To: | SHUTTERSTOCK, INC. (dmdefilippis@norris-law.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Registration No. 2616884 - TURBO SQUID - 128460-21 |
Sent: | June 07, 2022 05:43:58 PM |
Sent As: | prg@uspto.gov |
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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) About Owner’s Trademark Registration
U.S. Registration No. 2616884
Mark: TURBO SQUID
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Correspondence Address: |
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Owner: SHUTTERSTOCK, INC.
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Reference/Docket No. 128460-21
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OFFICE ACTION
The USPTO must receive the owner’s response to this letter within the time period specified below. Respond using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). A link to the appropriate TEAS response form appears below.
Issue date: June 7, 2022
The Combined Section 8 Affidavit & Section 9 Renewal Application was received on January 14, 2022. The Section 9 portion of the combined filing can be granted. However, the Section 8 portion is not accepted for the reason(s) set forth below.
SPECIMEN ISSUE FOR 35:
The owner may respond by submitting:
(1) A substitute specimen showing current use of the registered mark in commerce for each class of goods and/or services specified in the registration; and
(2) The following statement, verified with an affidavit or signed declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20: “The substitute specimen was in use in commerce during the relevant period for filing the 10-year Section 8.” 37 C.F.R. §2.161(a)(7); TMEP §1604.12(c).
Examples of specimens.
Specimens for services must show a direct association between the mark and the services and include: (1) copies of advertising and marketing material, (2) a photograph of business signage or billboards, or (3) materials showing the mark in the sale, rendering, or advertising of the services. See 37 C.F.R. §2.56(b)(2), (c); TMEP §1301.04(a), (h)(iv)(C).
Any webpage printout or screenshot submitted as a specimen, whether for goods or services, must include the webpage’s URL and the date it was accessed or printed. 37 C.F.R. §2.56(c).
The owner was using the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods and/or services identified in the registration for which use of the mark in commerce is claimed, as evidenced by the submitted specimen, during the relevant period for filing the 10-year Section 8.
The undersigned, being hereby warned that willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. §1001, and that such willful false statement may jeopardize the validity of this document, declares that s/he is properly authorized to execute this document on behalf of the owner, and all statements made of his/her own knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.
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Signature of Authorized Person
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Type or Print Name
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DEFICIENCY SURCHARGE INFORMATION: If the response to this Office action is received by the Office after date of 10th year anniversary, a $100 deficiency surcharge must be submitted. 37 C.F.R. §§2.6, 2.164(a)(1); TMEP §1604.17(a). (Note: This only applies when the response time deadline above falls after the 10th year anniversary date.)
ADVISORY: If a response to this Office action is not filed within the response deadline above, and time remains in the grace period, the owner may avoid cancellation of its registration by filing a new affidavit of use within the grace period. 37 C.F.R. §2.163(c). Additional fees are required to file a new affidavit during the grace period. 37 C.F.R. §2.161(a)(4)(i)-(ii). For more information about this, please contact the undersigned.
How to respond. Click to file a Response to Post-Registration Office action.
Direct questions about this Office action to the Post Registration staff member below.
/stakhar/
Surinderpal Takhar
Post Registration Unit
Trademark Specialist
Surinder.Takhar@Uspto.gov
Phone - (571) 272-9512
RESPONSE GUIDANCE