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Webpage Specimen for "ONE NATION UNDER GOD" Charity Bracelets Fails to Pass TTAB Muster

Finding the requirements of Lands' End and Dell unfulfilled, the Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark ONE NATION UNDER GOD for "charity bracelets," rejecting Applicant's specimen of use (an electronic catalog webpage) as unacceptable. In re Sones, Serial No. 78717427 (September 30, 2008) [not precedential].Examining Attorney Michael G. Lewis maintained that, under Lands' End Inc. v. Manbeck 24 USPQ2d 1314 (E.D. Va. 1992) and In re Dell, Inc., 71 USPQ2d 1725 (TTAB 2004), a webpage may be an acceptable specimen for a product if it (1) includes a picture of the relevant goods; (2) shows the mark associated with the goods; and (3) contains the necessary ordering information. Applicant's website, however, failed to include a picture of the goods (see below)...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on November 06, 2008 (boomark / email).