UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)

OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT OWNER’S TRADEMARK REGISTRATION

 

 

 

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER AND SELECT FORM NUMBER 11:

 

 http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/reg_maintain.jsp

 

 

POST REGISTRATION OFFICE ACTION

 

 

ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 10/2/2018

U.S. Registration Number 4322789

 

The Section 15 Affidavit submitted on September 7, 2018, cannot be acknowledged for the reasons set forth below.

 

The Section 15 Affidavit cannot be acknowledged because there is a pending proceeding before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board involving ownership of the subject registered mark, i.e., Cancellation No. 92068404.

 

A Section 15 Affidavit must include a verified statement by the registrant that there is no proceeding pending in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in a court involving the registrant’s rights to the mark nor a final decision adverse to the registrant’s claim of ownership and use of the mark.  37 C.F.R. §§2.167(d) and (e); TMEP §1605.04.  The pending proceeding contradicts this claim

 

The following persons are properly authorized to sign a Section 15 Affidavit on behalf of the owner:

(1)  A person with legal authority to bind the owner (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner);

(2)  A person with firsthand knowledge of the facts and actual or implied authority to act on behalf of the owner; or

(3)  An authorized attorney who has an actual written or verbal power of attorney or an implied power of attorney from the owner.

37 C.F.R. §§2.167(a), 2.193(e)(1); TMEP §1605.04.

 

TIME PERIOD FOR RESPONDING: 

The registrant should respond to this Office action within 6 months from the issuance date of this Office action.  All requirements in this Office action must be satisfied, if possible, in order for the Section 15 Affidavit to be acknowledged.  Failure to respond in this time period will result in the abandonment of the Section 15 Affidavit.

 

A Section 15 Affidavit can be acknowledged if the party who filed the Section 15 Affidavit is the current registrant, and if the registrant can make all the claims required by statute.  15 U.S.C. §1065; 37 C.F.R. §2.167.  If the Section 15 Affidavit cannot be acknowledged at this time, the registrant may wish to file a new Section 15 Affidavit and fee at a later time when all statutory claims can be made.

 

 

 

 

 

/Phillip D. White/

Post Registration Division (on work project)

phillip.white@uspto.gov (for inquiries only)

571-272-9665

571-273-9500 (fax)

 

 

TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:  Use the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Post-Registration Office action form number 11 at http://www.uspto.gov/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.

 

CHECK THE STATUS OF THE REGISTRATION:  To check the status of your registration at any time, visit the Office’s Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system at http://tsdr.uspto.gov/. Please keep a copy of the TSDR status screen.  For more information on checking status, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/status/.

 

TO UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS:  Use the TEAS form at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.