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如何定义使用证据?
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A digitally created specimen comprises a digital drawing of the goods or packaging on which the mark appears.
该定义可理解为带有商标的商品或包装设计图。我们经常会碰到客户提供此类图片作为证据。在商品的前期筹备阶段,还没有成品出炉,仅有设计草图或构思图。此类图片都无法证明商标已在商业中使用。
02
A digitally altered specimen includes a digital alteration of an existing image of goods or packaging for goods, a display associated with goods, or an advertisement or website that purports to show the mark used on the goods or in the sale, performance, or rendering of services.
该定义可理解为最常见的P图,即在商品图片上直接P上商标logo。
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A mock-up specimen comprises a digital or non-digital rendering of what a mark would look like on a product, display, or website; these may be created solely for submission with the application.
该定义与第二个相似,即为了通过商标申请而制作的商标使用图片,但事实上商标并未在商业中使用。
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如何辨别模拟图、合成图?
辨别清单:
The depiction of the product looks like a digital rendering rather than a real product.
产品的呈现看上去像是数码合成的,而非实物图。
The product, label, or packaging is missing information typically included in the trade.
缺乏产品标签或包装等通常会出现在交易中的信息。
The mark appears to float over the product or container.
商标似乎漂浮在产品上。
Features of the item disappear near or around the mark.
商品的一些特征在商标周围会消失。
The image includes pixelization around the mark.
商标周围有像素点。
The mark is not applied to the product in a manner consistent with the material composition of the product.
商标未以与产品材料一致的方式应用于产品上。
The mark appears on goods known to be marketed under a third-party mark.
该商标出现在已知以第三方商标销售的商品上。
The website screenshot showing the mark includes placeholder text indicating that the website was not in use.
网站截屏图显示占位符文本,即网站还并未使用。
The website screenshot showing the mark is missing important information such as a URL or browser tab, and is displayed in a way that suggests it is not published (e.g., within other software).
网站截屏图缺少重要信息,例如URL网址或浏览器标签。
Identical images display different marks or do not display any marks.
相同的图片显示不同的商标或不显示任何商标。
Features of the goods suggest that the goods are used while the tag or label to which the mark is applied appears new.
商品的特征表明商标已被使用,但带有商标的标签看上去却是新的。
The labeling appears to be crudely applied to containers or plain boxes.
标签似乎潦草地贴在了容器或普通盒子上。
The mark appears superimposed onto signage or other advertising or marketing materials for services.
商标叠加显示在标牌或其他广告或市场营销材料上。
A webpage for an online marketplace, submitted as a display associated with the goods, includes indicia indicating that the mark is not in use in U.S. commerce or was not in use on the dates of use indicated in the application (e.g., language, currency, price, first available date, ship-to destination).
网络销售页面上的一些内容显示该商标并未在美国商业中使用,或是未在申请中指明的使用日期时被使用(例如语言,货币,价格,首次使用日期,运达目的地)。
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除此之外,审查员还将做出以下判断
1使用证明的叙述
2图片有后期修改
若审查员认为图片像是后期改动过,可自行做调研来确认商品是否真实存在。如果审查员确认了商品的存在,还需检查申请人的网站【URL链接】,若审查员对网站存疑,可要求申请人提供更多的证据来佐证商标的使用。
3审查员可进一步要求申请人提供下列信息
✔️the goods or services for which the specimen was submitted;
图片所相关的商品或服务是什么
✔️whether the specimen was created for submission with the application and if so, when; 图片是否是为了商标申请而制作的
✔️ the source of the image depicting goods; 图片来源
✔️ how the mark is used on goods in the actual sales environment or in the rendering or performing the services, including representative examples showing such use and URLs and publication dates for web pages;
商标在实际销售环境中或在提供服务时是如何使用的,包括具有代表性的URL网站链接以及网页发布日期示例;
✔️ when the goods or services were first available for purchase and whether they are still for sale;
商品或服务什么时候可以首次购买,以及是否仍在销售中;
✔️proof of sales in commerce with or within the United States for the goods in the specimen, redacting personal or private information of buyers as necessary; 商品在美国境内进行的销售证明,需要对买方的个人或隐私信息进行遮盖;
✔️proof of use for additional goods or services identified in the application; and 商标申请中所涉及的其他商品或服务的使用证明
✔️ any other information relevant to a determination regarding actual use of the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods/services. 其他任何相关商标实际已被使用的信息。
针对上述八点要求,申请人可提供新的使用图片和证据来反驳以及证明商标已在商业中使用。
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