To: | SAZERAC COMPANY, INC. (chgtm@bannerwitcoff.com) |
Subject: | TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 76552280 - 10864.00100 |
Sent: | 5/14/04 9:06:38 PM |
Sent As: | ECom116 |
Attachments: |
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/552280
APPLICANT: SAZERAC COMPANY, INC.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: JAMES V. CALLAHAN BANNER & WITCOFF LTD. 10 S WACKER DR STE 3000 CHICAGO IL 60606-7437
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RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514
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MARK:
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 10864.00100
CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS: chgtm@bannerwitcoff.com |
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 76/552280
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
Search Results
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.
Request to Correct Filing Information
As requested, the attorney reference/docket number has been corrected.
Portrait and Consent
The person depicted in the portrait shown in the mark should be identified. If the portrait depicts a particular living individual, the applicant must submit a written consent from that individual, authorizing the applicant to register the portrait. If the portrait does not depict 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.
Drawing
The drawing is not acceptable because it will not reproduce satisfactorily. The applicant must submit a new drawing showing the mark clearly and conforming to 37 C.F.R. §2.52. TMEP §807.07(a).
The requirements for a special‑form drawing are as follows:
(1) The drawing must appear in black and white; no color is permitted.
(2) Every line and letter must be black and clear.
(3) The use of gray to indicate shading is unacceptable.
(4) The lining must not be too fine or too close together.
(5) The preferred size of the area in which the mark is displayed is 2½ inches (6.1 cm.) high and 2½ inches (6.1 cm.) wide. It should not be larger than 4 inches (10.3 cm.) high or 4 inches (10.3 cm.) wide.
(6) If the reduction of the mark to the required size renders any details illegible, the applicant may insert a statement in the application to describe the mark and these details.
37 C.F.R. §2.52; TMEP §§807.01(b) and 807.07(a). The Office will enforce these drawing requirements strictly.
The Office prefers that the drawing be depicted on a separate sheet of smooth, nonshiny, white paper 8 to 8½ inches (20.3 to 21.6 cm.) wide and 11 inches (27.9 cm.) long, and that the sheet contain a heading listing, on separate lines, the applicant’s complete name; the applicant’s address; the goods or services recited in the application; and, if the application is filed under Section 1(a) of the Act, the dates of first use of the mark and of first use of the mark in commerce; or, if the application is filed under Section 44(d), the priority filing date of the foreign application. 37 C.F.R. §2.52(b); TMEP §§807.01(a), 807.01(b), 807.01(c) and 807.07(a).
The drawing displays the mark as the bust of an individual. However, this differs from the display of the mark on the specimen, where it appears as the entire body of an individual seated on a chair petting a dog with one hand and holding a can with the other hand. The applicant cannot amend the drawing to conform to the display on the specimen because the character of the mark would be materially altered. 37 C.F.R. §2.72(a); TMEP §§807.14, 807.14(a) and 807.14(a)(i).
Therefore, the applicant must submit a substitute specimen that shows use of the mark as it appears on the drawing. 37 C.F.R. §2.51; TMEP §807.14. The applicant must verify, with an affidavit or a declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20, that the substitute specimen was in use in commerce at least as early as the filing date of the application. 37 C.F.R. §§2.59(a) and 2.72(a); TMEP §904.09.
If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
/Nora Buchanan Will/
Trademark Attorney, Law Office 116
ph 703-306-7915/ fax 703-746-8116
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 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.