[E-trademarks] Standard Character Watch - Challenging SCMs

[Carl Oppedahl]

On 9/11/2025 10:47 AM, Ken Boone via E-trademarks wrote:
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> #
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> SN
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> Wordmark
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> Drawing
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> Comment
> 1
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> 99113838
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> DIMIQI
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> _Image for 99113838, select for more details_
> 	
> Considering the  drawing, is this a valid  STANDARD CHARACTER MARK  or 
> a STYLIZED TEXT MARK?
>
>
Yes, we look in TSDR and we see that the Trademark Office clerks have 
indexed this application two ways.  First, the description of the mark:

    Description of Mark:    The mark consists of the stylized wording
    "DIMIQI".

Okay, so it is stylized.  That's settled.  But wait!  We also see these 
words in the TSDR record:

    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

Seems to me they can't have it both ways.  Well, somebody was wrong at 
the Trademark Office.  Look at this and decide for yourself who was wrong:

Oh and note that "review prior to publication" is completed!  The 
nameless Trademark Office people who do this review seem to act on a 
hair trigger.  But not in this case.  They snoozed through it.


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