UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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SERIAL NO: 76/540027
APPLICANT: Unite Eurotherapy, Inc.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: JEFFREY R. SMITH SMITH & BROWN 2247 SAN DIEGO AVENUE, SUITE 234 SAN DIEGO, CA 92110
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RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514 ecom114@uspto.gov
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MARK: WICKED WAX
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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 76/540027
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. Section 1052(d). TMEP section 1105.01.
Disclaimer
Trademark Act Section 6(a), 15 U.S.C. Section 1056(a), permits the Office to require a disclaimer of an unregistrable component of a mark. Trademark Act Section 2(e), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(e), bars the registration of a mark which is merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive, or primarily geographically descriptive of the goods. Therefore, the Commissioner may require the disclaimer of a portion of a mark which, when used in connection with the goods or services, is merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive, or primarily geographically descriptive. If an applicant does not comply with a disclaimer requirement, the examining attorney may refuse registration of the entire mark. TMEP section 1213.01(b).
The applicant must insert a disclaimer of WAX in the application. Trademark Act Section 6, 15 U.S.C. Section 1056; TMEP section 1213. The applicant’s hair care products contain wax.
The computerized printing format for the Trademark Official Gazette requires a standard form for a disclaimer. TMEP section 1213.09(a)(i). A properly worded disclaimer should read as follows:
No claim is made to the exclusive right to use WAX apart from the mark as shown.
See In re Owatonna Tool Co., 231 USPQ 493 (Comm'r Pats. 1983).
For your convenience, the Trademark Status Line, (703) 305-8747, has been established for immediate case status inquiries, and is available Monday through Friday, from 6:30 a.m. until
Midnight, Eastern Standard Time.
If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this letter, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
/Ann K. Linnehan/
Trademark Attorney
Law Office 114
703/308-9114 ext. 427
ecom114@uspto.gov
(email for formal responses only)
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.
FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.