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Test Your TTAB Judge-Ability on this Rejected Amendment and Specimen of Use

Applicant Marion L. Lonegro sought to amend her application for the standard character mark SENSITIVITY AWARENESS from "fund raising" and "educational seminars" to "publications for charitable fund raising." She submitted the specimen of use depicted immediately, identified as "an image applied by a rubber stamp to the packaging of publications used for fund raising." Was the amendment proper? Was the specimen acceptable? The PTO's Examining Attorney said no, so Ms. Lonegro appealed. What's your decision? In re Marion L. Lonegro, Serial No. 76695362 (April 12, 2010) [not precedential].The Examining Attorney required clarification of Applicant's services, but instead she sought to amend the application to read "publications for charitable fund raising...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on April 30, 2010 (boomark / email).