Response to Office Action

PTO Form 1957 (Rev 9/2005)

OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp. 04/2009)

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PTO Form 1957 (Rev 9/2005)

OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp. 04/2009)

Response to Office Action

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

Application serial no. 78909972 has been amended as follows:
Argument(s)
In response to the substantive refusal(s), please note the following:

 

Serial No. 78/909972

COLORLAND (design)

Docket No. 2001-8006

 

Sir:

            Responsive to the Office Action emailed on November 29, 2006, please reconsider the application in light of the Amendment and comments below.

 

AMENDMENT

 

Identification of Goods

 

International Class 16

      As per the recommendation of the Examining Attorney, please delete the existing description of goods and substitute the following:

 

Arts and crafts activity sets, namely, paint sets, watercolor paint sets, fingerpaint sets, acrylic paint sets, foam craft sets, swirl art sets, art materials including paint brushes, paint, markers, colored pencils, pens, crayons, chalk

 

“Art desks” has been removed because it falls into a different class and the wording has been reorganized for better clarification.

 

International Class 28

            As per the recommendation of the Examining Attorney, please delete the existing description of goods and substitute the following:

 

Children’s art activity toys, namely, pottery wheel kit containing pottery wheel machine, control petal, sponge, clay, paint, paint brushes, plastic craft knives; rock polishing kit containing rock polishing machine, polishing grit and pellets, unpolished rocks; refill kits for pottery wheels containing clay, paint, brushes; and refill kits for rock polishers containing unpolished rocks, polishing grit, pellets

 

PRIOR REGISTRATION

 

            Applicant, Southern States Marketing, Inc., is the owner of U.S. Trademark Registration No. 2716224

 

INFORMALITIES

 

            The mark was not intended to be in color and applicant submits the following statement:

 

            The mark is not in color

 

The foregoing is believed to be a complete response to the Office Action of November 29, 2006. Therefore, Applicant submits that the mark COLORLAND (design) is entitled to registration, and such action is courteously solicited.

Additional Statements

"Applicant claims ownership of U.S. Registration Number(s) 2716224."

Response Signature
Signature: /Nora M. Tocups/     Date: 04/30/2007
Signatory's Name: Nora M. Tocups
Signatory's Position: Attorney for Applicant

The signatory has confirmed that he/she is an attorney who is a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a U.S. state, which includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other federal territories and possessions; and he/she is currently the applicant's attorney or an associate thereof; and to the best of his/her knowledge, if prior to his/her appointment another U.S. attorney or a Canadian attorney/agent not currently associated with his/her company/firm previously represented the applicant in this matter: (1) the applicant has filed or is concurrently filing a signed revocation of or substitute power of attorney with the USPTO; (2) the USPTO has granted the request of the prior representative to withdraw; (3) the applicant has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her in this matter; or (4) the applicant's appointed U.S. attorney or Canadian attorney/agent has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her as an associate attorney in this matter.
        
Serial Number: 78909972
Internet Transmission Date: Mon Apr 30 12:19:00 EDT 2007
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