To: | WOLO MANUFACTURING CORP. (TMEFS@LSLLP.COM) |
Subject: | TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77194427 - POWER PLAY - 11660 |
Sent: | 4/15/2008 8:25:01 AM |
Sent As: | ECOM101@USPTO.GOV |
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 77/194427
MARK: POWER PLAY
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
GENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm
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APPLICANT: WOLO MANUFACTURING CORP.
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS: |
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NOTICE OF SUSPENSION
ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 4/15/2008
SUSPENSION PROCEDURE: This suspension notice serves to suspend action on the application for the reason specified below. No response is needed. However, if you wish to respond to this notice, you should use the “Response to Letter of Suspension” form found at http://teasroa.gov.uspto.report/rsi/rsi. The Office will conduct periodic status checks to determine if suspension remains appropriate.
Action on this application is suspended pending the disposition of:
- Cancellation No. 92048324
The proceeding above pertains to one a registration cited as a bar to applicant's registration under Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act. 15 U.S.C. §1052. Therefore, action is suspended pending the final disposition of this proceeding. See 37 C.F.R. §2.83; TMEP §§716.02(a), (c) and (d), 1208 et seq. Any refusal made under Section 2 is herein maintained.
Applicant’s contends that the registrant has impliedly consented to applicant’s registration because, in an affirmative defense, applicant states the marks are not confusingly similar “based on the difference in the marks.” Applicant’s mark is stylized. However, the registrant’s mark is in standard characters. A mark in typed or standard characters may be displayed in any lettering style; the rights reside in the wording or other literal element itself and not in any particular display. TMEP §1207.01(c)(iii); see 37 C.F.R. §2.52(a). Thus, a mark presented in stylized characters or otherwise in special form will not generally avoid likelihood of confusion with a mark in typed or standard characters because the marks could be presented in the same manner of display. See, e.g., In re Melville Corp., 18 USPQ2d 1386, 1387-88 (TTAB 1991); In re Pollio Dairy Prods. Corp., 8 USPQ2d 2012, 2015 (TTAB 1988).
/Paul e. fahrenkopf/
Paul E. Fahrenkopf
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 101
571-272-8264
STATUS CHECK: Check the status of the application at least once every six months from the initial filing date using the USPTO Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) online system at http://tarr.uspto.gov. When conducting an online status check, print and maintain a copy of the complete TARR screen. If the status of your application has not changed for more than six months, please contact the assigned examining attorney.