Offc Action Outgoing

2PAC

Amaru Entertainment, Inc.

Offc Action Outgoing

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

SERIAL NO: 76/465455

APPLICANT: Amaru Entertainment, Inc.

CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:

DAX ALVAREZ

BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN LLP

12400 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SEVENTH FLOOR

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90025-1026

RETURN ADDRESS:

Commissioner for Trademarks

2900 Crystal Drive

Arlington, VA 22202-3514

ecom108@uspto.gov

MARK: 2PAC

CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 05880.T012B

CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:

Please provide in all correspondence:

1. Filing date, serial number, mark and

applicant's name.

2. Date of this Office Action.

3. Examining Attorney's name and

Law Office number.

4. Your telephone number and e-mail address.

OFFICE ACTION

TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, WE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF OUR MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE.

Serial Number 76/465455

The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.

The examining attorney has searched the Office records and has found no similar registered or pending mark which would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02.

Informalities

Before this application can proceed in the registration process, the following informalities must be addressed.

A. Consent

If the name shown in the mark identifies a particular living individual, the applicant must submit a written consent from that individual, authorizing the applicant to register the name. If the name does not identify a living individual, the applicant should state so for the record. Trademark Act Section 2(c), 15 U.S.C. §1052(c); TMEP §§813 and 1206 et seq.

B. Prior Registration

If the applicant is the owner of Registration No. 2,582,487, the applicant must submit a claim of ownership. 37 C.F.R. §2.36; TMEP §812.

If the applicant has any questions regarding this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.

/Jeri Fickes/

Trademark Attorney, Law Office 108

703/308-9108 x.167

fax 703/746-8108

ecom108@uspto.gov (formal responses)

How to respond to this Office Action:

To respond formally using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), visit http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html and follow the instructions.

To respond formally via E-mail, visit http://www.gov.uspto.report/web/trademarks/tmelecresp.htm and follow the instructions.

To respond formally via regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing Return Address listed above and include the serial number, law office and examining attorney’s name on the upper right corner of each page of your response.

To check the status of your application at any time, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at http://tarr.gov.uspto.report/

For general and other useful information about trademarks, you are encouraged to visit the Office’s web site at http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm

FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.