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Home My WebLink AboutCERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION CITY LOGO FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO 1900 K STREET. N.W. WASHINGTON. D.C. 20006-1110 202-5.30-1010 NEW YORK OFFICE FACSIMILE (202) 530-1055 CALIFORNIA OFFICE 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA NEW YORK, NY 10112-3800 (212) 218-2100 FACSIMILE (212) 218-2200 WWW.FITZPATRICKCELLA.COM 650 TOWN CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 1600 COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA 92626-7130 (714) 540-8700 FACSIMILE (714) 540-9823 WARREN E. OLSEN DIRECT DIAL: 202-721-5448 E-MAIL: wolsen@fchs.com August 14, 2006 Stephen E. Shepard, Esq. Shepard, Plunkett, Hamilton Boudreaux & Tisdale, LLP 701 Greene Street, Suite 104 Albany, GA 30901-2322 P1e~r::!l~VE nCut;11 '. n '""', iiS ~~U AUG 1 7 2006 COur~rY IrrrOfifiEY via Priority Mail AUGUSTA OLD GOVERNMENT HOUSE c. 1800 1736 GEORGIA and Design (O/Ref.: 02073.600400) Dear Mr. Shepard: Further to Mr. Behringer's May 8, 2006 report, I will be pleased to assist you in. tr.ademark related matters, for Augusta-Richmond County. We are pleased to enclose the original Certificate of Registration 3,115,752 issued July 18, 2006, for a ten (10) year initial term to be renewed on July 18, 2016. We have docketed the 6-year Declaration of Use date and the renewal date for timely reminder to you. Please ask your client to affix the statutory trademark registration symbol, @, next to the first use of this service mark on each advertisement about these services. Please maintain the Certificate in a place of safekeeping. Best regards. Very truly yours, FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO By: .. 7~,9 '.. '. t: ' . """ ~~Olsen I Enclosure: original Certificate of Registration C: \ WEO\2073\ 600400-RPT -CertReg-ses ~~t\\tt~ ~faf~s uf A ~\\,~ ~ < . lltPr-irq CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION PRINCIPAL REGISTER The Mark shown in this certificate has been registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office to the named registrant. The records of the United States Patent and Trademark Office show that an application for registration of the Mark shown in this Certificate was filed in the Office; that the application was examined and determined to be in compliance with the requirements of the law and with the regulations prescribed by the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office; and that the Applicant is entitled to registration of the Mark under the Trademark Act of 1946, as Amended. A copy of the Mark and pertinent data from the application are part of this certificate. To avoid CANCELLATION of the registration, the owner of the registration must submit a declaration of continued use or excusable non-use between the fifth and sixth years after the registration date. (See next page for more information.) Assuming such a declaration is properly filed, the registration will remain in force for ten (10) years, unless terminated by an order of the Commissioner for Trademarks or a federal court. (See next page for information on maintenance requirements for successive ten-year periods.) ~ VV);)uk Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office REQUIREMENTS TO MAINTAIN YOUR FEDERAL TRADEMARK REGISTRATION Requirements in the First Ten Years* What and When to File: . First Filing: A Declaration of Continued Use (or Excusable Non-use), filed between the 5th and 6tli years after the registration date. (See 15 U.S.C. S 1058; 37 C.P.R. S2.161.) . Second Filing: A Declaration of Continued Use (or Excusable Non-use) and an > Application for Renewal, filed between the 9th and 10th years after the registration date: (See 15 U.S.C. S 1058 and S 1059; 37 C.P.R. S2.161 and 2.183.) Requirements in Successive Ten-Year Periods* What and When to File: . A Declaration of Continued Use (or Excusable Non-use) and an Application for Renewal, filed between each 9th and 10th-year period after the date when the first ten-year period ends. (See 15 U.S.C. Sl058 and S1059; 37 C.P.R. S2.161 and 2.183.) Grace Period Filings* . There is a six-month grace period for filing the documents listed above, with payment of an additional fee. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will NOT send you any future notice or reminder of these filing requirements. Therefore, you should contact the USPTO approximately one year prior to the deadlines set forth above to determine the requirements and fees for submission of the required filings. NOTE: Electronic forms for the above documents, as well as information regarding current filing requirements and fees, are available online at the USPTO web site: www.us]!.to.gov YOUR REGISTRATION WILL BE CANCELLED IF YOU DO NOT FILE THE DOCUMENTS IDENTIFIED ABOVE DURING THE SPECIFIED TIME PERIODS. *Exception for the Extensions of Protection under the Madrid Protocol: The holder of an international registration with an extension of protection to the United States must file, under slightly different time periods, a Declaration of Continued Use (or Excusable Non-use) at the USPTO. See 15 U.S.C. S1141k; 37 C.P.R. S7.36. The renewal of an international registration, however, must be filed at the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization, under Article 7 of the Madrid Protocol. See 15 U.S.C. s1141j; 37 C.P.R. S7.41. i I l l I I I I I I I I ! I i , I i1 i Int. CIs.: 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45 prior U.S. CIs.: 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106 and 107 United States Patent and Trademark Office Reg. No. 3,115,752 . Registered July 18, 2006 SERVICE MARK PRINCIPAL REGISTER AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY, GEORGIA (GEORGIA CONSOLIDATED LOCAL GOV- ERNMENT), AKA AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 530 GREENE STREET AUGUSTA, GA 30911 FOR: MUNICIPAL SERVICES, NAMELY, AD- VERTISING, TAX ASSESSMENT, ECONOMIC FORECASTING AND ANALYSIS, PROVIDING IN- FORMATION REGARDING POLITICAL ISSUES KNOWING HOW TO VOTE AND KNOWING HOW TO REGISTER TO VOTE. AND PROMOTING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, IN CLASS 35 (U.S. CLS. 100, 10 1 AND 102). FIRST USE 0-0-2003; IN COMMERCE 0-0-2003. FOR: MUNICIPAL SERVICES, NAMELY, FINAN- CIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL VALUATION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE EVALUATION OF REAL PROPERTY HOME AP~ PRAISAL SERVICES, RISK MANAGE~1ENT, AND TAX PAYMENT PROCESSING SERVICES, IN CLASS 36 (U.S. CLS. 100, 101 AND 102). FIRST USE 0-0-2003; IN COMMERCE 0-0-2003. FOR: MUNICIPAL SERVICES, NAMELY, ANI- MAL CONTROL SERVICES AND PLANNING AND LAYING OUT OF RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, IN CLASS 37 (U.S. CLS. 100, 103 AND 106). FIRST USE 0-0-2003; IN COMMERCE 0-0-2003. FOR: MUNICIPAL SERVICES NAMELY PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES AND RESCUE SERVICES. IN CLASS 39 (U.S. CLS. 100 AND 105). FIRST USE 0-0-2003; IN COMMERCE 0-0-2003. FOR: MUNICIPAL SERVICES, NAMELY, RE- CREATIONAL PARK SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, NAMELY, PROVIDING COURSES OF INSTRUCTION AT THE PRIMARY AND SECOND- ARY LEVEL, AND PROVIDING PUBLIC SWIM- MING POOLS, IN CLASS 41 (U.S. CLS. 100, 101 AND 107). FIRST USE 0-0-2003; IN COMMERCE 0-0-2003. FOR: MUNICIPAL, SERVICES, NAMELY, LEGAL SERVICES, ENGINEERING SERVICES, AND ELEC- TRICITY AND NATURAL GAS SERVICES, NAME- I. Y METERING, METER READING, AND METER DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS, IN CLASS 42 (U.S. CLS. 100 AND 101). FIRST USE 0-0-2003; IN COMMERCE 0-0-2003. FOR: MUNICIPAL SERVICES, NAMELY, PUBLIC HOUSING SERVICES, EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES, NAMELY PROVIDING TEMPORARY HOUSING, PROVIDING ASSISTED LIVING FACIL- ITIES, AND PROVIDING COMMUNITY CENfERS FOR SOCIAL GATHERINGS AND MEETINGS IN CLASS 43 (U.S. CLS. 100 AND 101). ' FIRST USE 0-0-2003; IN COMMERCE 0-0-2003. FOR: MUNICIPAL SERVICES, NAMELY, EMER- GENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, IN CLASS 44 (U.S. CLS. 100 AND 101). FIRST USE 0-0-2003; IN COMMERCE 0-0-2003. FOR: MUNICIPAL SERVICES, NAMELY, POLICE AND CIVIL PROTECnON SERVICES, FlREFIGHT- lNG, AND PROVIDING CONSULTATION AND IN- FORMATION IN THE FIELD OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOR COMMUNITIES, IN CLASS 45 (U.S. CLS. 100 AND 101).