PTO Form 1957 (Rev 9/2005) |
OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp. 07/31/2017) |
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SERIAL NUMBER | 85811065 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LAW OFFICE ASSIGNED | LAW OFFICE 109 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MARK SECTION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MARK | http://tess2.gov.uspto.report/ImageAgent/ImageAgentProxy?getImage=85811065 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LITERAL ELEMENT | REMINGTON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
STANDARD CHARACTERS | YES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USPTO-GENERATED IMAGE | YES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MARK STATEMENT | The mark consists of standard characters, without claim to any particular font style, size or color. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Surname Refusal
The Examining Attorney has refused registration of Applicant’s REMINGTON mark (“Applicant’s Mark”) on the grounds that the word “REMINGTON” in Applicant’s Mark is primarily merely a surname under 15 U.S.C. §1052(e)(4). As explained in detail below, Applicant submits Applicant’s Mark has acquired distinctiveness and is eligible for registration on the Principal Register under Section 2(f).
Applicant’s related company, RA Brands, LLC, is the owner of numerous registrations for the mark REMINGTON for goods of all kinds. All of these marks are registered on the Principal Register, and through their long and extensive use, have acquired substantial secondary meaning. The table below summarizes a number of these registrations.
(TESS Printouts for these registrations are attached as Exhibit A).
Applicant’s related company RA Brands, LLC (and its predecessors-in-interest) has been selling products under the REMINGTON brand name for over a century, and has registered the mark REMINGTON in the United States and around the world for use on or in connection with its goods. Through such long use, Applicant’s REMINGTON trademark has become well known throughout the country and around the world, and its firearms, ammunition, clothing, sporting goods, accessories and other products are widely distributed and used throughout the United States.
Because the REMINGTON marks have been used for so long in connection with ammunition, firearms, clothing, sporting goods, accessories and other products, consumers have come to expect that all such goods bearing the REMINGTON brand come from the same source. In this case, Applicant has applied to register its REMINGTON mark for use in connection with “readi-shovels and axes for hunters, hikers, campers and others engaged in outdoor sporting activities; multi-function hand tools for hunters, hikers, campers and others engaged in outdoor sporting activities comprised of knives and one or more of shears, gut hooks, saws, wrenches, screwdrivers, and rulers”. Consumers will certainly know that REMINGTON branded goods come from the same source that has been producing the myriad REMINGTON brand goods associated with outdoor sporting activities for decades.
According to Section 1212 of the TMEP, one of the three basic types of evidence that may be used to establish acquired distinctiveness under Section 2(f) is a claim of ownership of one or more prior registrations on the Principal Register of the same mark for goods or services that are the same as or related to those named in the pending application (See 37 C.F.R. §2.41(b); T.M.E.P. §§1212.04 et seq; T.M.E.P. § 1212.09 (an intent-to-use applicant may establish acquired distinctiveness by showing that distinctiveness of mark in prior registrations will transfer to the related goods in intent-to-use application)). Applicant satisfies this test, albeit the registrations are owned by Applicant’s related company, RA Brands, LLC. Accordingly, Applicant submits the following claim of acquired distinctiveness:
The word REMINGTON in the mark has become distinctive of the goods as evidenced by ownership of U.S. Registration No(s). 187,871; 745,041; 1,843,652; and 2,029,536, and others, by Applicant’s related company RA Brands, LLC, on the Principal Register for the same mark for related goods or services.
Based on the foregoing, Applicant submits that the application is now ready for publication, which action is respectfully requested.
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ORIGINAL PDF FILE | evi_1749882193-192213441_._Exhibit_A__056.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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DESCRIPTION OF EVIDENCE FILE | Exhibit A to the response. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SECTION 2(f) Claim of Acquired Distinctiveness, IN PART, based on Active Prior Registration(s) | REMINGTON has become distinctive of the goods/services as evidenced by the ownership on the Principal Register for the same mark for related goods or services of U.S. Registration No(s). 0187871, 0745041, 1843652, 2029536 and others. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SIGNATURE SECTION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RESPONSE SIGNATURE | /Randy Springer/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SIGNATORY'S NAME | Randel S. Springer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SIGNATORY'S POSITION | Attorney of Record, NC Bar Member | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SIGNATORY'S PHONE NUMBER | (336) 721-3747 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE SIGNED | 09/10/2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY | YES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FILING INFORMATION SECTION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SUBMIT DATE | Tue Sep 10 20:58:27 EDT 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TEAS STAMP | USPTO/ROA-XXX.XX.XX.XXX-2 0130910205827625520-85811 065-500ded9aced49eb8c81b4 8bd2b81c1bc81f49a89ff574b 4fb5753a16cdad0f9e5c2-N/A -N/A-20130910192213441059 |
PTO Form 1957 (Rev 9/2005) |
OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp. 07/31/2017) |
Surname Refusal
The Examining Attorney has refused registration of Applicant’s REMINGTON mark (“Applicant’s Mark”) on the grounds that the word “REMINGTON” in Applicant’s Mark is primarily merely a surname under 15 U.S.C. §1052(e)(4). As explained in detail below, Applicant submits Applicant’s Mark has acquired distinctiveness and is eligible for registration on the Principal Register under Section 2(f).
Applicant’s related company, RA Brands, LLC, is the owner of numerous registrations for the mark REMINGTON for goods of all kinds. All of these marks are registered on the Principal Register, and through their long and extensive use, have acquired substantial secondary meaning. The table below summarizes a number of these registrations.
Mark |
Goods/Services |
Reg. No. |
Date of Registration |
REMINGTON |
Clay pigeons |
330,832 |
December 17, 1935 |
REMINGTON |
Firearms and ammunition; namely shotguns and parts thereof, rifles and parts thereof, metallic cartridges, shotshells, empty metallic shells, empty shotshells, blank cartridges, caps, primers, wads and bullets. |
745,041 |
February 12, 1963 |
REMINGTON |
Gun locks |
2,019,103 |
November 26, 1996 |
REMINGTON |
Hiking and sporting goods; namely hikers’ backpacks and hunters’ camouflage all-purpose tote bags |
1,843,652 |
July 5, 1994 |
REMINGTON |
Toy trucks and banks. |
2,029,536 |
January 14, 1997 |
REMINGTON |
Belt buckles not of precious metal for clothing; award and decorative cloth patches. |
2,282,454 |
October 5, 1999 |
REMINGTON |
Hunting equipment, namely, tree stands, climbing stands, climbing sticks, ladders and platforms. |
2,377,947 |
August 15, 2000 |
REMINGTON |
Air guns, namely BB guns and pellet guns; and ammunition therefor. |
2,872,763 |
August 10, 2004 |
REMINGTON (Stylized) |
Firearms, particularly military and sporting rifles, shotguns, pistols, and parts thereof, metallic cartridges, metallic shot shells, paper shot shells, empty metallic and paper shells, blank cartridges, caps, primers, wads, shots and bullets. |
187,871 |
August 12, 1924 |
REMINGTON (Stylized) |
Firearms and ammunition, namely shotguns and parts thereof, rifles and parts thereof, metallic cartridges, shotshells, empty metallic shells, empty shotshells, blank cartridges, caps, primers, wads and bullets. |
1,027,328 |
December 16, 1975 |
REMINGTON (Stylized) |
Metal safes. |
2,012,463 |
October 29, 1996 |
REMINGTON (Stylized) |
Decoys for hunting, namely bird decoys; animal scent lures; hunting game calls. |
2,792,880 |
December 9, 2003 |
REMINGTON (Stylized) |
Air guns, namely BB guns and pellet guns; and ammunition therefor. |
2,872,762 |
August 10, 2004 |
REMINGTON (Stylized) |
Jerky |
3,339,403 |
November 20, 2007 |
REMINGTON (Stylized) |
Video game discs on the subject of hunting, wildlife and outdoor activities. |
4,086,621 |
January 17, 2012 |
(TESS Printouts for these registrations are attached as Exhibit A).
Applicant’s related company RA Brands, LLC (and its predecessors-in-interest) has been selling products under the REMINGTON brand name for over a century, and has registered the mark REMINGTON in the United States and around the world for use on or in connection with its goods. Through such long use, Applicant’s REMINGTON trademark has become well known throughout the country and around the world, and its firearms, ammunition, clothing, sporting goods, accessories and other products are widely distributed and used throughout the United States.
Because the REMINGTON marks have been used for so long in connection with ammunition, firearms, clothing, sporting goods, accessories and other products, consumers have come to expect that all such goods bearing the REMINGTON brand come from the same source. In this case, Applicant has applied to register its REMINGTON mark for use in connection with “readi-shovels and axes for hunters, hikers, campers and others engaged in outdoor sporting activities; multi-function hand tools for hunters, hikers, campers and others engaged in outdoor sporting activities comprised of knives and one or more of shears, gut hooks, saws, wrenches, screwdrivers, and rulers”. Consumers will certainly know that REMINGTON branded goods come from the same source that has been producing the myriad REMINGTON brand goods associated with outdoor sporting activities for decades.
According to Section 1212 of the TMEP, one of the three basic types of evidence that may be used to establish acquired distinctiveness under Section 2(f) is a claim of ownership of one or more prior registrations on the Principal Register of the same mark for goods or services that are the same as or related to those named in the pending application (See 37 C.F.R. §2.41(b); T.M.E.P. §§1212.04 et seq; T.M.E.P. § 1212.09 (an intent-to-use applicant may establish acquired distinctiveness by showing that distinctiveness of mark in prior registrations will transfer to the related goods in intent-to-use application)). Applicant satisfies this test, albeit the registrations are owned by Applicant’s related company, RA Brands, LLC. Accordingly, Applicant submits the following claim of acquired distinctiveness:
The word REMINGTON in the mark has become distinctive of the goods as evidenced by ownership of U.S. Registration No(s). 187,871; 745,041; 1,843,652; and 2,029,536, and others, by Applicant’s related company RA Brands, LLC, on the Principal Register for the same mark for related goods or services.
Based on the foregoing, Applicant submits that the application is now ready for publication, which action is respectfully requested.