Suspension Letter

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application

 

 

 

SUSPENSION NOTICE

No Response Required

 

 

Issue date:  October 21, 2019

 

This suspension action follows applicant’s May 6, 2019 request to divide and subsequent October 10, 2019 response to the examining attorney’s Office action, dated April 11, 2019.

 

In that April 11, 2019 Office action, the examining attorney raised the following refusal:

·        Partial Section 2(d) Refusal – Likelihood of Confusion (Class 38)

 

In response to the refusal, applicant filed a request to divide the application into two separate applications so that the other classes could be transferred to the divided out application and proceed toward registration.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.87; TMEP §1110 et seq.  Applicant then filed a Petition to cancel the marks in U.S. Registration Nos. 5015046 and 5019629, the marks which conflict with applicant’s mark in Class 38.

 

Therefore, the application is suspended for the reasons specified below.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.67; TMEP §§716 et seq. 

 

Application suspended until a legal proceeding involving the applied-for mark is resolved.  The legal proceeding below involves registered marks that conflict with applicant’s mark under Trademark Act Section 2(d).  15 U.S.C. §1052; see 37 C.F.R. §2.83; TMEP §§716.02(a), (c)-(d), 1208 et seq.  Because the outcome of the proceeding could directly affect whether applicant’s mark can register, action on this application is suspended until the proceeding is resolved.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.67; TMEP §§716.02(a), (c)-(d).

 

            - Cancellation No. 92072548

 

RESPONSE GUIDELINES – NO RESPONSE NECESSARY AT THIS TIME

 

Suspension process.  The USPTO will periodically check this application to determine if it should remain suspended.  See TMEP §716.04.  As needed, the trademark examining attorney will issue a letter to applicant to inquire about the status of the reason for the suspension.  TMEP §716.05. 

 

No response required.  Applicant may file a response, but is not required to do so. 

 

 

/Ray Harmon/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 103

United States Patent & Trademark Office

(571) 272-0386

raymond.harmon@uspto.gov

 

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on October 21, 2019 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88107786

 

Your trademark application has been reviewed by a trademark examining attorney.  As part of that review, the assigned attorney has issued an official letter.  Please follow the steps below.

 

(1)  Read the official letter.  No response is necessary.

 

(2)  Direct questions about the contents of the Office action to the assigned attorney below. 

 

/Ray Harmon/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 103

United States Patent & Trademark Office

(571) 272-0386

raymond.harmon@uspto.go

 

Direct questions about navigating USPTO electronic forms, the USPTO website, the application process, the status of your application, and/or whether there are outstanding deadlines or documents related to your file to the Trademark Assistance Center (TAC).

 

 

 

GENERAL GUIDANCE

·         Check the status of your application periodically in the Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR) database to avoid missing critical deadlines.

 

·         Update your correspondence email address, if needed, to ensure you receive important USPTO notices about your application.

 

·         Beware of misleading notices sent by private companies about your application.  Private companies not associated with the USPTO use public information available in trademark registrations to mail and email trademark-related offers and notices – most of which require fees.  All official USPTO correspondence will only be emailed from the domain “@uspto.gov.”