Notation to File

NOTE TO THE FILE

SERIAL NUMBER:            88360119

DATE:                                06/12/2019

NAME:                               rdelgizzi

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From: Ace Kava [mailto:ace.kava.exporters@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 5:47 PM
To: DelGizzi, Ronald <ronald.delgizzi@USPTO.GOV>
Subject: U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 88360119 - KAVA TIME

 

Bula Ronald

 

Please see below responses to the issues raised in our application referenced in subject. Let me know if i need to submit anything further from my side.

 

• SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP -- applicant must clarify its sole proprietorship. Ace Kava Exporters, a Fiji sole proprietorship, composed of Avneel Avikash Prasad, a citizen of Fiji.

 

• COLOR CLAIM AND MARK DESCRIPTION CLARIFICATION REFUSAL -- applicant must applicant must clarify its color claim and mark description. Color claim:  “The colors <GREEN, BROWN, WHITE> are claimed as a feature of the mark.” Description:  The mark consists of a brown bowl with a white interior partially visible and a green pattern located along and inside the top part of the white portion within the bowl, and also a design in the shape of a kava leaf appears primarily in the color white color with green and brown highlights and is located at the center of the bowl, which in turn is located above the words “KAVA TIME” written in brown color.

 

• DISCLAIMER -- the requirement to disclaim the term(s) “KAVA”, as outlined below.  No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “KAVA” apart from the mark as shown.

 

 

Kind regards

Avneel