| Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. PTO Form 1957 (Rev 10/2011) |
| OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp 09/20/2020) |
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| SERIAL NUMBER | 87622499 |
| LAW OFFICE ASSIGNED | LAW OFFICE 111 |
| MARK SECTION | |
| MARK | http://uspto.report/TM/87622499/mark.png |
| LITERAL ELEMENT | KLIPSCH |
| 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. |
| ARGUMENT(S) | |
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Applicant is the owner of the following U.S. Registered trademarks:
Mark: KLIPSCH Goods: Audio loudspeakers Date of first use: 1947 Registration No.: 0978949
Mark: KLIPSCH Goods: S: subwoofers, computer speakers, speaker docks, headphones, headsets for use with phones, PDAs, computers and gaming consoles. Date of first use: 1847 Registration No.: 3863511
Mark: BELLE KLIPSCH Goods: Loudspeakers Date of first use: 1971 Registration No.: 1873711
Mark: KLIPSCH Goods: Audio loudspeakers, subwoofers, amplifiers, and audio equipment, namely, audio speaker cabinets, speaker assemblies, computer speakers, computer audio players, audio and video processors, audio and video tuners Date of first use: 1947 Registration No.: 2917215
Mark: KLIPSCH STADLIUM Goods: Loudspeakers, subwoofers, indoor and outdoor wireless speakers, and docks for electrical equipment Date of first use: 2014 Registration No.: 4534141
Mark: KLIPSCH G A L L E R Y Goods: Loudspeakers, subwoofers, and speaker docks Date of first use: 2011 Registration No.: 4081261
Mark: KLIPSCH Goods: Turntables being record players; Electronic cables Date of first use: 2017 Registration No.: 5351127
Applicant is one of the most popular speaker manufacturers in the world. Applicant is now expanding into the automotive market to have its speakers installed in vehicles. Applicant has been producing, selling and marketing various types of speakers since 1947. Applicant’s KLIPSCH mark has acquired distinctiveness and is a famous and well-known trademark of Applicant. The goods for which Applicant is applying for the present mark are directly related to the prior registrations and goods Applicant has sold since 1947 as demonstrated above. Applicant disagrees that the description of goods listed in the application is indefinite. In fact, the identification of goods is very specific. Applicant is willing to discuss this issue with the Examiner. |
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| SIGNATURE SECTION | |
| RESPONSE SIGNATURE | /Dean E. McConnell/ |
| SIGNATORY'S NAME | Dean E. McConnell |
| SIGNATORY'S POSITION | Attorney of record, Indiana bar member |
| SIGNATORY'S PHONE NUMBER | 3179121331 |
| DATE SIGNED | 07/09/2018 |
| AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY | YES |
| FILING INFORMATION SECTION | |
| SUBMIT DATE | Mon Jul 09 13:50:57 EDT 2018 |
| TEAS STAMP | USPTO/ROA-XX.XX.XXX.XX-20 180709135057974024-876224 99-6108a77d6ea7d3dd8f9a01 d363c44299e9f6cfa25612463 f768c61576163e3b85a-N/A-N /A-20180709134604858411 |
| Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. PTO Form 1957 (Rev 10/2011) |
| OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp 09/20/2020) |
Applicant is the owner of the following U.S. Registered trademarks:
Mark: KLIPSCH
Goods: Audio loudspeakers
Date of first use: 1947
Registration No.: 0978949
Mark: KLIPSCH
Goods: S: subwoofers, computer speakers, speaker docks, headphones, headsets for use with phones, PDAs, computers and gaming consoles.
Date of first use: 1847
Registration No.: 3863511
Mark: BELLE KLIPSCH
Goods: Loudspeakers
Date of first use: 1971
Registration No.: 1873711
Mark: KLIPSCH
Goods: Audio loudspeakers, subwoofers, amplifiers, and audio equipment, namely, audio speaker cabinets, speaker assemblies, computer speakers, computer audio players, audio and video processors, audio and video tuners
Date of first use: 1947
Registration No.: 2917215
Mark: KLIPSCH STADLIUM
Goods: Loudspeakers, subwoofers, indoor and outdoor wireless speakers, and docks for electrical equipment
Date of first use: 2014
Registration No.: 4534141
Mark: KLIPSCH G A L L E R Y
Goods: Loudspeakers, subwoofers, and speaker docks
Date of first use: 2011
Registration No.: 4081261
Mark: KLIPSCH
Goods: Turntables being record players; Electronic cables
Date of first use: 2017
Registration No.: 5351127
Applicant is one of the most popular speaker manufacturers in the world. Applicant is now expanding into the automotive market to have its speakers installed in vehicles. Applicant has been producing, selling and marketing various types of speakers since 1947. Applicant’s KLIPSCH mark has acquired distinctiveness and is a famous and well-known trademark of Applicant. The goods for which Applicant is applying for the present mark are directly related to the prior registrations and goods Applicant has sold since 1947 as demonstrated above.
Applicant disagrees that the description of goods listed in the application is indefinite. In fact, the identification of goods is very specific. Applicant is willing to discuss this issue with the Examiner.