Offc Action Outgoing

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)

OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT REGISTRANT’S TRADEMARK REGISTRATION

 

 

 POST REGISTRATION OFFICE ACTION

 

 

ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 3/27/2012

Registration Number  3072545

 

Your response to the outstanding Office action regarding the Section 7 Amendment was received on January 10, 2012.  After consideration of the response and the facts of record, the refusal to accept the Section 7 Amendment is continued for the reasons set forth below.

 

The Section 7 Amendment cannot be accepted because the proposed amendment would result in a mark with a different visual impression from that of the original mark, i.e., the two marks do not appear as essentially the same mark. 

 

If you disagree with this refusal to accept the Section 7, you may file a petition to the Director to review this decision.  The petition must be filed within six months from the issuance date of this letter and be accompanied by a fee of $100.  37 C.F.R. §§2.6, 2.146 and 2.176.

 

 

 

Deborah Y. Ahmed

Trademark Specialist

Post Registration Division

Office of Trademark Services

(571) 272-9122

 

 

 

 

 

 

/Deborah Y. Ahmed/

Trademark Specialist

Post Registration Division

(571) 272-9122

 

 

TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:  Use the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Post-Registration Office action form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/eTEASpageC.htm.  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.

 

WHO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE:  It must be personally signed by (1) an individual registrant; (2) someone with legal authority to bind registrant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint applicants); or (3) an authorized attorney, if one is appointed to represent registrant.  If a registrant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the response.

 

CHECK THE STATUS OF THE REGISTRATION:  To check the status of your registration at any time, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at http://tarr.gov.uspto.report/.  Please keep a copy of the complete TARR screen.  For more information on checking status, see http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/process/status/.

 

TO UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS:  Use the TEAS form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/eTEASpageE.htm.

 

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