[E-trademarks] third oddity of the day in Trademark Center

[Carl Oppedahl]

Today I was trying to prepare a trademark application in Trademark 
Center.  The click path eventually brought me to the place to upload my 
specimens of use.  This application has only one trademark class.  I was 
uploading six specimens of use.

For each of my six specimens of use, TC requires that I click around to 
say which of my services the specimen applies to.  But there is only one 
check box to click.  It selects (oddly enough) the services that are in 
my single trademark class.

But why?  Isn't it understood that if there is only one trademark class, 
the specimen relates to that single trademark class?  It's not like I 
have any discretion to check or uncheck the box.  If I were to refuse to 
check it, the system will not let me proceed. If I do check it, I am 
checking the only thing that I am able to check.  There is no decision 
process here.

Seems to me that what TC ought to do, when there is only one class, is 
simply display on the screen "I am submitting this specimen for the sole 
class that is in the application".    Or something like that.  Why force 
the filer to do extra clicking that is not needed?




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