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OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp 09/20/2020) |
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SERIAL NUMBER | 88222605 |
LAW OFFICE ASSIGNED | LAW OFFICE 101 |
MARK SECTION | |
MARK FILE NAME | http://uspto.report/TM/88222605/mark.png |
LITERAL ELEMENT | MILAN |
STANDARD CHARACTERS | NO |
USPTO-GENERATED IMAGE | NO |
ARGUMENT(S) | |
RESPONSE TO PRIORITY ACTION
This Response is submitted by Milan Entertainment, Inc. (“Applicant”), through its undersigned counsel, in response to the Priority Action that issued March 17, 2019 in connection with the above-referenced application.
REMARKS Applicant confirms that Applicant’s goods are not manufactured, packaged , shipped from, sold in or have any connections with the geographic location named in the mark, specifically Milan, Italy.
As requested, applicant provides the following information and confirms that: 1) The wording in the mark “MILAN” has no meaning or significance in the trade or industry in which the Applicant’s goods are manufactured or
provided and has no meaning or significance as applied to Applicant’s goods and such wording is not a term of art within the music industry. 2) Applicant does not conduct business in Milan, Italy. 3) There is no connection between the Applicant and Milan, Italy. Applicant respectfully submits that the requirement for a disclaimer of the wording MILAN because the wording is primarily geographically descriptive is now moot since Applicant has no connection with Milan, Italy. Accordingly, it is respectfully requested that this application be passed to publication without a disclaimer of the wording MILAN. |
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SIGNATURE SECTION | |
RESPONSE SIGNATURE | /Bela Amladi/ |
SIGNATORY'S NAME | Bela Amladi |
SIGNATORY'S POSITION | Attorney of Record, NY bar member, Proskauer Rose LLP |
SIGNATORY'S PHONE NUMBER | 212-969-3000 |
DATE SIGNED | 04/17/2019 |
AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY | YES |
FILING INFORMATION SECTION | |
SUBMIT DATE | Wed Apr 17 13:17:48 EDT 2019 |
TEAS STAMP | USPTO/ROA-XXX.XXX.XXX.XX- 20190417131748502957-8822 2605-6207d533f614eb5768c1 742ebdd378a83b6d8b13663e3 186e9dcba67efbd2c7dc5b-N/ A-N/A-2019041712563217942 0 |
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 PRIORITY ACTION
This Response is submitted by Milan Entertainment, Inc. (“Applicant”), through its undersigned counsel, in response to the Priority Action that issued March 17, 2019 in connection with the above-referenced application.
REMARKS
Applicant confirms that Applicant’s goods are not manufactured, packaged , shipped from, sold in or have any connections with the geographic location named in the mark, specifically Milan, Italy.
As requested, applicant provides the following information and confirms that:
1) The wording in the mark “MILAN” has no meaning or significance in the trade or industry in which the Applicant’s goods are manufactured or
provided and has no meaning or significance as applied to Applicant’s goods and such wording is not a term of art within the music industry.
(Applicant adopted the wording “MILAN” in the mark to fill certain criteria, namely, a word that was easy to remember, easy to pronounce, was two syllables and was pronounced
identically worldwide).
2) Applicant does not conduct business in Milan, Italy.
3) There is no connection between the Applicant and Milan, Italy.
Applicant respectfully submits that the requirement for a disclaimer of the wording MILAN because the wording is primarily geographically descriptive is now moot since Applicant has no connection with Milan, Italy. Accordingly, it is respectfully requested that this application be passed to publication without a disclaimer of the wording MILAN.