LETTER OF PROTEST MEMORANDUM

DATE:           February 11, 2019

TO:                 Gretta Yao

Examining Attorney

                       

FROM:           Sara Benjamin

Attorney Advisor

Office of the Deputy Commissioner

for Trademark Examination Policy

 

 

SUBJECT:    Letter of protest concerning U.S. Application Serial No. 88/029946

for the mark GOLFONE

 

 

A letter of protest filed before publication has been accepted because the evidence submitted by the protester is relevant and may support a reasonable ground for refusal appropriate in ex parte examination.  TMEP §1715.02.  Therefore, you must consider the following and make an independent determination whether to issue a requirement or refusal based on the objections raised in the letter of protest:

 

Possible likelihood of confusion under Section 2(d) with the following applications and registrations:

 

U.S. Application Serial No. 87111519 for the mark ONE

 

U.S. Application Serial No. 87805219 for the mark ONE PLANT

 

U.S. Application Serial No. 87831539 for the mark ONE BASIX

 

U.S. Registration No. 4725054 for the mark OH YEAH! ONE

 

U.S. Registration No. 4924418 for the mark ONE

 

Please see copies of the applications and registrations in the X-search database.

 

 

NOTE:  The acceptance of a letter of protest filed before publication is not a legal determination by the USPTO of registrability, nor is it meant to compromise the integrity of the ex parte examination process.  It merely serves to bring the submitted evidence to the attention of the examining attorney, who determines whether a refusal or requirement should be raised or ultimately made final.