To: | Sticky Be Apparels, LLC (mcole@fsbrlaw.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88226567 - BE GRATEFUL - N/A |
Sent: | May 07, 2020 12:05:32 PM |
Sent As: | ecom106@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. 88226567
Mark: BE GRATEFUL
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Correspondence Address: FAHEY SCHULTZ BURZYCH RHODES PLC
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Applicant: Sticky Be Apparels, LLC
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Reference/Docket No. N/A
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NONFINAL OFFICE ACTION
The USPTO must receive applicant’s response to this letter within six months of the issue date below or the application will be abandoned. Respond using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). A link to the appropriate TEAS response form appears at the end of this Office action.
Issue date: May 07, 2020
The Office has reassigned this application to the undersigned trademark examining attorney.
This Office action is supplemental to and supersedes the previous Office action issued on September 12, 2019 in connection with this application. Based on information and/or documentation in applicant’s response, the trademark examining attorney now issues the following new requirement: Owner’s Email Required. See TMEP §§706, 711.02.
In a previous Office action dated March 11, 2019, the trademark examining attorney refused registration of the applied-for mark based on a likelihood of confusion with the mark in U.S. Registration No. 5602031. That refusal is withdrawn.
The following is a SUMMARY OF ISSUES that applicant must address:
• NEW ISSUE: Owner’s Email Required
Applicant must respond to all issues raised in this Office action and the previous March 11, 2019 Office action, within six (6) months of the date of issuance of this Office action. 37 C.F.R. §2.62(a); see TMEP §711.02. If applicant does not respond within this time limit, the application will be abandoned. 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).
APPLICANT EMAIL REQUIRED
Applicant must provide applicant’s email address, which is a requirement for a complete application. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(2); Mandatory Electronic Filing & Specimen Requirements, Examination Guide 1-20, at III.A. (Rev. Feb. 2020). Applicant’s email address cannot be identical to the listed primary correspondence email address of any attorney retained to represent applicant in this application. See Examination Guide 1-20, at III.A.
COMMUNICATION
The USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office actions; however, emails can be used for informal communications and are included in the application record. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05.
Response guidelines. For this application to proceed, applicant must explicitly address each refusal and/or requirement in this Office action. For a refusal, applicant may provide written arguments and evidence against the refusal, and may have other response options if specified above. For a requirement, applicant should set forth the changes or statements. Please see “Responding to Office Actions” and the informational video “Response to Office Action” for more information and tips on responding.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
/Matthew Ruskin/
Matthew Ruskin
Examining Attorney
Law Office 106
571-272-3466
matthew.ruskin@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE