UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)

OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION

 

 

NOTICE OF SUSPENSION

(Revised – 1/2011)

 

ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 1/5/2011

 

SUSPENSION PROCEDURE: This suspension notice serves to suspend action on the application for the reason(s) 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(s). re: RNs 3,582,478 and 3,075,530

 

The proceedings above pertain to registrations 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 these proceedings.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.83; TMEP §§716.02(a), (c) and (d), 1208 et seq.  Any refusals made under Section 2 are herein maintained.  Applicant may submit documents pertaining to settlement/consent for review at any time, as discussed in the recent phone conference between the undersigned and applicant’s counsel.

 

The following refusal is continued and maintained:

 

Section 2(d) refusal re: RN 2,599,395 (applicant’s ID limitation considered insufficient to resolve issue presented as various types of golf equipment are commonly sold by a single source.)

 

The following refusals are withdrawn:

 

Section 2(d) refusals based on RN 2,588,960 (upon review of ID limitation); RN 3,095,970 and 3,107,094 (upon review of consent documents).

 

 

 

 

/David H. Stine/

David H. Stine

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 114

(571)272-9229

 

 

PERIODICALLY CHECK THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION:  To ensure that applicant does not miss crucial deadlines or official notices, check the status of the application every three to four months using Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) at http://tarr.gov.uspto.report/.  Please keep a copy of the complete TARR screen.  If TARR shows no change for more than six months, call 1-800-786-9199.  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.

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING YOUR

U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION

 

USPTO LETTER (AN OFFICE ACTION) HAS ISSUED ON 1/5/2011 FOR

SERIAL NO. 77871331

 

Please follow the instructions below:

 

TO READ OFFICE LETTER: Click on this link or go to http://portal.gov.uspto.report/external/portal/tow and enter the application serial number to access the Office letter

 

PLEASE NOTE: The Office letter may not be immediately available but will be viewable within 24 hours of this e-mail notification.

 

HELP: For technical assistance in accessing the Office correspondence, please e-mail TDR@uspto.gov.  Please contact the assigned examining attorney with questions about the Office letter.