A trademark registration for a sound mark

Here is an example of a US trademark registration for a sound mark.

• registration certificate
• sheet music
• the mark itself (sixteen seconds in duration, converted to an MP3 file)
• specimen of use as filed (an MP3 file, about two minutes and 59 seconds in duration, 2.8 megabytes in size)
• TSDR record
• the publication in the Official Gazette
• electronic reproduction of the mark as filed (sixteen seconds in duration, WAV format, 2.7 megabytes in size)
• the music from which the mark is drawn (two minutes and forty seconds, MP3 format, 2.5 megabytes in size)
• examples of use of the mark
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This trademark filing has found its way into the blogosphere:

• Techdirt: Forget Just Copyright, Now People Are Trademarking Music As Well
• Patently-O: Trademark Rights for Sound Recordings