Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register
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PTO Form 1478 (Rev 09/2006)
OMB No. 0651-0009 (Exp 02/28/2021)
Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register
TEAS Plus Application
Serial Number:88508301
Filing Date:07/10/2019
NOTE: Data fields with the * are mandatory under TEAS Plus. The wording "(if applicable)" appears where the field is only mandatory under the facts of the particular
application.
SECTION 2(f) Claim of Acquired Distinctiveness, based on Five or More Years' Use
The mark has become distinctive of the goods/services through the applicant's substantially exclusive and continuous use of the mark in
commerce that the U.S. Congress may lawfully regulate for at least the five years immediately before the date of this statement.
ATTORNEY INFORMATION
NAME
Randy Michels
FIRM NAME
Trust Tree Legal, P.C.
STREET
1321 Adams Street
CITY
Nashville
STATE
Tennessee
COUNTRY
United States
ZIP/POSTAL CODE
37208
PHONE
615-469-0438
EMAIL ADDRESS
randy@trust-tree.com
AUTHORIZED TO COMMUNICATE VIA EMAIL
Yes
OTHER APPOINTED ATTORNEY
Bill Ferrell; Kevin Hartley
CORRESPONDENCE INFORMATION
*NAME
Randy Michels
FIRM NAME
Trust Tree Legal, P.C.
*STREET
1321 Adams Street
*CITY
Nashville
*STATE
(Required for U.S. addresses)
Tennessee
*COUNTRY
United States
*ZIP/POSTAL CODE
37208
PHONE
615-469-0438
*EMAIL ADDRESS
randy@trust-tree.com; docket@trust-tree.com
*AUTHORIZED TO COMMUNICATE VIA EMAIL
Yes
FEE INFORMATION
APPLICATION FILING OPTION
TEAS Plus
NUMBER OF CLASSES
1
FEE PER CLASS
225
*TOTAL FEE PAID
225
SIGNATURE INFORMATION
* SIGNATURE
/Ron McHatton/
* SIGNATORY'S NAME
Ron McHatton
* SIGNATORY'S POSITION
COO
* DATE SIGNED
07/10/2019
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 1478 (Rev 09/2006)
OMB No. 0651-0009 (Exp 02/28/2021)
Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register
TEAS Plus Application
Serial Number:88508301
Filing Date:07/10/2019
To the Commissioner for Trademarks:
MARK: ORCHIDS (Standard Characters, see mark)
The mark in your application is ORCHIDS.
The applicant, American Orchid Society, Inc., a corporation of New York, having an address of
10901 Old Cutler Rd
Coral Gables, Florida 33156
United States
requests registration of the trademark/service mark identified above in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the Principal Register established by the Act of July 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C.
Section 1051 et seq.), as amended, for the following:
For specific filing basis information for each item, you must view the display within the Input Table.
International Class 016: Printed educational materials in the field of orchids; Printed periodicals in the field of orchids
Use in Commerce: The applicant is using the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods/services. The applicant attaches, or will later submit, one specimen as a JPG/PDF image file
showing the mark as used in commerce on or in connection with any item in the class of listed goods/services, regardless of whether the mark itself is in the standard character format or is a
stylized or design mark. The specimen image file may be in color, and the image must be in color if color is being claimed as a feature of the mark.
In International Class 016, the mark was first used by the applicant or the applicant's related company or licensee predecessor in interest at least as early as 00/00/1932, and first used in commerce
at least as early as 00/00/1932, and is now in use in such commerce. The applicant is submitting one(or more) specimen(s) showing the mark as used in commerce on or in connection with any item in the
class of listed goods/services, consisting of a(n) picture of magazine cover. Specimen File1
SECTION 2(f) Claim of Acquired Distinctiveness, based on Five or More Years' Use
The mark has become distinctive of the goods/services through the applicant's substantially exclusive and continuous use of the mark in commerce that the U.S. Congress may lawfully regulate for at
least the five years immediately before the date of this statement.
The applicant's current Attorney Information:
Randy Michels and Bill Ferrell; Kevin Hartley of Trust Tree Legal, P.C. 1321 Adams Street
Nashville, Tennessee 37208
United States
615-469-0438(phone)
randy@trust-tree.com (authorized)
The applicant's current Correspondence Information:
Randy Michels
Trust Tree Legal, P.C.
1321 Adams Street
Nashville, Tennessee 37208
615-469-0438(phone)
randy@trust-tree.com;docket@trust-tree.com (authorized) E-mail Authorization: I authorize the USPTO to send e-mail correspondence concerning the application to the applicant or the applicant's attorney, or the applicant's domestic representative at
the e-mail address provided in this application. I understand that a valid e-mail address must be maintained and that the applicant or the applicant's attorney must file the relevant subsequent
application-related submissions via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). Failure to do so will result in the loss of TEAS Plus status and a requirement to submit an additional
processing fee of $125 per international class of goods/services.
A fee payment in the amount of $225 has been submitted with the application, representing payment for 1 class(es).
Declaration
Declaration Signature
Signature: /Ron McHatton/ Date: 07/10/2019
Signatory's Name: Ron McHatton
Signatory's Position: COO
Payment Sale Number: 88508301
Payment Accounting Date: 07/11/2019
Serial Number: 88508301
Internet Transmission Date: Wed Jul 10 18:19:56 EDT 2019
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/FTK-XX.XXX.XXX.XXX-201907101819567
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