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From: Holly Timm <>
Subject: [BOARD-L] Fwd: Final Report
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 11:23:58 -0400

>Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 20:01:31 -0400
>From: "Garnett J. (Joe) Zsedeny" <>
>To: Holly Timm <>
>Subject: Final Report
>
>Holly, please forward to the Board.
>
>Thanks
>Joe
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>
>
>Final Report of USGenWeb Service Mark Filing Committee 16 August 2002
>
>The collective service marks "USGenWeb" and "The USGenWeb Project" are
>now officially registered marks with the U.S. Patent and Trademark
>Office.
>
>"USGenWeb" was registered to The USGenWeb Project on 9 July 2002
>(<http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=76232779>http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=76232779),
>and
>"The USGenWeb Project" was registered to The USGenWeb Project on 13 August
>2002
>(<http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=76232775>http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=76232775).
>
>
>This has been quite a process, which began way back in September 2000,
>when USGenWeb Project members first began pledging contributions to pay
>for the costs of the applications. The applications were first submitted
>to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in March 2001, and additional
>information was supplied, as requested, to the Trademark Office in January
>2002.
>
>A complete set of these application papers can be found at
><http://www.rootsweb.com/~jzed/tm/>http://www.rootsweb.com/~jzed/tm/
>
>THINGS TO DO
>
>1. It should be noted that between July 9, 2007, and July 9, 2008, a
>Declaration of Use of a Mark under Section 8 must be filed ($100 fee).
>Between July 9, 2011, and July 9, 2012, a Combined Declaration of Use in
>Commerce/Application for Renewal of Mark under Sections 8 & 9 must be
>filed ($500 fee). Failure to file either of these forms will mean loss
>of registration of the marks.
>
>2. Tim should receive registration certificates from the PTO shortly for
>both marks. After he scans them and forwards the scans to John the Board
>needs to determine the final storage location(s). As a final act the
>Committee will forward our digital files to the Webmaster for storage and
>linkage to the USGenWeb main page.
>
>3. The Board needs to address the issue of a permanent mailing address
>to be furnished to the PTO.
>
>Many members of the Project have worked to make this possible: the
>Service Mark Committee (Ken Short, David Morgan, Les Shockey, Marceline
>Beem, Phyllis Rippee) who researched the issue and recommended to the
>Advisory Board that the mark be applied for; the 2000-2001 Advisory
>Board (Tim Stowell, Barbara Dore, Joy Fisher, Shari Handley, Ginger
>Hayes, Richard Harrison, Richard Howland, Betsy Mills, Ellen Pack, Teri
>Pettit, Pam Reid, Ken Short, Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman, Holly Timm, Tina
>S. Vickery, Joe Zsedeny) who deliberated over the matter, adopted a
>motion to apply for the mark
>(<http://www.usgenweb.org/official/boardvotes-00-9.html#00-39>http://www.usgenweb.org/official/boardvotes-00-9.html#00-39),
>and
>appointed a committee to file for the mark; the Filing Committee
>(members listed below) who prepared all of the necessary documents for
>the applications and who processed all of the financial contributions
>and payments; and the many County, State, and Special Project
>Coordinators who contributed financially to make this possible.
>
>The names of all who contributed financially, as well as the financial
>accounting data, are available at
><http://members.cox.net/jschunk/servicemark.html>http://members.cox.net/jschunk/servicemark.html.
>
>
>Our sincere thanks to all of you for the success of this Project-wide
>team effort. But I can't leave without a special thanks to Teri Pettit
>and John Schunk. These two did the lion's share of the work. Teri took
>on the funds management while supervising software development at Adobe
>(if you need something done ask a busy person <G>). I now call John the
>old nag for keeping the project on track with reminders and memos as our
>facilitator and donations manager. Living here in the northern
>Adirondacks it would have been more than inconvenient for me to have had
>access to a patent attorney. But John, living and doing business in
>Wichita, was able to get a patent attorney reference in his area which
>really expedited the process. So Teri and John, you done good. And to
>Holly and Tim, thanks for keeping the paper flowing.
>
>Service Mark Filing Committee
>Joe Zsedeny, Chair
>Teri Pettit
>John Schunk
>Tim Stowell
>Holly Timm

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