To: | LG Electronics Inc. (docketing@finnegan.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88223500 - OBJET - 14438.0011 |
Sent: | October 15, 2019 05:38:44 AM |
Sent As: | ecom126@uspto.gov |
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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application
U.S. Application Serial No. 88223500
Mark: OBJET
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Correspondence Address: Mark Sommers and Naresh Kilaru |
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Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
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Reference/Docket No. 14438.0011
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SUSPENSION NOTICE
No Response Required
Issue date: October 15, 2019
The application is suspended for the reason(s) specified below. See 37 C.F.R. §2.67; TMEP §§716 et seq.
The pending application(s) below has an earlier filing date or effective filing date than applicant’s application. If the mark in the application(s) below registers, the USPTO may refuse registration of applicant’s mark under Section 2(d) because of a likelihood of confusion with the registered mark(s). 15 U.S.C. §1052(d); see 37 C.F.R. §2.83; TMEP §§1208.02(c). Action on this application is suspended until the prior-filed application(s) below either registers or abandons. 37 C.F.R. §2.83(c). Information relevant to the application(s) below was sent previously.
- U.S. Application Serial No(s). 87093013
Refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) resolved and maintained and continued. The following requirement is/are withdrawn:
• Identification of goods amended
See TMEP §713.02.
The following refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) is/are maintained and continued:
• Section 2(d) Refusal Likelihood of Confusion
As the marks are identical or nearly identical and the relatedness of the goods can be not as close. Where the marks of the respective parties are identical or virtually identical, as in this case, the degree of similarity or relatedness between the goods and/or services needed to support a finding of likelihood of confusion declines. See In re i.am.symbolic, llc, 116 USPQ2d 1406, 1411 (TTAB 2015) (citing In re Shell Oil Co., 992 F.2d 1204, 1207, 26 USPQ2d 1687, 1689 (Fed. Cir. 1993)), aff’d, 866 F.3d 1315, 123 USPQ2d 1744 (Fed. Cir. 2017); TMEP §1207.01(a).
See id. These refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) will be made final once this application is removed from suspension, unless a new issue arises. See TMEP §716.01.
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.
/Katherine Ferrell/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 126
(571)-270-3576
Katherine.Ferrell@uspto.gov