Offc Action Outgoing

SLAS

FLORIDA SURPLUS LINES SERVICE OFFICE, INC.

U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4665117 - SLAS - 128315.00003

To:	Florida Surplus Lines Service Office (stephen.jeffries@hklaw.com)
Subject:	U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4665117 - SLAS - 128315.00003
Sent:	09/11/20 04:33:48 PM
Sent As:	prg@uspto.gov
Attachments:

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Office Action (Official Letter) About Owner’s Trademark Registration

U.S. Registration No. 4665117

Mark: SLAS

Correspondence Address:

Stephen J. Jeffries

Holland & Knight, LLP

800 17TH ST NW STE 1100

WASHINGTON DC 20006-3962

Owner: Florida Surplus Lines Service Office

Reference/Docket No. 128315.00003

Correspondence Email Address:

stephen.jeffries@hklaw.com

OFFICE ACTION

The USPTO must receive the owner’s response to this letter within the time period specified below. Respond using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). A link to the appropriate TEAS response form appears below.

Issue date: September 11, 2020

Your response to the outstanding Office action regarding the Section 8 Affidavit was timely received on 09/02/2020. After consideration of the response and the facts of record, the refusal to accept the Section 8 Affidavit is maintained for the reason(s) set forth below. The registration will be cancelled in its entirety in due course.

The Section 8 Affidavit cannot be accepted because SPECIMEN OMITS URL/DATE ACCESSED.

If you disagree with this refusal to accept the Section 8 Affidavit, you may file a petition to the Director to review this decision. 37 C.F.R. §§2.146(a)(2), 2.165; TMEP §§1604.18 et seq. The petition must be filed within six months from the issue date of this letter and be accompanied by a fee of $100. 37 C.F.R. §§2.6, 2.146(c), 2.165(b). Any facts to be proven on petition must be in the form of an affidavit or declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20; and signed by someone with firsthand knowledge of the facts to be proved. 37 C.F.R. §2.146(c).

If you do not file a petition to the Director within six months from the issue date of this letter, the registration will be cancelled in due course. 37 C.F.R. §2.165(b). Because a petition is required for further review, a response to this letter will not be considered. However, if time remains in the statutory period for filing an affidavit, including the grace period, you may file a complete new affidavit, with a new fee. See 37 C.F.R. §2.163(c).

To file a petition to the Director, please use the “Petition to the Director” form located at - http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/petition-forms.

How to respond. Click to file a Response to Post-Registration Office action.

Direct questions about this Office action to the Post Registration staff member below.

/Joyce Conley/

Joyce Conley

Trademark Specialist

Post Registration

571-272-9520 Office

571-273-9520 Fax

Joyce.conley@uspto.gov

RESPONSE GUIDANCE

Response must be received by the USPTO before midnight Eastern Time of the last day of the response period. TEAS maintenance or unforeseen circumstances could affect an owner’s ability to timely respond.

Responses signed by an unauthorized party are not accepted or processed. If the owner does not have an attorney, the response must be signed by the individual owner, all joint owners, or someone with legal authority to bind a juristic owner. If the owner has an attorney, the response must be signed by the attorney.

If needed, find contact information for the supervisor of the office or unit listed in the signature block.

U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4665117 - SLAS - 128315.00003

To:	Florida Surplus Lines Service Office (stephen.jeffries@hklaw.com)
Subject:	U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4665117 - SLAS - 128315.00003
Sent:	09/11/20 04:33:48 PM
Sent As:	prg@uspto.gov
Attachments:

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

USPTO Official Notice

Office action (Official Letter) has issued
on 09/11/2020 for
U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4665117

Your trademark document has been reviewed by a Post Registration staff member. As part of that review, the assigned staff member has issued you an official letter that you must respond to by the specified deadline. Please follow the steps below.

(1) Read the official letter or notice.

(2) Direct questions about the contents of the official letter to the staff member identified in the letter. Direct questions about navigating USPTO electronic forms, the USPTO website , the registration maintenance process, the status of your registration, and/or whether there are outstanding deadlines or documents related to your file to the Trademark Assistance Center (TAC).

(3) Response may be required. Carefully review the Office action to determine (1) if a response is required, (2) the applicable response time period, and (3) how to respond using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). The response must be received by the USPTO before midnight Eastern Time of the last day of the response period.

GENERAL GUIDANCE

Check the status of your registration periodically in the Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR) database to avoid missing critical deadlines.
Update your correspondence email address , if needed, to ensure you receive important USPTO notices about your registration.
Beware of misleading notices sent by private companies about your registration.
Private companies not associated with the USPTO often use public information provided in USPTO trademark registrations to mail and email trademark-related offers and notices-most of which require fees. These companies often have names similar to the USPTO. All official USPTO correspondence will only be emailed from the domain "@uspto.gov." For a current list of companies the USPTO has received complaints about, information on how to identify these offers and notices, and what to do if you receive one, see the misleading notices webpage.