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Adding something...
Nothing prevents you from scaring them with a letter asking them to cease using your mark.
The last trademark I filed for was for a real estate company where our logo looked like a for sale sign and had the colors red and blue in them.
RE/MAX lawyers caught it and sent us a letter saying that they noticed the filing and the similarities (them being colors) but that they were not going to challenge the filing.
They didn't challenge it and the trademark was registered and is live today.
Their what I am assuming in-house counsel was nice and said they wouldn't challenge it in the letter ... they probably just have to send them out to look productive ... but had they sent that letter without that info, I bet a lot of other people would have abandoned the filing.
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