- Taking the senders on the envelope in which the Census
arrived and trying to find out who these agencies are and what they have
to do with the Census; things got very foggy, very quickly. The U. S. Department
of Commerce is the parent agency for the U. S. Census Bureau. The Economics
and Statistics Administration is responsible for examining the 2010 Census
and its effect upon the economy and as far as the web is concerned The
U. S. Census Bureau just hires people to actually take the census.
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- Nowhere is there a clear budget for the 2010 Census;
as to its costs: All we know about this is that an $89.5 million contract
for the next nine years was given to IBM (which was not announced by the
government); who probably devised the questionnaire and will run the results
through their computers. To try to figure out what the costs of this census
really are; is to enter a Labyrinth of government agency connections and
overlaps that leave you wondering why so many different agencies all have
their hands in each others pockets: and why this particular project that
is supposed to happen only once every ten years, requires so much of the
attention of so many bureaucrats; and why apparently the Census is now
an annual event, as opposed to only once every ten years?
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- Here's part of the latest spin from the US Department
of Commerce:
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- "WASHINGTON, March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
As 2010 Census forms arrive in more than 120 million mailboxes across the
country this week, several 20-foot-high replicas of the form began touring
the nation today. The U.S. Census Bureau's Giant 2010 Census Form Tour
is part of a large-scale effort to encourage households to take 10 minutes
to fill out and mail back their census forms.
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- (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090226/CENSUSLOGO)
The forms will be on display at popular public sites in a number of major
cities this week, such as Times Square in New York, Union Station in Washington
and Daley Square in Chicago. Other cities include Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte,
Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Los Angeles, Phoenix, St. Louis and San Francisco.
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- SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau (1)
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- So the US Department of Commerce is holding a huge bash
to promote Census 2010: But at what cost, and with what oversight to insure
that what Commerce, the Economics & Statistics Administration &
the Census Bureau say will happen to what you are being forced to send
in?
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- It seems that there really are no lines between the almost
completely privatized US Department of Commerce and the government. There
are also no clear accounting procedures for either the costs or for what
happens to the data collected; in terms of everything that is being collected
which does NOT involve the counting heads. That's critical because that
is the only reason for there to be a U. S. Census Bureau: to count US Citizens
in this country, once every ten years! So why is the US Census Bureau involved
with Foreign Markets; in terms of their official logos?
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- "How much is the COMMERCE Department offering for
your personal information?
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- The Trademark of the Beast
- March 16, 2010
- Lorie Kramer
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- The ever intriguing Jim Kirwan posted an article on March
16, 2010 on rense.com entitled "Owning The 'United States®'".
This referred to the trademark symbol that appears with the logo on the
envelope in which the 2010 U.S. Census form is contained. This piqued my
curiosity about the logo itself, and the fact that it is trademarked. I
thought I'd look into it a bit.
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- The Patent and Trademark Office is a Bureau under the
umbrella of the United States Department of Commerce. The website states
"The products and services the department provides touch the lives
of Americans and American companies in many ways, including weather forecasts,
the decennial census, and patent and trademark protection for inventors
and businesses."
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- According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
a trademark is one of three types of intellectual property protection.
Those three types are: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights. Regarding
Trademarks; the aforementioned Office states, "Trademarks include
any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination, used, or intended
to be used in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer
or seller from goods manufactured or sold by others, and to indicate the
source of the goods. Service marks include any word, name, symbol, device,
or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce, to identify
and distinguish the services of one provider from services provided by
others, and to indicate the source of the services."
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- And of course, "we" have to cover our "assets"...
"The U.S. 2010 Census logo is the agency's most-used and best-known
asset. It is the cornerstone of the 2010 Census program."
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- The trademarks (yes, there are 5/five of them) for United
States Census 2010 are listed as Service marks AND Trademarks. Let's look
at them.....
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- The following information can be confirmed here.
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- First, let's look at Serial Number 77804072 with a filing
date of August 13, 2009
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- The Goods and Services are described as "IC 045.
US 100 101. G & S: Personal and social services, namely, providing
information related to the conduct of the U.S. Decennial Census, including
the provision of such services by means of the Internet.
- FIRST USE: 20070521. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20070521.
- Owner (APPLICANT) U.S. Bureau of the Census agency of
the United States government UNITED STATES 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington D.C. 20230
- The Attorney of Record is Hector Benitez-Solivan
- Type of Mark SERVICE MARK
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- Next, let's look at Serial Number 77804023 with a filing
date of August 13, 2009
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- Hmmmm...looks the same to me.
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- Goods and Services IC 041. US 100 101 107. G & S:
Educational services, namely, providing information and promoting public
awareness on the importance of and need to participate in the Decennial
Census, including the provision of those services by means of the Internet.
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- FIRST USE: 20070521. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20070521
- Owner (APPLICANT) U.S. Bureau of the Census agency of
the United States government UNITED STATES 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington D.C. 20230.
- The Attorney of Record is Hector Benitez-Solivan, again.
- Type of Mark SERVICE MARK
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- Here's the next one. This one is Serial number 77323183
with a filing date of November 7, 2007. It looks the same as the previous
two, yet they are registering it, yet again.
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- Goods and Services IC 016. US 002 005 022 023 029 037
038 050. G & S: printed publications, namely, handbooks, questionnaires
and surveys relating to the Decennial Census.
- FIRST USE: 20070521. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20070521.
- Owner (REGISTRANT) U.S. Bureau of the Census AGENCY OF
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT UNITED STATES 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington D.C. 20230.
- Attorney of Record Philip J. Greene
- Type of Mark TRADEMARK
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- Oh, I see, Trademark AND Service mark.
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- "Let's look at registration number 2296084. What
have we here? Filing Date December 8, 1998
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- Word Mark FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS YOUR KEY TO TRADE
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. Huh?
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- Goods and Services IC 016. US 002 005 022 023 029 037
038 050. G & S: Publications, namely, reports, surveys, abstracts,
statistical abstracts, newsletters, press releases, pamphlets, brochures,
posters, magazines, calendars, journals and booklets containing and/or
pertaining to business, economics, finance, exports, imports and international
trade.
- FIRST USE: 19980408. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19980408
- Owner (REGISTRANT) U.S. Bureau of the Census FEDERAL
AGENCY UNITED STATES U.S. Department of Commerce Washington D.C. 20233
- Attorney of Record Mark R. Tallarico
- Type of Mark TRADEMARK
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- Foreign Trade Statistics? OK. What else?
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- Here's registration number 2316247. Filing Date December
8, 1998.
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- Goods and Services IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S:
Business services, namely, providing information and statistics relevant
to business, economics, exports, imports and international trade; and business
services, namely, providing information and statistics via a global computer
network, relevant to business, economics, exports, imports and international
trade.
- FIRST USE: 19980601. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19980601
- Owner (REGISTRANT) U.S. Bureau of the Census FEDERAL
AGENCY UNITED STATES U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Avenue,
NW Washington D.C. 20230
- Attorney of Record Mark Tallarico
- Type of Mark SERVICE MARK
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- So, let's check out 2518821, which was filed November
5, 1999. Gosh, it looks a bit familiar...
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- Word Mark UNITED STATES CENSUS 2000
- Goods and Services IC 042. US 100 101. G & S: miscellaneous
services, namely, promoting public awareness of the importance of and need
for participation in the U.S. Decennial Census, including the provision
of such services by means of a global computer network, and the conduct
of the U.S. Decennial Census.
- FIRST USE: 19960000. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19960000
- Owner (REGISTRANT) U.S. Bureau of the Census FEDERAL
AGENCY UNITED STATES U.S. Department of Commerce Washington D.C. 20233
- Attorney of Record PHILIP J. GREENE
- Type of Mark SERVICE MARK
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- I can't not look at the lawyers now, can I?
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- Let's see...Attorney of Record Hector Benitez-Solivan.
Not much found about him other than he's a lawyer in Washington, D.C. ,
who was named in a May 2009 New York Supreme Court lawsuit regarding attorneys
in violation of Judiciary Law, in which he was ordered to suspend the practice
of law in any form until he registered and paid registration fees.
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- Then came Philip J. Green, whose "day job"
is working for Office of the Chief Counsel for Technology at the Department
of Commerce. Not much else out there about him, except he has a polished
palate.
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- Then, back in the 90's it was Mark R. Tallarico. Now
he's the Vice President of the Capital Alumni Network
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- Well, this has all been interesting but I find myself
wondering, this is all about commerce, right? "First use in Commerce"
it says. So the Census is commerce. Commerce is the exchange of items of
value between companies or persons. A deal of commerce would then be any
exchange of money for a product, service, or information. So, you and I
exchanging Census information with the government is considered commerce.
That begs the question, if this is considered an exchange, where's the
money? I keep being told my information is most valuable. I don't seem
to be getting any money for exchanging my information with the Census Bureau,
what kind of commerce are we talking about here? Not mine, apparently."
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- What Laurie Kramer says above seems like something that
needs to be investigated thoroughly, sooner rather than later? Many would
prefer that the US Census Bureau either be confined to doing the census
or dissolved entirely. The public also ought to be told why we need to
issue private contracts to do government work, especially when we already
have a US Census Bureau, supposedly to do just that?
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- If we no longer have a functioning government let's just
send them all home and turn it all over to private corporations we
sure as hell don't need these private-partnership parasites just hanging
around to get their over-priced private contracts to do what the US agencies
were supposed to do ion the first place. Privatization is totally out of
control and it is everywhere now! We have mercenary armies in the field
that outnumber US troops and yet we pay them at least ten times as much
as we pay the GI's so how did all this get to be this way: And when
is it going to be stopped!
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- Maybe if the public cared they might demand to be paid,
as Laurie suggests above for their information; which the newly privatized
US Census Bureau is demanding from us all?
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- 1) REVISED: Census Bureau Unveils 20-foot 2010 Census
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