To: | The Crown in the Right of the Commonweat ETC. (trademark@edwardswildman.com) |
Subject: | U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 79104049 - AUSTRALIA UNLIMITED - 311867.0001 |
Sent: | 6/8/2012 2:46:50 PM |
Sent As: | ECOM111@USPTO.GOV |
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 79104049
MARK: AUSTRALIA UNLIMITED
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp
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APPLICANT: The Crown in the Right of the Commonweat ETC.
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS: |
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TO AVOID ABANDONMENT OF APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION, THE USPTO MUST RECEIVE APPLICANT’S COMPLETE RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE BELOW.
ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 6/8/2012
INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION NO. 1094550
This letter corresponds with applicant’s response to office action submitted on May 16, 2012. In that letter applicant submitted an acceptable disclaimer, amended the identification of goods/services and amended the drawing. The applicant may not amend the drawing in this case. See below. Also, please note that the Section 2(b) refusal is being maintained and continued.
AMENDMENT TO DRAWING
Accordingly, the proposed amendment to the mark is refused and will not be entered. Thus, the previously acceptable drawing of the mark will remain operative. TMEP §807.17. Applicant must respond by arguing in favor of the proposed amendment and/or withdrawing the proposed amendment. See TMEP §§714.03, 714.05(a), 807.17.
/Linda Orndorff/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 111
(571)272-5496
Linda.Orndorff@uspto
TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: Go to http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp. Please wait 48-72 hours from the issue/mailing date before using TEAS, to allow for necessary system updates of the application. For technical assistance with online forms, e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov. For questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney. 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 application will be placed in the official application record.
WHO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE: It must be personally signed by an individual applicant or someone with legal authority to bind an applicant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint applicants). If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the response.
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.