PR-Section 8 and 9

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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: 2478670
REGISTRATION DATE: 08/14/2001

MARK: (Stylized and/or with Design, DAFINA BOOKS (see, mark))

Current: The owner, Kensington Publishing Corp., a corporation of New York, having an address of
      119 West 40th Street
      New York, New York 10018
      United States

Proposed: The owner, Kensington Publishing Corp., a corporation of New York, having an address of
      119 West 40th Street
      New York, New York 10018
      United States
      XXXX
is filing a Combined Declaration of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse/Application for Renewal of Registration of a Mark under Sections 8 & 9.

For International Class 016, 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: series of fiction and nonfiction books of interest to African-Americans ; 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 bearing the mark.
Specimen File1
Specimen File2

Webpage URL: None Provided
Webpage Date of Access: None Provided
The owner's/holder's current attorney information: Nancy Sabarra. Nancy Sabarra of FROSS ZELNICK LEHRMAN & ZISSU, P.C., is a member of the XX bar, admitted to the bar in XXXX, bar membership no. XXX, is located at

      151 WEST 42nd St., 17 Fl.
      NEW YORK, New York 10036
      United States
The docket/reference number is KPC 0003512.

The phone number is 212-813-5900.

The fax number is 212-813-5901.

The email address is Sabarra-docket@fzlz.com

The owner's/holder's proposed attorney information: Nancy Sabarra. Other appointed attorneys are All other attorneys in the firm. Nancy Sabarra of FROSS ZELNICK LEHRMAN & ZISSU, P.C., is a member of the XX bar, admitted to the bar in XXXX, bar membership no. XXX, and the attorney(s) is located at

      151 W 42nd Street, 17th Floor
      NEW YORK, New York 10036
      United States
The docket/reference number is KPC 0003512.

The email address is Sabarra-PR@fzlz.com

Nancy Sabarra submitted the following statement: The attorney of record is an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, or any U.S. Commonwealth or territory.Correspondence Information (current):
      Nancy Sabarra
      PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Sabarra-docket@fzlz.com
      SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): NOT PROVIDED

The docket/reference number is KPC 0003512.
Correspondence Information (proposed):
      Nancy Sabarra
      PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Sabarra-PR@fzlz.com
      SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): NOT PROVIDED

The docket/reference number is KPC 0003512.

Requirement for Email and Electronic Filing: I understand that a valid email address must be maintained by the owner/holder and the owner's/holder's attorney, if appointed, and that all official trademark correspondence must be submitted via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).

A fee payment in the amount of $525 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: /Barbara M. Bennett/    Date: 08/11/2021
Signatory's Name: Barbara M. Bennett
Signatory's Position: General Counsel and Secretary
Signature method: Sent to third party for signature


Mailing Address (current):
   FROSS ZELNICK LEHRMAN & ZISSU, P.C.
   151 WEST 42nd St., 17 Fl.
   NEW YORK, New York 10036

Mailing Address (proposed):
   FROSS ZELNICK LEHRMAN & ZISSU, P.C.
   151 W 42nd Street, 17th Floor
   NEW YORK, New York 10036

Serial Number: 76034477
Internet Transmission Date: Wed Aug 11 17:30:36 ET 2021
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/S08N09-XX.XXX.XXX.XX-2021081117303
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