UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 78/304091
APPLICANT: Costa Del Mar Sunglasses, Inc.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: Frank J. Colucci COLUCCI & UMANS 101 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10022
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RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514
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MARK: COSTA DEL MAR
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: A730-691
CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:
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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 78/304091
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
The examining attorney has searched the Office records and has found no similar registered or pending mark which would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02.
The following informalities, however, must be addressed.
The applicant must submit the following claim of ownership: The applicant is the owner of U.S. Registration Nos. 1723449 and 2374667.
The applicant must submit an English translation of the mark. 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b); TMEP §809.
The identification of goods as to International Class 016 is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate:
Lanyards for holding eyeglasses and sunglasses. TMEP §1402.01.
To the extent the suggested identification of goods or services is incomplete or inaccurate, the applicant is advised that the Trademark Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual is accessible via the USPTO homepage at www.uspto.gov under the heading Trademarks and the subheadings Guidance and Manuals and Legal Resources. Please note that, while an application may be amended to clarify or limit the identification, additions to the identification are not permitted. 37 C.F.R. Section 2.71(b); TMEP section 804.09. Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any goods that are not within the scope of the goods recited in the present identification.
The applicant has classified the goods incorrectly. The applicant must amend the application to classify the goods in International Class 22. 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(7) and 2.85; TMEP §§1401.02(a) and 1401.03(b).
New Trademark Rules pertaining to drawings went into effect on November 2, 2003. The new rules may be found at 37 C.F.R. §2.52 et seq. and information regarding these rules may be found in Exam Guide 01-03.
All applications filed on or after November 2, 2003, must comply with the new drawing rules. For applications filed before November 2, 2003, the new rules are optional. Applicants opting to amend their drawing to comply with the new rules must advise the assigned Examining Attorney.
If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
/AKhan/
Trademark Attorney
Law Office 114
(703) 308-9114 x-196
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.
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