Response to Office Action

PTO Form 1957 (Rev 9/2005)

OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp. 07/31/2017)

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PTO Form 1957 (Rev 9/2005)

OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp. 07/31/2017)

Response to Office Action

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

Application serial no. 86059921 WORLD TURTLE DAY(Standard Characters, see http://uspto.report/TM/86059921/mark.png) has been amended as follows:

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
Disclaimer
No claim is made to the exclusive right to use TURTLE DAY apart from the mark as shown.


SECTION 2(f) Claim of Acquired Distinctiveness, based on Five or More Years' Use
The mark has become distinctive of the goods/services through the applicant's substantially exclusive and continuous use in commerce that the U.S. Congress may lawfully regulate for at least the five years immediately before the date of this statement.


Miscellaneous Statement
The PDF Attachment consists of case study materials which describes their services.

Original PDF file:
mis-2725165162-005801993_._World_Turtle_Day_2013__1_.pdf
Converted PDF file(s) ( 5 pages)
Miscellaneous File1
Miscellaneous File2
Miscellaneous File3
Miscellaneous File4
Miscellaneous File5

SIGNATURE(S)
Declaration Signature

DECLARATION: The signatory being warned that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. Section 1001, and that such willful false statements and the like may jeopardize the validity of the application or submission or any registration resulting therefrom, declares that, if the applicant submitted the application or amendment to allege use (AAU) unsigned, all statements in the application or AAU and this submission based on the signatory's own knowledge are true, and all statements in the application or AAU and this submission made on information and belief are believed to be true.

STATEMENTS FOR UNSIGNED SECTION 1(a) APPLICATION/AAU: If the applicant filed an unsigned application under 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(a) or AAU under 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(c), the signatory additionally believes that: the applicant is the owner of the trademark/service mark sought to be registered; the applicant or the applicant's related company or licensee is using the mark in commerce and has been using the mark in commerce as of the filing date of the application or AAU on or in connection with the goods/services in the application or AAU, and such use by the applicant's related company or licensee inures to the benefit of the applicant; the original specimen(s), if applicable, shows the mark in use in commerce as of the filing date of the application or AAU on or in connection with the goods/services in the application or AAU; and to the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, no other person has the right to use the mark in commerce, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods/services of such other person, to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive.

STATEMENTS FOR UNSIGNED SECTION 1(b)/SECTION 44 APPLICATION: If the applicant filed an unsigned application under 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(b), Section 1126(d), and/or Section 1126(e), the signatory additionally believes that: the applicant is entitled to use the mark in commerce; the applicant has a bona fide intention and has had a bona fide intention as of the application filing date to use or use through the applicant's related company or licensee the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; and to the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, no other person has the right to use the mark in commerce, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods/services of such other person, to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive.

Signature: /Susan Tellem/      Date: 06/27/2014
Signatory's Name: Susan Tellem
Signatory's Position: Owner


Signature: /Marshall Thompson/      Date: 06/27/2014
Signatory's Name: Marshall Thompson
Signatory's Position: Owner

Response Signature
Signature: /John Salcido/     Date: 06/27/2014
Signatory's Name: John Salcido
Signatory's Position: Attorney of record, CA bar member.

The signatory has confirmed that he/she is an attorney who is a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a U.S. state, which includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other federal territories and possessions; and he/she is currently the applicant's attorney or an associate thereof; and to the best of his/her knowledge, if prior to his/her appointment another U.S. attorney or a Canadian attorney/agent not currently associated with his/her company/firm previously represented the applicant in this matter: (1) the applicant has filed or is concurrently filing a signed revocation of or substitute power of attorney with the USPTO; (2) the USPTO has granted the request of the prior representative to withdraw; (3) the applicant has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her in this matter; or (4) the applicant's appointed U.S. attorney or Canadian attorney/agent has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her as an associate attorney in this matter.

        
Serial Number: 86059921
Internet Transmission Date: Fri Jun 27 01:39:01 EDT 2014
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