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NOTE TO THE FILE

SERIAL NUMBER:            88096295

DATE:                                12/13/2018

NAME:                               hsales

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From: Maxson, Catherine [mailto:catherinemaxson@dwt.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 2:42 PM
To: Sales, Heather <Heather.Sales@USPTO.GOV>
Cc: Eskew, Emily <EmilyEskew@dwt.com>; Nixdorf, Brenda <BrendaNixdorf@dwt.com>
Subject: RE: Trademark Application your docket #110217-1

 

Dear Heather,

 

Please proceed with the two Examiner’s Amendments you describe below à disclaimer of CERVEZA, and translating CERVEZA as beer.

 

Regards,

 

Catherine

 

Catherine E. Maxson | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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From: Sales, Heather [mailto:Heather.Sales@USPTO.GOV]
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 5:51 AM
To: Maxson, Catherine <catherinemaxson@dwt.com>
Subject: Trademark Application your docket #110217-1

 

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Dear Ms. Maxson:

 

I have reviewed your client’s trademark application serial no. 88096295 and found no conflicting marks. However, there are two remaining issues:

 

Disclaimer Requirement:  The term “CERVEZA” requires a disclaimer because it is merely descriptive of a feature/characteristic of applicant’s identified goods, and thus an un-registrable component of the mark. TMEP §§1213, 1213.03(a). The following is the accepted standard format for a disclaimer:                    No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “CERVEZA”  apart from the mark as shown.

 

Translation Statement: The word CERVEZA in the applied for mark requires a translation. Please advise if your client authorizes the following statement being added to the record:            The English translation of "CERVEZA" in the mark is "BEER".

 

Upon authorization, I can note the changes via Examiner’s Amendment. Please let me know how you wish to proceed.

 

Thank you in advance for your reply,

 

 Heather A. Sales

Trademark Examining Attorney

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office | Law Office 122

(571) 272-7835 | Heather.Sales@uspto.gov