To: | Hopscotch LLC. (diversitylang@kc.rr.com) |
Subject: | TRADEMARK REGISTRATION NO. 3060617 - MAXWELL - N/A |
Sent: | 04/06/16 08:41:47 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. 3060617
OWNER: Hopscotch LLC.
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CORRESPONDENT’S ADDRESS: |
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MARK: MAXWELL
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO. N/A
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CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER AND SELECT FORM NUMBER 11:
http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/reg_maintain.jsp
ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 4/6/2016
U.S. Registration Number 3060617
SPECIMEN:
Therefore, the owner must submit the following:
(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 8/10-year Section 8.” 37 C.F.R. §2.161(g); TMEP §1604.12(c).
Examples of specimens for goods are tags, labels, instruction manuals, containers, photographs that show the mark on the actual goods or packaging, or displays associated with the actual goods at their point of sale. See TMEP §§904.03 et seq. Examples of specimens for services are signs, photographs, brochures, website printouts or advertisements that show the mark used in the actual sale or advertising of the services. See TMEP §§1301.04 et seq.
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 8/10-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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The following persons are properly authorized to sign a Section 8 Affidavit on behalf of the owner:
(1) A person with legal authority to bind the owner (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner);
(2) A person with firsthand knowledge of the facts and actual or implied authority to act on behalf of the owner; or
(3) An authorized attorney who has an actual written or verbal power of attorney or an implied power of attorney from the owner.
37 C.F.R. §§2.161(b), 2.193(e)(1); TMEP §1604.08(a).
DEFICIENCY SURCHARGE REQUIRED: The owner must submit a $100 deficiency surcharge with its response to this Office action. 37 C.F.R. §§2.6, 2.164(a)(1); TMEP §1604.17(a).
/Harpreet Singh/
Harpreet Singh
Trademark Specialist
Post Registration Division
Harpreet.singh@uspto.gov
571-272-9551
571-273-9551 (fax)
TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: Use the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Post-Registration Office action form number 11 at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/reg_maintain.jsp. Please wait 48-72 hours from the issue/mailing date before using TEAS, to allow for necessary system updates of the registration. For technical assistance with online forms, e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov. For questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned specialist. E-mail communications will not be accepted as responses to Office actions; therefore, do not respond to this Office action by e-mail.
All informal e-mail communications relevant to this registration will be placed in the official registration record.
WHO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE: It must be personally signed by an individual owner or someone with legal authority to bind an owner (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint owners). If an owner is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the response.
TO UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS: Use the TEAS form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.