Response to Office Action

PTO Form 1957 (Rev 9/2005)

OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp. 07/31/2017)

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PTO Form 1957 (Rev 9/2005)

OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp. 07/31/2017)

Response to Office Action

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

Application serial no. 86262852 WILLIAMS (Stylized and/or with Design, see http://uspto.report/TM/86262852/mark.png) has been amended as follows:

ARGUMENT(S)
In response to the substantive refusal(s), please note the following:

The mark has become distinctive of the goods and/or services through applicant’s substantially exclusive and continuous use in commerce for at least the five years immediately before the date of this statement.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
Description of mark
The mark consists of The mark consists of the word "WILLIAMS" in red lettering with a white outline of the letters and a black outer border touching the white outline.

SECTION 2(f) Claim of Acquired Distinctiveness, based on Five or More Years' Use
The mark has become distinctive of the goods/services through the applicant's substantially exclusive and continuous use in commerce that the U.S. Congress may lawfully regulate for at least the five years immediately before the date of this statement.


SIGNATURE(S)
Declaration Signature

DECLARATION: The signatory being warned that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. Section 1001, and that such willful false statements and the like may jeopardize the validity of the application or submission or any registration resulting therefrom, declares that, if the applicant submitted the application or amendment to allege use (AAU) unsigned, all statements in the application or AAU and this submission based on the signatory's own knowledge are true, and all statements in the application or AAU and this submission made on information and belief are believed to be true.

STATEMENTS FOR UNSIGNED SECTION 1(a) APPLICATION/AAU: If the applicant filed an unsigned application under 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(a) or AAU under 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(c), the signatory additionally believes that: the applicant is the owner of the trademark/service mark sought to be registered; the applicant or the applicant's related company or licensee is using the mark in commerce and has been using the mark in commerce as of the filing date of the application or AAU on or in connection with the goods/services in the application or AAU, and such use by the applicant's related company or licensee inures to the benefit of the applicant; the original specimen(s), if applicable, shows the mark in use in commerce as of the filing date of the application or AAU on or in connection with the goods/services in the application or AAU; and to the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, no other person has the right to use the mark in commerce, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods/services of such other person, to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive.

STATEMENTS FOR UNSIGNED SECTION 1(b)/SECTION 44 APPLICATION: If the applicant filed an unsigned application under 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(b), Section 1126(d), and/or Section 1126(e), the signatory additionally believes that: the applicant is entitled to use the mark in commerce; the applicant has a bona fide intention and has had a bona fide intention as of the application filing date to use or use through the applicant's related company or licensee the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; and to the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, no other person has the right to use the mark in commerce, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods/services of such other person, to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive.

Signature: /Trevor Gomes/      Date: 10/13/2014
Signatory's Name: Trevor Gomes
Signatory's Position: Product Manager
Signatory's Phone Number: 209-329-7963


Response Signature
Signature: /Trevor Gomes/     Date: 10/13/2014
Signatory's Name: Trevor Gomes
Signatory's Position: Product Manager

Signatory's Phone Number: 209-329-7963

The signatory has confirmed that he/she is not represented by either an authorized attorney or Canadian attorney/agent, and that he/she is either (1) the applicant or (2) a person(s) with legal authority to bind the applicant; and if an authorized U.S. attorney or Canadian attorney/agent previously represented him/her in this matter, either he/she has filed a signed revocation of power of attorney with the USPTO or the USPTO has granted the request of his/her prior representative to withdraw.

        
Serial Number: 86262852
Internet Transmission Date: Mon Oct 13 13:48:59 EDT 2014
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/ROA-XX.XX.XXX.XXX-2014101313485971
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