Notation to File

NOTE TO THE FILE

SERIAL NUMBER:            88260937

DATE:                                05/01/2019

NAME:                               scrowley

NOTE:         

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     Description of the mark
     Translation statement                  Re-imaged standard character
                                            drawing
     Negative translation statement             
     Consent of living individual           Contacted TM MADRID ID/CLASS
                                            about misclassified definite ID
     Changed TRADEUPS to:

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From: Nathan Hunt [mailto:nathan@liquidarmourprotectivecoatings.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2019 3:22 PM
To: Crowley, Sean <Sean.Crowley@USPTO.GOV>
Subject: Re: EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT REQUEST - U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 88260937 - LA

 

Hi Mr. Crowley, 

 

Thank you very much for the clarification. 

 

Yes, proceed with the deletion of the disclaimer.

 

Secondly, yes, the picture is of one of our main products. 

 

Thank you for your help with this.

 

Nathan Hunt 

Liquid Armour Protective Coatings LLC 

 

 

 

 

On Wed, May 1, 2019, 1:41 PM Crowley, Sean <Sean.Crowley@uspto.gov> wrote:

Good afternoon, Mr. Hunt,

 

I am the examining attorney with the USPTO for your trademark application for LA with the shield and splash design.  Thank you for your response to the Office action.

 

There are two things needed in order to put the application in condition for publication.

 

First, you had entered a disclaimer of the wording “LA.”  Since the goods don’t have anything to do with Los Angeles, you may delete the disclaimer.  I can do this for you with your authorization.

 

A disclaimer is essentially a public acknowledgement that certain wording in a mark is not registerable on its own.  We use them where there is descriptive or generic wording in a mark or geographic terms that are relevant to the goods – for example if a mark was SEAN’S ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS, “electric refrigerators” would need to be disclaimed because that is the generic name for the goods.  Similarly, if a mark was SEAN’S NYC ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS, and the goods were refrigerators made in New York City, then “NYC” would need to be disclaimed in addition to “electric refrigerators” because it is the name of where the refrigerators originate.

 

Second, you submitted the photo below in your application as the specimen of use and I just wanted to clarify what we are looking at.  Is that a photo of the goods?  If so then I’ll make a note to the record to that effect.

 

 

 

 

Please let me know by the end of business today about the two items above.

 

Very best,

 

Sean