UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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SERIAL NO: 76/517449
APPLICANT: GROUPE LACASSE INC.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: THOMAS J. MOORE BACON & THOMAS, PLLC 625 SLATERS LANE, FOURTH FLOOR ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA 22314
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RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514 ecom108@uspto.gov
If no fees are enclosed, the address should include the words "Box Responses - No Fee." |
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MARK: QUAD
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: N/A
CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:
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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.
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Serial Number 76/517449
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION
The examining attorney has searched the Office records and has found no similar registered mark which would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(d). TMEP section 704.02.
Action on this application is suspended pending receipt of a true copy, a photocopy, a certification, or a certified copy of a foreign registration from the applicant's country of origin. If the registration is in a foreign language, an English translation must be submitted. The true copy, photocopy, certification, or certified copy of the registration should be forwarded to the Examining Attorney as soon as possible. If the foreign application is abandoned, the Examining Attorney should be advised.
The applicant has filed asserting a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(b), 15 U.S.C. §1051(b), and claiming priority under Section 44(d), 15 U.S.C. §1126(d), based on a foreign application. Under these circumstances, the applicant may rely solely on its intent to use the mark in commerce as the basis for registration and not the expected foreign registration, and still claim the benefit of the priority filing date. If the applicant chooses to do so, this Office will approve the case for publication without waiting for the applicant to submit the foreign registration. Of course, the application must be in condition for publication in all other respects. Moreover, while the application may be approved for publication, the mark will not be registered until an acceptable allegation of use has been filed.
If the applicant wishes to proceed relying on the applicant’s intent to use the mark in commerce as the sole basis for registration, with the claim of priority, the applicant should so advise the examining attorney and this application will be removed from suspension. TMEP §§806.02(f) and 806.04(b).
/Robert Clark/
Trademark Attorney
Law Office 108
703-308-9108 ext. 162
Fax: 703-746-8108