ve found is 1004.02, which is a two-sentence section only saying only that “a U.S. application may be based on more than one foreign
registration. The applicant must meet all requirements of the Trademark Act and rules for each foreign registration upon which the U.S. application is based, and must specify which goods/services are covered by which foreign registration.” I can’t tell from
the plain language there or in the Lanham Act if this allows <u>only</u> for multiple redundancies (back up your identical US registration with multiple foreign registrations) or if it allows for the consolidation of multiple foreign registrations for the
same mark with the same owner. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">My gut says that the 44(e) basis won’t support consolidation, as it’s supposed to be a “cut and paste” reciprocity solution. But since the USPTO receives the same fees and does less
work, maybe it would fly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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