Offc Action Outgoing

SIMON ACKERMAN

Austin Reed Limited

Offc Action Outgoing

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

SERIAL NO: 76/634292

APPLICANT: Austin Reed Limited

*76634292*

CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:

MARTIN P. HOFFMAN

HOFFMAN, WASSON & GITLER, P.C.

2461 S CLARK ST STE 522

ARLINGTON, VA 22202-3874

RETURN ADDRESS:

Commissioner for Trademarks

P.O. Box 1451

Alexandria, VA 22313-1451

MARK: SIMON ACKERMAN

CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: T-9511

CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:

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.

OFFICE ACTION

RESPONSE TIME LIMIT: TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE.

Serial Number 76/634292

The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.

NAME OF AN INDIVIDUAL

Applicant must clarify whether the name in the mark identifies a particular living individual.

If the name in the mark identifies a particular living individual, then applicant must submit the following:

(1) a signed, written consent from that individual, authorizing applicant to register the name as a trademark with the USPTO; and

(2) a statement that “SIMON ACKERMAN identifies a living individual whose consent is of record.”

However, if the name in the mark does not identify a living individual, then applicant must submit a statement that “SIMON ACKERMAN does not identify a living individual.” Trademark Act Section 2(c), 15 U.S.C. §1052(c); TMEP §§813 and 1206.

CLAIM OF PRIOR REGISTRATION

If applicant is the owner of U.S. Registration No. 0196674, then applicant must submit a claim of ownership. 37 C.F.R. §2.36; TMEP §812. The following standard format is suggested:

Applicant is the owner of U.S. Registration No. 0196674.

SEARCH OF THE OFFICE RECORDS

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.

/Caroline E. Wood/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 110

(571) 272-9243

HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS OFFICE ACTION:

ONLINE RESPONSE: You may respond formally using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Office Action form (visit http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html and follow the instructions, but if the Office Action has been issued via email, you must wait 72 hours after receipt of the Office Action to respond via TEAS).
REGULAR MAIL RESPONSE: To respond by regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing return address above and include the serial number, law office number and examining attorney’s name in your response.

STATUS OF APPLICATION: To check the status of your application, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at http://tarr.uspto.gov.

VIEW APPLICATION DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Documents in the electronic file for pending applications can be viewed and downloaded online at http://portal.gov.uspto.report/external/portal/tow.

GENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: For general information about trademarks, please visit the Office’s website at http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm

FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY SPECIFIED ABOVE.