To: | FINGER LAKES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, LLC (info@kjiplaw.com) |
Subject: | U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 87633194 - ENCORE - 2340-3-054 |
Sent: | 5/17/2018 1:46:51 PM |
Sent As: | ECOM103@USPTO.GOV |
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 87633194
MARK: ENCORE
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
GENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/index.jsp
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APPLICANT: FINGER LAKES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, LLC
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS: |
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SUSPENSION NOTICE: NO RESPONSE NEEDED
ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 5/17/2018
The trademark examining attorney is suspending action on the application for the reason(s) stated below. See 37 C.F.R. §2.67; TMEP §§716 et seq.
NOTE:
The section 2d likelihood of confusion refusal is continued and maintained.
The identification of goods requirement is continued and maintained. Applicant was required to specify the common commercial name of each of the elements of the system. Applicant has not specified the types of hardware. In the examining attorney’s suggestion there was no comma between ‘hardware’ and ‘nuts, bolts and brackets’, thus, hardware modified these terms and those were the types of hardware. With the comma as placed by applicant, ‘hardware’ is on its own and unmodified by the type of hardware. Specify the type of hardware, eg.
BED SUPPORT SYSTEM, NAMELY, BED FRAMES, CROSS-MEMBERS AND RELATED NON-METAL AND METAL HARDWARE NUTS, BOLTS AND BRACKETS, ALL SOLD AS A UNIT, in class 20
The effective filing date of the pending application(s) identified below precedes the filing date of applicant’s application. If the mark in the referenced application(s) registers, applicant’s mark may be refused registration under Section 2(d) because of a likelihood of confusion with that registered mark(s). See 15 U.S.C. §1052(d); 37 C.F.R. §2.83; TMEP §§1208 et seq. Therefore, action on this application is suspended until the earlier-filed referenced application(s) is either registered or abandoned. 37 C.F.R. §2.83(c). A copy of information relevant to this referenced application(s) was sent previously.
- Application Serial No(s). 87382646
The USPTO will periodically conduct a status check of the application to determine whether suspension remains appropriate, and the trademark examining attorney will issue as needed an inquiry letter to applicant regarding the status of the matter on which suspension is based. TMEP §§716.04, 716.05. Applicant will be notified when suspension is no longer appropriate. See TMEP §716.04.
No response to this notice is necessary; however, if applicant wants to respond, applicant should use the “Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension” form online at http://teasroa.gov.uspto.report/rsi/rsi.
/Rebecca Gilbert/
Rebecca Gilbert
Examining Attorney
Law Office 103
571-272-9431
rebecca.gilbert@uspto.gov
PERIODICALLY CHECK THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION: To ensure that applicant does not miss crucial deadlines or official notices, check the status of the application every three to four months using the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system at http://tsdr.gov.uspto.report/. Please keep a copy of the TSDR status screen. If the status shows no change for more than six months, contact the Trademark Assistance Center by e-mail at TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov or call 1-800-786-9199. For more information on checking status, see http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/process/status/.
TO UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS: Use the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.