Oppose the ASA's application to trademark the Autism Awareness Ribbon/Image!!!!!

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I have had no problem with the ASA UNTIL NOW!...To try to take our rights to

use the ribbon and its image unless we pay them to do so is absolutely

crazy!!!....The reason they exist as an organization is due to the disorder

our children deal with on a daily basis.....THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE THE ONE

THING THAT UNITES ALL AUTISM ORGANIZATIONS--THE AUTISM AWARENESS

RIBBON!!!...WE NEED TO STOP THEM!!!!!!!!

The Autism Society America is trying to get a trademark on the autism

awareness ribbon pin with the puzzle piece. This would mean they would have

sole rights to this ribbon and anyone else wanting to use the image or make

the pin would have to pay them a royalty. If anyone thinks that this

awareness ribbon should remain public domain please respond to the following

links.

Here is the ASA filing with the US Trademark Office and the Trademark Office

call for opposition. Send a letter to the US Trademark Office opposing the

filing. This is completely legal and you are exercising your legal right to

oppose their application:

Link to information on their application and its status:

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial & entry=76384137

Link to send feedback to the US Patent and Trademark office:

http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/feedback.html

The following is a link to the lawyer assigned to this application.

There is no e-mail address but people could phone her:

http://pair.uspto.gov/cgi-bin/final/employee_loc.pl?NAME=MADDENANNE

It is on the internet, so it is a public document and everyone is free

to contact her about it.