NOTE TO THE FILE
SERIAL NUMBER: 88260968
DATE: 02/26/2019
NAME: dlee4
NOTE:
From: Cohen, Jessica Rissman [mailto:jcohen@nge.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 1:47 PM
To: Lee, Douglas (TM) <Douglas.Lee4@USPTO.GOV>
Cc: Arden, Marianne <marden@nge.com>; ihoptm <ihoptm@nge.com>
Subject: RE: Trademark Appl. SN 88260968 IHOP ACADEMY LEARN GROW ACHIEVE EST. 1958
Great. Thank you very much.
Jessica Cohen
Associate
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
p: 312.269.5272 | f: 312.980.0871 | e: jcohen@nge.com
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From: Lee, Douglas (TM) <Douglas.Lee4@USPTO.GOV>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 12:44 PM
To: Cohen, Jessica Rissman <jcohen@nge.com>
Subject: RE: Trademark Appl. SN 88260968 IHOP ACADEMY LEARN GROW ACHIEVE EST. 1958
Examiner's amendment will be issued and the application will be subsequently approved for publication in the Official Gazette.
Sincerely
/Douglas M. Lee/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 113
U.S. Trademark Office
571-272-9343
From: Cohen, Jessica Rissman [mailto:jcohen@nge.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 1:40 PM
To: Lee, Douglas (TM) <Douglas.Lee4@USPTO.GOV>
Cc: Arden, Marianne <marden@nge.com>; ihoptm <ihoptm@nge.com>; Kelber, Michael G. <mkelber@nge.com>
Subject: RE: Trademark Appl. SN 88260968 IHOP ACADEMY LEARN GROW ACHIEVE EST. 1958
Dear Mr. Lee,
Thank you for your email. We agree to the disclaimer as identified below:
No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “ACADEMY” in International Class 41 and “EST. 1958” apart from the mark as shown.
Please proceed with amending the application accordingly.
/Jessica Cohen/
Jessica Cohen
Associate
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
p: 312.269.5272 | f: 312.980.0871 | e: jcohen@nge.com
Confidentiality Notice: This communication is confidential and may contain privileged information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and immediately delete it and any attachments without copying or further transmitting the same.
From: Lee, Douglas (TM) <Douglas.Lee4@USPTO.GOV>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 3:41 PM
To: IP US MAIL <IPUSMAIL@nge.com>
Subject: Trademark Appl. SN 88260968 IHOP ACADEMY LEARN GROW ACHIEVE EST. 1958
I am the United States Patent and Trademark Office examining attorney reviewing the above trademark application. Before I can approve your application for publication, you must specifically authorize entry of the change(s) listed below, or clarify or resolve the issue(s) raised below. To expedite processing, please respond as soon as possible, by email or telephone.
NOTE: This is an "informal" communication similar to a telephone call in an attempt to resolve issues quickly without the need for a formal office action. However, if you do not respond within the deadline, a formal office action will be issued and you will have six months to respond.
DISCLAIMER
Applicant must disclaim the descriptive wording “ACADEMY” in International Class 41 and “EST. 1958” apart from the mark as shown because it merely describes a feature of services. Trademark Act Section 6, 15 U.S.C. §1056; TMEP §§1213 and 1213.03(a). The following is the accepted standard format for a disclaimer:
No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “ACADEMY” in International Class 41 and “EST. 1958” apart from the mark as shown.
If you respond by e-mail or telephone no later than COB March 1st, this issue may be resolved through an Examiner's Amendment. Otherwise, as previously stated, an official office action will be issued.
To consent to any changes by reply email, the name of the attorney responding and a digital signature by the attorney is required (any combination of letters, numbers, spaces, and/or punctuation marks that the filer has adopted as a signature, placed between two forward slash ("/") symbols),
Sincerely
/Douglas M. Lee/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 113
U.S. Trademark Office
(571) 272-9343