The efforts by the Dogecoin Foundation to trademark the time period ‘Dogecoin’ appear to have come to a whole halt following an announcement by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Apparently, the federal government company has marked the appliance as deserted after not listening to again from the muse.
USPTO Says Dogecoin Trademark Utility Is Deserted
An X (previously Twitter) consumer took to the platform to share the newest growth within the trademark software by the Dogecoin Foundation. In keeping with the screenshot of the e-mail shared, the USPTO has dropped the appliance because it believes it has been deserted.
The e-mail which was dated December 13, 2023, explains that the rationale for this transfer was as a result of it had not obtained any well timed response from the muse to “Workplace motion. It appears the muse had let the deadline required for this response elapse with out reaching out to the company.
Nevertheless, all hope is just not misplaced because the USPTO explains within the e mail that the muse can nonetheless proceed with the appliance which they select. Within the case the place the muse didn’t really obtain the Workplace motion in query, or if they didn’t deliberately delay their response, the e-mail states that they will file a petition to revive the appliance.
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Phrases of this revival to be included within the petition is a signature of somebody with firsthand data of the details relating to the appliance stating that the delay was unintentional. Moreover, the muse must reply to the Workplace motion within the case they did obtain. Within the case that they didn’t obtain the Workplace motion, they’re to file a press release saying that they didn’t obtain it.
As a part of the petition to revive the appliance, the muse would additionally must pay a petition price, in addition to an extension price for time to reply to the Workplace motion. The timeframe inside which they will do that is outlined to be two months.
Within the case the place the Dogecoin Foundation didn’t really abandon their software and the USPTO made an error, the e-mail outlines that they will file a ‘Request for Reinstatement’. They must embody proof of this, “such as a copy of an email confirmation issued by the USPTO that includes the date of receipt and a summary of the online submission,” the e-mail learn.”
In contrast to a petition for reinstatement, a request for reinstatement carries no price. Nevertheless, the muse does get the identical two-month deadline to file a request for reinstatement.
In August 2023, the USPTO had initially refused the foundation’s Dogecoin trademark application saying it was too “generic for applicant’s services.” This was celebrated by the neighborhood which believes that Dogecoin doesn’t belong to anybody.
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