To: | Williams, Ayannah L (ayannahwilliams@yahoo.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88282130 - FORGIVEN - N/A |
Sent: | July 22, 2019 12:52:21 PM |
Sent As: | ecom115@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. 88282130
Mark: FORGIVEN
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Applicant: Williams, Ayannah L
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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: July 22, 2019
This letter responds to the applicant's communication filed on July 1, 2019. The refusal under Section 2(d) is withdrawn and the amended specimen is accepted and made of record. However, the applicant’s response adds a new filing basis that appears to be in error.
Filing Basis
The applicant added a filing basis under Section 44(e) – based on a foreign registration. This appears to be in error. However, if the applicant is adding a basis then please note the following requirements for adding a 44(e) basis. If this was in error, then the applicant must withdraw the 44(e) filing basis.
To amend an application to one based on a valid foreign registration of the same mark for the same goods and/or services under Trademark Act Section 44(e), an applicant must provide the following: (1) a true copy of the foreign registration or a proof of renewal from applicant’s country of origin, and, if the foreign registration or proof of renewal is not written in English, an English translation of it; (2) a list of goods and/or services that does not exceed the scope of the goods and/or services in the foreign registration; (3) the following statement, verified in an affidavit or signed declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20: “Applicant has a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce and had a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce as of the application filing date.” See TMEP §§1004, 1004.01(a)-(b).
Further, applicant’s country of origin must be a party to an international treaty or agreement with the United States that provides registration based on ownership of a foreign registration, or extends reciprocal registration rights to U.S. nationals. TMEP §1004.
For more information about Section 44(e) basis requirements, and instructions on how to satisfy them online using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) form, please go to the Basis webpage.
Trademark Counsel
For attorney referral information, applicant may consult the American Bar Association’s Consumers’ Guide to Legal Help; an online directory of legal professionals, such as FindLaw®; or a local telephone directory. The USPTO, however, may not assist an applicant in the selection of a private attorney. 37 C.F.R. §2.11.
Please call or email the assigned trademark examining attorney with questions about this Office action. Although the trademark examining attorney cannot provide legal advice or statements about applicant’s rights, the trademark examining attorney can provide applicant with additional explanation about the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in this Office action. See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06. Although the USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office actions, emails can be used for informal communications and will be included in the application record. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05.
TEAS PLUS OR TEAS REDUCED FEE (TEAS RF) APPLICANTS – TO MAINTAIN LOWER FEE, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET, INCLUDING SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Applicants who filed their application online using the lower-fee TEAS Plus or TEAS RF application form must (1) file certain documents online using TEAS, including responses to Office actions (see TMEP §§819.02(b), 820.02(b) for a complete list of these documents); (2) maintain a valid e-mail correspondence address; and (3) agree to receive correspondence from the USPTO by e-mail throughout the prosecution of the application. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.22(b), 2.23(b); TMEP §§819, 820. TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants who do not meet these requirements must submit an additional processing fee of $125 per class of goods and/or services. 37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(1)(v), 2.22(c), 2.23(c); TMEP §§819.04, 820.04. However, in certain situations, TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants may respond to an Office action by authorizing an examiner’s amendment by telephone or e-mail without incurring this additional fee.
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/Curtis French/
Trademark Attorney
Law Office 115
571-272-9472
curtis.french@uspto.gov
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