LETTER OF PROTEST MEMORANDUM
Date: June 11, 2019
To: Carla Clyburn
From: Emily Carlsen
Attorney Advisor
Office of the Deputy Commissioner
for Trademark Examination Policy
Subject: Letter of protest concerning U.S. Application Serial No. 88055129
for the mark MI REINA
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) of the Trademark Act with:
Please see U.S. Registration No. 4257996 for the mark REINA; and
U.S. Registration No. 5277120 for the mark QUEEN.
Please see copies of the 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.