Notation to File

NOTE TO THE FILE

SERIAL NUMBER:            85831829

DATE:                                09/05/2013

NAME:                               dlobo

NOTE:         

Searched:                                                             Discussed ID with:
     Google                                 Senior Atty
     Lexis/Nexis                            Managing Atty
     OneLook
     Wikipedia
     Acronym Finder                         Protest evidence reviewed
     Other:

Checked:                                                              Discussed Geo. Sig. with:
     Geographic significance                Senior Atty
     Surname                                Managing Atty 
     Translation
     ID with ID/CLASS mailbox

     Checked list of approved Canadian attorneys and agents

Discussed file with
Attorney/Applicant via:
        phone                               Left message with
        email                               Attorney/Applicant

     Requested Law Library search           Issued Examiner’s Amendment
     for:                                   and entered changes in TRADEUPS

        PRINT        DO NOT PRINT         Added design code in TRADEUPS
     Description of the mark
     Translation statement                  Re-imaged standard character
                                            drawing
     Negative translation statement             
     Consent of living individual           Contacted TM MADRID ID/CLASS
                                            about misclassified definite ID
     Changed TRADEUPS to:

 X   OTHER: The Section 2(d) refusal is withdrawn based on cancellation of the cited registration.

 

 

From: Demm, Stephen [mailto:sdemm@hunton.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 6:10 PM
To: Lobo, Deborah
Cc: Demm, Stephen; Burner, Sandi
Subject: Diversey, Inc.'s Application to Register BLAST Trademark (App Ser No 85831829)
Importance: High

 

Dear Ms. Lobo:

 

I am writing to follow up on the voice mails that I just left you about our client, Diversey, Inc.’s, application to register the BLAST trademark (Application Serial No. 85831829).

 

You issued an Office Action for this application on March 6, 2013, raising one issue: a purported likelihood of confusion with a prior registration of a BLAST trademark (Registration No. 0946964). A copy of your Office Action is attached above for easy reference.

 

Also attached above is the PTO printout for the prior registration that you cited (Registration No 0946964). Based on the PTO records, it appears that the cited registration was last renewed, for a 10-year renewal period, effective November 7, 2002. As a result, the “due date” for renewing the cited BLAST registration was November 7, 2012, and the grace period for renewing the cited BLAST registration expired on May 7, 2013. The PTO records do not show that any renewal filing was made for the cited registration.

 

As a result, it appears that the cited prior registration is no longer valid, should be cancelled, and should be removed as a potential obstacle to Diversey’s application to register its BLAST mark. And since that cited prior registration was the only issue raised in the your Office Action, it appears that Diversey’s application should be approved for publication.

 

We can file a formal Response to your Office Action stating this, but given the circumstances, I was hoping that we could resolve this by call or email.

 

I would appreciate hearing back from you, by phone or by email, at you earliest convenience.

 

Thank you, and best regards,

 

Steve Demm

Counsel for the Applicant Diversey, Inc.

Tel – 804 788 8331

Email – sdemm@hunton.com