Apple Rush Company Inc (APRU)

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Apple Rush trademark is DEAD.......LINKS

Did Bob screw Tony/APRU over and not forward the reminder? He was the USPTO contact.

Did Tony drop the ball? What the heck?

Tony announced APRU’s ownership of the Apple Rush mark in late 2018.

Trademark Secured and Defended For Apple Rush Brand
Press Release | 11/20/2018
TITUSVILLE, Fla., Nov. 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apple Rush Company, Inc. (OTCPink:APRU) announce two separate but related matters of importance:

Apple Rush became an owner of the trademark officially on 11/7/2018. An assignment agreement was reached and reported to the United States Patent and Trademark Offices.”

The link to the current recorded assignment is http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=tm&qt=sno&reel=&frame=&sno=78800553.
The backup documents are located at http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/assignment-tm-6477-0830.pdf.

Apple Rush Company, Inc. (APRU) announces that the Company has successfully secured and defended the trademark Apple Rush. The Company along with trademark co-owner Corr Brands, Inc. filed a Notice to Cancel of the mark Juice Rush applied for by Hershey Creamery Company. The cancelation of the mark became official by a default by Hershey for failure to respond.

Tony Torgerud, CEO of APRU, said: “We successfully negotiated the transfer and defense of the Trademark for the benefit of all shareholders. It is evidenced by the assignment proof on the USTPO website. This filing and the result of the defense of the trademark juice rush help assure the exclusive use of brand name while national and international expansion efforts proceed.”

https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/APRU/news/Trademark-Secured-and-Defended-For-Apple-Rush-Brand?id=210891

If you following the links in the PR, Bob is listed as the contact for the USPTO. A required response was never made to maintain the mark even though a reminder was sent.

https://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn78800553&docId=ER220190504065155#docIndex=0&page=1

A basic trademark search shows the mark is DEAD.

Mark: APPLE RUSH
Trademark image
US Serial Number: 78800553 Application Filing Date: Jan. 26, 2006
US Registration Number: 3786261 Registration Date: May 04, 2010
Register: Principal
Mark Type: Trademark
TM5 Common Status Descriptor: TM5 Common Status image
DEAD/REGISTRATION/Cancelled/Invalidate
The trademark application was registered, but subsequently it was cancelled or invalidated and removed from the registry.
Status: Registration cancelled because registrant did not file an acceptable declaration under Section 8. To view all documents in this file, click on the Trademark Document Retrieval link at the top of this page.
Status Date: Dec. 11, 2020
Publication Date: Aug. 04, 2009 Notice of Allowance Date: Oct. 27, 2009
Date Cancelled: Dec. 11, 2020

https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=78800553&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch

Did Bob not forward the maintenance notice to Tony? Did Tony drop the ball and not respond?

Bob reapplied for the mark in February.

https://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn90530329&docId=APP20210219074426#docIndex=2&page=1