<div dir="ltr"><div>Oh no, you have to be kidding. This is remarkably stupid design. </div><div>Moreover, isn't requiring this a violation of the Rules, which expressly only require a date for one item? </div><div><h1 class="gmail-annotate-ok gmail-page-title" style="font-size:1.6em;line-height:1.25;margin:8px 0px 5px;padding:0px 0px 3px;color:rgb(0,57,109);clear:both;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(158,11,0)">§2.34 Bases for filing a trademark or service mark application.</h1><ul class="gmail-list-style-type-none" style="list-style-type:none;line-height:1.3em;margin:0px 0px 7px;padding-left:3px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12.8px"><li align="left" id="gmail-l-784061ce-5105-4b36-a1b7-2a33949ea1b7" class="gmail-nobull gmail-annotate-ok" style="list-style:none;margin-bottom:5px;padding-left:17px;background:none 0px 0px no-repeat scroll transparent">(a) An application for a trademark or service mark must include one or more of the following five filing bases:<ul class="gmail-list-style-type-none" style="list-style-type:none;line-height:1.3em;margin:5px 0px 7px;padding-left:3px"><li align="left" id="gmail-l-75c914d7-85e3-49e4-abd7-fbae585222ea" class="gmail-nobull gmail-annotate-ok" style="list-style:none;margin-bottom:5px;padding-left:17px;background:none 0px 0px no-repeat scroll transparent">(1) Use in commerce under section 1(a) of the Act. The requirements for an application under section 1(a) of the Act are:<ul class="gmail-list-style-type-none" style="list-style-type:none;line-height:1.3em;margin:5px 0px 7px;padding-left:3px"><li align="left" id="gmail-l-706b5cfb-e384-4469-a2eb-c080fcd4b1ef" class="gmail-nobull gmail-annotate-ok" style="list-style:none;margin-bottom:5px;padding-left:17px;background:none 0px 0px no-repeat scroll transparent">(i) ...</li><li align="left" id="gmail-l-86d06428-9aee-425d-a18d-91f5742c8d35" class="gmail-nobull gmail-annotate-ok" style="list-style:none;margin-bottom:5px;padding-left:17px;background:none 0px 0px no-repeat scroll transparent">(ii) The date of the applicant\u2019s first use of the mark anywhere on or in connection with the goods or services;</li><li align="left" id="gmail-l-99182f59-c8a8-4f1c-b494-8b0fc266ed89" class="gmail-nobull gmail-annotate-ok" style="list-style:none;margin-bottom:5px;padding-left:17px;background:none 0px 0px no-repeat scroll transparent">(iii) The date of the applicant\u2019s first use of the mark in commerce;</li><li align="left" id="gmail-l-4f99c2a7-df17-47f1-bcf7-1d1b1f1342f0" class="gmail-nobull gmail-annotate-ok" style="list-style:none;margin-bottom:5px;padding-left:17px;background:none 0px 0px no-repeat scroll transparent">(iv) ...; and</li><li align="left" id="gmail-l-3b9703c0-ccff-4e05-b347-3b1ffaadd957" class="gmail-nobull gmail-annotate-ok" style="list-style:none;margin-bottom:5px;padding-left:17px;background:none 0px 0px no-repeat scroll transparent">(v) If the application specifies more than one item of goods or services in a class, the dates of use in paragraphs (a)(1)(ii) and (iii) of this section are required for only one item of goods or services specified in that class.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small">Tim Ackermann</div><div style="font-size:small">The Ackermann Law Firm</div><p><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">E: <a href="mailto:tim@ackermannlaw.com" target="_blank">tim@ackermannlaw.com</a></span><br><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">P: 817.305.0690</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"> Grapevine TX 76051</span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 8, 2025 at 5:11\u202fPM Carl Oppedahl 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">Today I was trying to prepare a trademark application in Trademark <br>
Center. The click path eventually brought me to the place to upload my <br>
specimens of use. This application has only one trademark class. I was <br>
uploading six specimens of use.<br>
<br>
For each of my six specimens of use, TC requires that I laboriously <br>
enter a DOFU and a DOFUIC.<br>
<br>
The developers apparently contemplate that there might be six DOFUs, one <br>
for each of my specimens of use. This strikes me as stupid. The DOFU <br>
does not apply to the specimens. It applies to the trademark. Right?<br>
<br>
The developers apparently contemplate that there might be six DOFUICs, <br>
one for each of my specimens of use. This strikes me as stupid. The <br>
DOFUIC does not apply to the specimens. It applies to the trademark. <br>
Right?<br>
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