UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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SERIAL NO: 76/611915
APPLICANT: Gelato di Roma Holding, Inc.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI 48304-5086
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Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
If no fees are enclosed, the address should include the words "Box Responses - No Fee." |
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MARK: GELATO DI ROMA
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 87,506-009
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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 email address.
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Serial Number 76611915
EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
AMENDMENTS AUTHORIZED: As authorized by Jeffrey L. Doyle, Esq., on April 22, 2005, the application is amended as noted below. If Applicant disagrees with or objects to any of the amendments below, please notify the undersigned attorney immediately, otherwise, no response is necessary. See TMEP § 707.
ADVISORY—AMENDMENTS TO SERVICES: If the services have been amended below, any future amendments must be in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 2.71(a) and TMEP § 1402.07(e).
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.
The following disclaimer statement is added to the record:
No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “GELATO” apart from the mark as shown.
15 U.S.C. § 1056; TMEP § 1213.
The following translation statement is added to the record:
The English translation of the Italian wording “GELATO DI ROMA” is “ICE CREAM OF ROME.”
37 C.F.R. § 2.61(b); see TMEP § 809.
The following claim of ownership is added to the record:
Applicant is the owner of U.S. Registration No. 1536589.
37 C.F.R. § 2.36; see TMEP § 812.
Effective January 31, 2005, and pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, Pub. L. 108-447, the following are the fees that will be charged for filing a trademark application:
(1) $325 per international class if filed electronically using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS); or
(2) $375 per international class if filed on paper.
These fees will be charged not only when a new application is filed, but also when payments are made to add classes to an existing application. If such payments are submitted with a TEAS response, the fee will be $325 per class, and if such payments are made with a paper response, the fee will be $375 per class.
The new fee requirements will apply to any fees filed on or after January 31, 2005.
NOTICE: TRADEMARK OPERATION RELOCATION
The Trademark Operation has relocated to Alexandria, Virginia. Effective October 4, 2004, all Trademark-related paper mail (except documents sent to the Assignment Services Division for recordation, certain documents filed under the Madrid Protocol, and requests for copies of trademark documents) must be sent to:
Commissioner for Trademarks
P.O. Box 1451
Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
Applicants, attorneys and other Trademark customers are strongly encouraged to correspond with the USPTO online via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html.
/Judy Helfman/
Judith M. Helfman
USPTO - Trademarks
Law Office 114
(571) 272-5892 direct line