[E-trademarks] New TEAS application format potentially disrupts included specimen

[Tim Ackermann]

Annette,
 I admit that they might change appearance after some time, but I would be
surprised. The one that I wrote about below was filed 05 January -- before
the new system was mandatory.
Tim
Tim Ackermann
The Ackermann Law Firm

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On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM Annette Heller <tmattorneyheller at aol.com>
wrote:

> I just went on the trademark center web site and click on the MY
> Application tab.  There is a list of the applications I have filed using
> this system.  Clicking on the serial number takes one to TSDR and in
> documents it just shows the application.  It is the same form that is sent
> by email as the receipt.
>
> I do like the fact that we can now see the the TSDR page right after
> paying the fee rather than waiting a week or so to confirm that it is in
> the system.
>
> But I have not used the new system until required to so I do not know what
> the file history looks like after the application has been in the system
> for a period of time.
>
> Annette
>
> Annette P. Heller
> Trademark/Copyright Attorney
> TM Law & Associates
> 400 Chesterfield Center Ste 400
> Chesterfield [St Louis] MO 63017
>
> www.TrademarkAtty.com <http://www.trademarkatty.com/>
>
> 314-469-2610 Fax 314-469-4850
> In a message dated 2/20/2025 11:49:53 AM Central Standard Time,
> e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com writes:
>
>
> First, I just want to say I'm not crazy that the specimen filed in a 1(a)
> case is now merged into the "Application" file in TSDR. TSDR's "Documents"
> tab no longer has a separate file for the specimen (but you can open the
> Application file and click through on the link to the specimen). The bigger
> issue? That "file history" version is not reliable.
>  It's a possible matter, so I cannot show the example, but I just pulled
> one and the one in the "Application" file history only got the left side of
> the specimen. The specimen was shown in portrait (like the whole file
> history) while the actual one was a PDF that was in landscape. I verified
> the actual specimen separately, and it was complete.
>  Has anyone else noticed where the specimen -- when downloaded as part of
> that "Application" file from TSDR does not always reproduce correctly?
> Tim
> Tim Ackermann
> The Ackermann Law Firm
>
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