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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Russell:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The TMEP 1004.02 says you can base a US application on more than one foreign application so long you’re clear in the application which foreign registration applies to which classes.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m surprised they have three registrations so quickly that they can make the 6 month priority window. Must be one a’ them foreign jurisdictions that registers super quickly.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anyway, I don’t know how it works, and whether the fact that the goods are in the same class in each registration is significant, but at least they say you can!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/current#/current/TMEP-1000d1e297.html">https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/current#/current/TMEP-1000d1e297.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>1004.02 Application May Be Based on More than One Foreign Registration<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>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.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>If a 44 applicant amends an application to rely on a different foreign registration after publication, this is not considered a change in basis. However, if the amendment is acceptable, the application must be republished. See <a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/current#/current/TMEP-1500d1e632.html">TMEP
1505.03(a)</a> regarding post-publication amendments that require republication.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kindly,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Laura<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#174E86;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Laura Talley Geyer</span></b><span style="color:#333333;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> |
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Russell Nugent via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 18, 2024 10:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Russell Nugent <russell@humphriesfirm.law><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] 44e aplication<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I have been approached by a potential client that has three foreign registrations in one single class of goods/services and would like to file an application in the US claiming priority to all three. It appears
that the USPTO may not allow a claim to more than one application, is this correct? Is the only way for this client to proceed to file three separate applications, each claiming priority to a separate foreign registration? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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