[E-trademarks] Petition to make special

Fri Apr 25 16:58:26 UTC 2025

Sam – you have a point but there is one critical difference in the two scenarios. When the Supp. Reg is dead there is a window for another applicant to enter the register and claim prior use. If they are smart, and if the new app is approved, and they will filed a Letter of Protest, they may get the new app rejected. They will also be in a better position in an opposition rather than cancellation.

In my view, this makes it an emergency worthy of the special request.

Best,
Miriam

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Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] Petition to make special

Just chiming in with my 2 cents, but I agree with Mary, here.  On the face of it, only the owner, mark, and goods & services need to be the same.  There's nothing here about register or filing basis or the like.  Of course, I've never had to deal with this situation myself, so the PTO might disagree!  That said, the rules as written don't seem to exclude a new 2(f) claim.

On the other hand, something occurs to me.  It seems worthwhile to point out that the 2(f) applicaiton is indeed a new application that is technically unconnected to the Supplemental registration.  And, what's more, it's an application that gets routinely filed when the Supplemental registration is up for renewal (as we discussed on this list not too long ago).  The PTO might be hesitant to allow this kind of loop-hope procedure to allow the 2(f) claim to jump to the front of the line, when markholders who file things "properly" (if you will) do not get such benefits.  That is, if I file the 2(f) application normally when the Supplemental registration has been live for 5 years, then I have to wait the 7 or 8 months or whatever like everyone else before the examiner gets to it.  But if, oops, I just let the Supplemental registration lapse, then I get to cut to the head of the line with a request to make special.  And maybe that's not such a good policy.  (Although perhaps a better policy would be making ownership 5-year Supplemental registration its own separate ground for a request to make special.  But I don't control the Trademark Office at present.)

Cheers,

Sam Castree, III

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(815) 344-6300

On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM mary harris via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com<mailto:e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>> wrote:
From my reading it seems like just the owner and the goods or services need to be identical (or narrower), not the registration. I’m interested to hear what others think.

Mary

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On Apr 25, 2025, at 8:24 AM, Janet Satterthwaite <jsatterthwaite at potomaclaw.com<mailto:jsatterthwaite at potomaclaw.com>> wrote:

Right—I misstated the word—but the question is, will a Supplemental vs a new 2(f) Principal application be considered the same to quality for the request? It is as such not totally identical, but the goods, mark and owner will be the same.

thanks

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I think you’ll want the Request to Make Special, referenced in this same section. As per the hive wisdom of this list, there’s no filing fee, as opposed to the Petition to Make Special.

Mary

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On Apr 25, 2025, at 8:18 AM, Janet Satterthwaite via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com<mailto:e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>> wrote:

Hello list mates

Client allowed a Supplemental Registration  to lapse for not filing Section 8.

Now wants to refile, but now we have 2(f) and want to go on the Principal.

Can we file a petition to make special? The rule just says the mark and the goods and the owner have to be the same:

thx!

Janet

702.02    "Special" Applications
While the USPTO normally processes applications in the order in which they are received, there are two procedures whereby an application can be made "special," so that initial examination will be expedited.
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The examining attorney must promptly examine any application that has been made "special."

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