Response to Office Action

ZOOM

SAS GROUP, INC.

Response to Office Action

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)

Response to Office Action


The table below presents the data as entered.

Input Field
Entered
SERIAL NUMBER 88070491
LAW OFFICE ASSIGNED LAW OFFICE 117
MARK SECTION
MARK http://uspto.report/TM/88070491/mark.png
LITERAL ELEMENT ZOOM
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)

In response to Office Action dated November 27, 2018, Applicant responds as follows:

Prior Conflicting Application

Applicant respectfully submits the following argument in support of registration by addressing the issue of the potential conflict with cited trademark U.S. Application Serial No. 87847646, namely ZOOM TUBES 360, which application precedes Applicant’s filing date.

Please be advised that on April 25, 2019, Drew Jordan Corporation, the Owner of ZOOM TUBES 360 filed a request to expressly abandon its application after publication and before registration.  On April 26, 2019, an Official USPTO Notice of Abandonment was issued to Drew Jordan Corporation.  Attached please find a copy of the April 26, 2019 Notice of Abandonment.  Attached please also find a copy of printout from the USPTO Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) regarding ZOOM TUBES 360 showing that the Abandonment Date for the trademark is April 25, 2019, and the status of the trademark has been marked as “DEAD”.

In light of the above, there is now no conflict between the cited trademark U.S. Application Serial No. 87847646, ZOOM TUBES 360, and the within Applicant’s pending trademark application ZOOM.  Therefore, the ZOOM trademark should be approved for registration.

Ownership of Potentially Conflicting Application

As a result of the express abandonment of the ZOOM TUBES 360 trademark, Applicant respectfully submits that the issue of ownership of potentially conflicting application is now moot.

EVIDENCE SECTION
        EVIDENCE FILE NAME(S)
       ORIGINAL PDF FILE evi_712511821-20190507140015251218_.__of_Abandonment__TM_Application_Expressly_Abandoned__4-26-19.pdf
       CONVERTED PDF FILE(S)
       (1 page)
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       ORIGINAL PDF FILE evi_712511821-20190507140015251218_._TESS_Record__Zoom_Tubes_360__5-3-19.pdf
       CONVERTED PDF FILE(S)
       (1 page)
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DESCRIPTION OF EVIDENCE FILE Attachment 1 - April 26, 2019 Notice of Abandonment issued to ZOOM TUBES 360. Attachment 2 - Printout from TESS regarding ZOOM TUBES 360.
SIGNATURE SECTION
RESPONSE SIGNATURE /Kevin J. Harrington/
SIGNATORY'S NAME Kevin J. Harrington
SIGNATORY'S POSITION Attorney of Record [NY]
SIGNATORY'S PHONE NUMBER 914-686-4800
DATE SIGNED 05/07/2019
AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY YES
FILING INFORMATION SECTION
SUBMIT DATE Tue May 07 14:09:04 EDT 2019
TEAS STAMP USPTO/ROA-XX.XXX.XX.XX-20
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91-620dc6b18bc2bbd94f63c7
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de91f651544fe2a45b6-N/A-N
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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)

Response to Office Action


To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

Application serial no. 88070491 ZOOM(Standard Characters, see http://uspto.report/TM/88070491/mark.png) has been amended as follows:

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

In response to Office Action dated November 27, 2018, Applicant responds as follows:

Prior Conflicting Application

Applicant respectfully submits the following argument in support of registration by addressing the issue of the potential conflict with cited trademark U.S. Application Serial No. 87847646, namely ZOOM TUBES 360, which application precedes Applicant’s filing date.

Please be advised that on April 25, 2019, Drew Jordan Corporation, the Owner of ZOOM TUBES 360 filed a request to expressly abandon its application after publication and before registration.  On April 26, 2019, an Official USPTO Notice of Abandonment was issued to Drew Jordan Corporation.  Attached please find a copy of the April 26, 2019 Notice of Abandonment.  Attached please also find a copy of printout from the USPTO Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) regarding ZOOM TUBES 360 showing that the Abandonment Date for the trademark is April 25, 2019, and the status of the trademark has been marked as “DEAD”.

In light of the above, there is now no conflict between the cited trademark U.S. Application Serial No. 87847646, ZOOM TUBES 360, and the within Applicant’s pending trademark application ZOOM.  Therefore, the ZOOM trademark should be approved for registration.

Ownership of Potentially Conflicting Application

As a result of the express abandonment of the ZOOM TUBES 360 trademark, Applicant respectfully submits that the issue of ownership of potentially conflicting application is now moot.



EVIDENCE
Evidence in the nature of Attachment 1 - April 26, 2019 Notice of Abandonment issued to ZOOM TUBES 360. Attachment 2 - Printout from TESS regarding ZOOM TUBES 360. has been attached.
Original PDF file:
evi_712511821-20190507140015251218_.__of_Abandonment__TM_Application_Expressly_Abandoned__4-26-19.pdf
Converted PDF file(s) ( 1 page)
Evidence-1
Original PDF file:
evi_712511821-20190507140015251218_._TESS_Record__Zoom_Tubes_360__5-3-19.pdf
Converted PDF file(s) ( 1 page)
Evidence-1

SIGNATURE(S)
Response Signature
Signature: /Kevin J. Harrington/     Date: 05/07/2019
Signatory's Name: Kevin J. Harrington
Signatory's Position: Attorney of Record [NY]

Signatory's Phone Number: 914-686-4800

The signatory has confirmed that he/she is an attorney who is a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a U.S. state, which includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other federal territories and possessions; and he/she is currently the owner's/holder's attorney or an associate thereof; and to the best of his/her knowledge, if prior to his/her appointment another U.S. attorney or a Canadian attorney/agent not currently associated with his/her company/firm previously represented the owner/holder in this matter: (1) the owner/holder has filed or is concurrently filing a signed revocation of or substitute power of attorney with the USPTO; (2) the USPTO has granted the request of the prior representative to withdraw; (3) the owner/holder has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her in this matter; or (4) the owner's/holder's appointed U.S. attorney or Canadian attorney/agent has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her as an associate attorney in this matter.

        
Serial Number: 88070491
Internet Transmission Date: Tue May 07 14:09:04 EDT 2019
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/ROA-XX.XXX.XX.XX-20190507140904727
664-88070491-620dc6b18bc2bbd94f63c7ea039
b4d1be4c9d6eb937f6b8de91f651544fe2a45b6-
N/A-N/A-20190507140015251218


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