To: | CYM Industrial Corp. (Apolzon-Docket@fzlz.com) |
Subject: | TRADEMARK REGISTRATION NO. 3329414 - CYM - CYMC 0605698 |
Sent: | 05/11/18 08:16:58 AM |
Sent As: | PRG@uspto.gov |
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT OWNER’S TRADEMARK REGISTRATION
U.S. REGISTRATION NO. 3329414
OWNER: CYM Industrial Corp.
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MARK: CYM
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO. CYMC 0605698
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CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER AND SELECT FORM NUMBER 11:
http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/reg_maintain.jsp
ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 5/11/2018
U.S. Registration Number 3329414
The Combined Section 8 Affidavit & Section 9 Renewal Application received on 4/24/2018, is otherwise acceptable; however, the owner of the registration must comply with an audit as explained below.
REGISTRATION SELECTED FOR AUDIT
The USPTO is performing random audits of US trademark registrations to assess and promote the accuracy and integrity of the trademark register. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.161(h), 7.37(h). This registration has been randomly selected for audit to determine whether the mark is in use with all of the goods identified in the registration.
Detailed information regarding the audit program is provided on the following webpage – http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks-maintaining-trademark-registration/post-registration-audit-program.
To comply with the audit, you must submit proof of use of the registered mark for two additional goods per class. Id. If proof of use for the goods identified is not available, the identified goods and any other goods not currently in use should be deleted from the registration.
Therefore, the owner must submit the following:
(1) Proof of current use of the registered mark in commerce for the following goods:
Rigging hardware, namely, load binders and metal hardware for doors and gates namely locks in International Class 6; and
(2) The following statement, verified with an affidavit or signed declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20: “The owner was using the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods identified in the registration for which use of the mark in commerce is claimed, as evidenced by the submitted proof of use, during the relevant period for filing the affidavit of use.” 37 C.F.R. §§2.161(h), 7.37(h).
Acceptable proof of use for goods includes photographs that show the mark on the actual goods or packaging, or photographs of displays associated with the actual goods at their point of sale. A tag or label that is not shown affixed to the goods is not acceptable proof of use. Similarly, a package that does not show or identify the goods therein is not acceptable proof of use.
Form Declaration
Please note that the below statement verifying proof of use is slightly different than the standard substitute specimen statement.
The following statement and declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20 can be used to verify the use of the mark as evidenced by the items submitted as proof of use, if properly signed and dated:
The owner was using the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods identified in the registration for which use of the mark in commerce is claimed, as evidenced by the submitted proof of use, during the relevant period for filing the affidavit of use.
The signatory being warned that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. §1001, and that such willful false statements and the like may jeopardize the validity of this submission, declares that the facts set forth above are true; all statements made of his/her own knowledge are true; and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.
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Signature of Authorized Person
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Type or Print Name
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Date
WARNING: If your response to this Office action does not meet the requirements of the audit, or includes a request to delete the goods identified for the audit, and goods remain in the registration without acceptable proof of use, a second Office action will issue requiring proof of use for all remaining goods for which proof of use is not of record. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.161(h), 7.37(h). Therefore, the owner should delete all goods for which proof of use cannot be provided.
/Tiffany Y. Chiang/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 113
(571) 272-7681
tiffany.chiang@uspto.gov
TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: Use the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Post-Registration Office action form number 11 at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/reg_maintain.jsp. Please wait 48-72 hours from the issue/mailing date before using TEAS, to allow for necessary system updates of the registration. For technical assistance with online forms, e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov. For questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned specialist. E-mail communications will not be accepted as responses to Office actions; therefore, do not respond to this Office action by e-mail.
All informal e-mail communications relevant to this registration will be placed in the official registration record.
WHO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE: It must be personally signed by an individual owner or someone with legal authority to bind an owner (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint owners). If an owner is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the response.
TO UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS: Use the TEAS form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.