[gnso-rpm-wg] Recommendation for TMCH Charter Question #7

[George Kirikos]

Hello,

On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 1:52 AM, Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc at gmail.com> wrote:
>  A mark
> consisting of text in a particular font is not considered a design mark.
> Rather, it is a stylized mark.  However, the proposal refers to "special
> lettering" and lumps that in with design marks.  That seems clearly
> incorrect.  As a type of mark containing only text it would seem to make
> more sense to classify these as "text marks".

Are you suggesting that stylized marks (i.e. text in a particular
font, where the trademark protection is *only* in conjunction with
that font) should gain protection granted equal "standard character"
word marks???

https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-getting-started/trademark-basics/representation-mark

Obviously that would be an unacceptable expansion of TM rights, far
beyond anything contemplated in law. Standard Character Marks (aka
word marks) have the broadest protection, since they're not bound to
any particular font or presentation. Stylized marks acceptance in the
TMCH would only lead to more gaming.

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
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