[E-trademarks] Changing "o" to smiley face in design mark: material alteration?

[Jessica R. Friedman]

Client filed an ITU application (on its own) to register a stylized version of a word with the letter “o” in it. But on the actual packaging, Client substituted a smiley face for the letter “o.” So any specimen will have the smiley face.

I’m concerned that this is a material alteration that will result in rejection of the specimen (since the PTO did not search for marks with smiley faces). Has anyone dealt with this particular problem?

Jessica R. Friedman
Attorney at Law
300 East 59 Street, Ste. 2406
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-220-0900
Cell: 917-647-1884
E-mail: jrfriedman at litproplaw.com<mailto:jrfriedman at litproplaw.com>
URL: www.literarypropertylaw.com<http://www.literarypropertylaw.com>

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