PR-Section 8 and 9

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. PTO Form 1963 (Rev 05/2006)

OMB No. 0651-0055 (Exp 07/31/2018)

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Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. PTO Form 1963 (Rev 05/2006)

OMB No. 0651-0055 (Exp 07/31/2018)

Combined Declaration of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse/Application for Renewal of Registration of a Mark under Sections 8 & 9

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

REGISTRATION NUMBER: 0822941
REGISTRATION DATE: 01/24/1967

MARK: (Stylized and/or with Design, ROYAL PARIS (see, mark))

The owner, GIP DEVELOPMENT, SOCIÉTÉ À RESPONSABILITÉ LIMITÉE legally organized under the laws of Luxembourg, having an address of
      2-4 RUE DU CHÂTEAU D'EAU, L-3364
      LEUDELANGE,
      Luxembourg
is filing a Combined Declaration of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse/Application for Renewal of Registration of a Mark under Sections 8 & 9.

For U.S. Class 042, the mark is in use in commerce on or in connection with all goods/services, or to indicate membership in the collective membership organization, listed in the existing registration for this specific class: CANVAS IN THE PIECE USED FOR EMBROIDERY ; or, the owner is making the listed excusable nonuse claim.

The owner is submitting one(or more) specimen(s) showing the mark as used in commerce on or in connection with any item in this class, consisting of a(n) photographs of the goods displaying the mark.
Specimen File1
Specimen File2
Specimen File3
The registrant's current Attorney Information: Brian M. Davis of  Alston & Bird LLP
      101 South Tryon Street, Suite 4000
      Charlotte, North Carolina 28280
      United States
The phone number is 704-444-1000.
The fax number is 704-444-1111.
The email address is brian.davis@alston.com. (authorized)
The docket/reference number is 451160/33128.

The registrant's proposed Attorney Information: Michele M. Glessner of  Alston & Bird LLP
      101 South Tryon Street, Suite 4000
      Charlotte, North Carolina 28280
      United States The docket/reference number is 64326/331282.
The Other Appointed Attorney(s): Martha Gayle Barber, Larry C. Jones and George M. Taulbee, members of the North Carolina State Bar, and Uly S. Gunn, Nadya Munasifi Sand, Sarah P. LaFantano and Mary Grace Gallagher members of the Georgia State Bar.

The phone number is 704-444-1000.
The fax number is 704-444-1111.
The email address is michele.glessner@alston.com. (authorized)
The registrant's current Correspondence Information: Brian M. Davis of  Alston & Bird LLP
      101 South Tryon Street, Suite 4000
      Charlotte, North Carolina 28280
      United States
The phone number is 704-444-1000.
The fax number is 704-444-1111.
The email address is brian.davis@alston.com. (authorized)
The docket/reference number is 451160/33128.

The registrant's proposed Correspondence Information: Michele M. Glessner of  Alston & Bird LLP
      101 South Tryon Street, Suite 4000
      Charlotte, North Carolina 28280
      United States The docket/reference number is 64326/331282.

The phone number is 704-444-1000.
The fax number is 704-444-1111.
The email address is michele.glessner@alston.com; lisa.thurmond@alston.com; connie.goodman@alston.com. (authorized)

The registrant hereby appoints Michele M. Glessner of Alston & Bird LLP, 101 South Tryon Street, Suite 4000, Charlotte, North Carolina United States 28280 as registrant's representative upon whom notice or process in the proceedings affecting the mark may be served.

The phone number is 704-444-1000.

The fax number is 704-444-1111.

The email address is michele.glessner@alston.com.

A fee payment in the amount of $625 will be submitted with the form, representing payment for 1 class(es), plus any additional grace period fee, if necessary.


Declaration

	Unless the owner has specifically claimed excusable nonuse, the mark is in use in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services or to indicate membership in the collective membership organization identified above, as evidenced by the attached specimen(s).
	Unless the owner has specifically claimed excusable nonuse, the specimen(s) shows the mark as currently used in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization.
	The registrant requests that the registration be renewed for the goods/services/collective organization identified above.
	To the best of the signatory's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances, the allegations and other factual contentions made above have evidentiary support.
	The signatory being warned that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, and that such willful false statements and the like may jeopardize the validity of this submission and the registration, declares that all statements made of his/her own knowledge are true and all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.

Signature: /Michele M. Glessner/    Date: 06/30/2017
Signatory's Name: Michele M. Glessner
Signatory's Position: Attorney of Record, North Carolina state bar member
Signatory's Phone: 704-444-1000

Mailing Address (current):
   Alston & Bird LLP
   101 South Tryon Street, Suite 4000
   Charlotte, North Carolina 28280

Mailing Address (proposed):
   Alston & Bird LLP
   101 South Tryon Street, Suite 4000
   Charlotte, North Carolina 28280

Serial Number: 72242071
Internet Transmission Date: Fri Jun 30 12:15:40 EDT 2017
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