[E-trademarks] 99028710 - БЪЛГАРИКА (Formerly A Standard Character Mark)

[Ken Boone]

This morning, 99028710 was updated on Trademark Search.  The Prosecution History shows that yesterday, NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED.

The changes include:

  1.
The deletion of БЪЛГАРИКА as the wordmark entry;
  2.
The Mark Drawing Type was changed from 0 - UNKNOWN to 2 - AN ILLUSTRATION DRAWING WITHOUT ANY WORDS(S)/ LETTER(S) /NUMBER(S)
  3.
The design code 28.01.25 - Hieroglyphic characters; Inscriptions in other non-Latin characters; Inscriptions in other non-Latin characters, including Hieroglyphic characters was added.
  4.
With the Mark Drawing Type update, this trademark is no longer considered to be a standard character mark.
  5.
A Public Note was added to the correspondence to explain these changes.  (Just kidding. Pre-Exam does not explain their updates to the official record.)

Well, I was expecting design code 28.01.05 - Alpha (Greek letter); Cyrillic characters (Russian); Greek characters; Inscriptions in Greek and Cyrillic characters; Omega (Greek letter); Russian characters (Cyrillic) for this application, I will miss having БЪЛГАРИКА as the wordmark entry, particularly since the applicant did not include БЪЛГАРИКА in the transliteration statement provided, and I wish that I could review the filing receipt that was mailed for the application on Saturday.

Following is the relevant TSDR status text.

US Serial Number: 99028710    Application Filing Date:      Feb. 05, 2025
Filed as Base Application:    Yes   Currently Base Application:   Yes
Register:   Principal
Mark Type:  Service Mark
Status:     New application awaiting assignment to an examining attorney. See current trademark processing wait times for more information.
Status Date:      Feb. 05, 2025
Mark Information
Mark Literal Elements:  None
Standard Character Claim:     No
Mark Drawing Type:      2 - AN ILLUSTRATION DRAWING WITHOUT ANY WORDS(S)/ LETTER(S) /NUMBER(S)
Transliteration:  The Bulgarian characters in this mark transliterate to BULGARICA and this has no meaning in a foreign language.
Design Search Code(s):  28.01.25 - Hieroglyphic characters; Inscriptions in other non-Latin characters; Inscriptions in other non-Latin characters, including Hieroglyphic characters
Goods and Services
For:  Organizing events in the field of Bulgarian culture, language, music, dance, history, traditions, folklore, heritage, arts, customs for cultural or educational purposes; Organizing and conducting festivals in the field of Bulgarian Culture, Heritage, Arts, Folklore and Traditions for cultural or entertainment purposes; Education services, namely, providing classes, seminars, workshops, lectures, training, programs, instruction in the field of Bulgarian language, history, music, dance, traditions, arts, culture, folklore, heritage
International Class(es):      041 - Primary Class     U.S Class(es):    100, 101, 107
Class Status:     ACTIVE
First Use:  Nov. 2014   Use in Commerce:  Dec. 16, 2014
Prosecution History
Date  Description Proceeding Number
Jul. 06, 2025     NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED    
Feb. 05, 2025     APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED   
Feb. 05, 2025     NEW APPLICATION ENTERED 

Happy Unicoding,
Ken Boone
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Subject: [E-trademarks] Try Not To Laugh! 99028710 - БЪЛГАРИКА (A Standard Character Mark)

Introducing 99028710, the standard character mark БЪЛГАРИКА filed 5 February 2025.


[previously viewed                          Image for 99028710, select for more details]

Mark Literal Elements:
БЪЛГАРИКА
Standard Character Claim:
Yes. The mark consists of standard characters without claim to any particular font style, size, or color.
Mark Drawing Type:
4 - STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Transliteration:
The Bulgarian characters in this mark transliterate to BULGARICA and this has no meaning in a foreign language.




Based on this new application, I must conclude that the new Trademark Center electronic application system does NOT check that the characters submitted for a standard character mark actually occur on the USPTO's standard character list.

I fully recommend that you open the raw application on TSDR and view the 5 pages of the application.  Then tell me the proper pronunciation of this standard character mark!  My Bulgarian is more than just a little bit rusty. ;-}

Happy Presidents' Day Holiday,
Ken Boone
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