To: | Scott Kay, Inc. (ptotmcommunications@morganfinnegan.com) |
Subject: | TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78171741 - NEVER COMPROMISE - 4419-4019 |
Sent: | 8/9/04 1:41:57 PM |
Sent As: | ECOM102@USPTO.GOV |
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 78/171741
APPLICANT: Scott Kay, Inc.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514
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MARK: NEVER COMPROMISE
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 4419-4019
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.
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Serial Number 78/171741
This letter responds to the applicant’s communication filed on July 12, 2004. The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced response and determined the following.
The specimen is unacceptable as evidence of actual trademark use because it is advertising material. Invoices, announcements, order forms, bills of lading, leaflets, brochures, publicity releases and other printed advertising material generally are not acceptable specimens. In re Bright of America, Inc., 205 USPQ 63 (TTAB 1979); TMEP §§904.05 and 904.07. See In re Ultraflight Inc., 221 USPQ 903 (TTAB 1984). The applicant must submit a specimen showing the mark as it is used in commerce. 37 C.F.R. §§2.56 and 2.88(b)(2).
Examples of acceptable specimens are tags, labels, instruction manuals, containers, and photographs that show the mark on the goods or packaging. TMEP §§904.04 et seq.
The applicant must verify, with an affidavit or a declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20, that the substitute specimen was in use in commerce prior to the expiration of the time allowed to the applicant for filing a statement of use. 37 C.F.R. §2.59(b); TMEP §§904.09 and 1109.09(b).
If an amendment of the dates‑of‑use clause is necessary in order to state the correct dates of first use, the applicant must verify the amendment with an affidavit or a declaration in accordance with 37 C.F.R. §2.20. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(c); TMEP §§903.05 and 1109.09(a).
The statement supporting use of the substitute specimen must read as follows:
The substitute specimen was in use in commerce prior to the expiration of the time allowed to the applicant for filing a statement of use.
The applicant must sign this statement either in affidavit form or with a declaration under 37 C.F.R. Section 2.20.
The following is a properly worded declaration under 37 C.F.R. Section 2.20. At the end of the response, the applicant should insert the declaration signed by an officer of the applicant.
The undersigned, being hereby warned that willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. 1001, and that such willful false statements may jeopardize the validity of the application or any resulting registration, declares that the facts set forth in this application are true; all statements made of his/her own knowledge are true; and all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.
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NOTICE: TRADEMARK OPERATION RELOCATING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2004
The Trademark Operation is relocating to Alexandria, Virginia, in October and November 2004. 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, registration owners, attorneys and other Trademark customers are strongly encouraged to correspond with the USPTO online via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), at www.uspto.gov.
Cheryl Clayton /cac/
Examining Trademark Attorney
Law Office 102
703-308-9102 ext. 233
How to respond to this Office Action:
To respond formally using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), visit http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html and follow the instructions.
To respond formally via regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing Return Address listed above and include the serial number, law office and examining attorney’s name on the upper right corner of each page of your response.
FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.