Erica B. E. Rogers
Erica B. E. Rogers is a USPTO correspondent of record based in Raleigh, North Carolina, listed on 308 trademark filings (248 currently live). The correspondent has worked across 176 distinct trademark owners — a broad client roster of mostly one-off filings at roughly 1.8 marks per client. In TTAB matters, Erica B. E. Rogers is attorney of record on 7 contested oppositions and cancellations, more often as defendant (5) than plaintiff (2). The correspondent is associated with Ward and Smith, P.A..
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A Section 2(a) refusal says your mark falsely suggests a connection with a university, government agency, tribe, company or famous estate. Permission from the institution, the heirs' rights, another meaning, or goods its fame does not reach: the real USPTO files for each.
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Specimen refused under Sections 1 and 45: a mockup, an ad, a web page with no way to buy, or a drawing that does not match. What got real files approved: a dated substitute specimen, an explanation of the specimen you already filed, or a matching drawing, and why some substitutes were refused again.