VCF registration or lack of it.

On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:49:29 -0500, Evan Koblentz wrote: Your level of confusion is of no concern to an examiner. There has never been ANY application for the term Vintage Computer ANYTHING filed with the USPTO! It is a moot point. Goto: http://tess2.uspto.gov/ First choice: New User Form Search (Basic) Search Term: Vintage Computer Click on the New User Form BACK button Try Search Term: Computer Festival You might find it interesting to find top of the list: TCF - TRENTON COMPUTER FESTIVAL was abandoned close to 10 years ago! and you will only find 2 live ones. Including: COMPUTERFEST First use:1985 Dayton Microcomputer Association, Inc. CORPORATION OHIO 119 VALLEY STREET Dayton OHIO 45404 Try the Search Term: Festival and you wll find 8800+ I did not see any connected with Vintage Computers If it is not listed in TESS it is a local tag only and does not have National or Global Scope! If you wish to know more about the recovery of domain names by registered trademark owners google "UDRP conference" This VCF trademark question comes up every few years, Its BS! I would expect an application for "Vintage Computer Festival" would most likely be rejected as being "Descriptive" but I am sure Sellam can show enough history of distintive use to get done. Its not rocket science to fill out an application, but then again it is not exactly free. I the case of the TRENTON COMPUTER FESTIVAL it was not worth the ~$400 to renew it so they abandoned the registration. The other Bob