[E-trademarks] Fwd: Successfully clearing the trademark register using TMA proceedings

Fri Dec 13 18:20:31 UTC 2024

This is really a BS announcement on the part of the PTO - They really just
cleared out long specifications that shouldn't have been approved in the
first place, and were likely never in use because of the historically lax
specimen review. Of course these specs weren't cleared until someone had to
come along and spend the money to file the TMA action in the first
place.....

On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 11:14 AM Matt Schneller via E-trademarks <
e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> I'm going to guess there was an alt-f for ";" involved in generating this
> number.
>
> Matt Schneller
> Partner
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> On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 12:11 PM Janice Housey via E-trademarks <
> e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
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>> I am sure it means individual listed items (but could even include
>> "characters" in an id since that is the new standard).  Number of
>> registrations cancelled/partially cancelled would be a more useful metric.
>>
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>> *Subject:* [E-trademarks] Fwd: Successfully clearing the trademark
>> register using TMA proceedings
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>> "cleared over 25,000 goods and services" - what does that mean? Not
>> registrations, or they would have said. Classes? Individual items?
>>
>> Pam
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>> We’ve hit a huge milestone—the Trademark Modernization Act’s (TMA)
>> expungement and reexamination proceedings have cleared over 25,000 goods
>> and services from the trademark register. We couldn’t have done it without
>> you. Your petitions helped us identify and clear unused goods and services
>> that blocked other innovators from registering their trademarks.
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>> To obtain and maintain a registration, business owners must use their
>> trademark in commerce for all the goods and services in the registration.
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