LETTER OF PROTEST MEMORANDUM
Date: July 23, 2019
To: Robert C. Clark
Examining Attorney
From: Jason I. Roth
Attorney Advisor
Office of the Deputy Commissioner
for Trademark Examination Policy
Subject: Letter of protest concerning U.S. Application Serial No. 88366247
for the mark NATTY
A letter of protest filed before publication has been accepted because the evidence submitted by the protester is relevant and may support a reasonable ground for refusal appropriate in ex parte examination. TMEP §1715.02. Therefore, you must consider the following and make an independent determination whether to issue a requirement or refusal based on the objection(s) raised in the letter of protest:
Possible likelihood of confusion under Section 2(d) with the following registrations:
U.S. Trademark Registration No. 2633161 for the mark NATS;
U.S. Trademark Registration No. 3018179 for the mark NATS; and
U.S. Trademark Registration No. 2019294 for the mark NAT SHERMAN.
Please see copies of the registrations in the X-Search database.
NOTE: The acceptance of a letter of protest filed before publication is not a legal determination by the USPTO of registrability, nor is it meant to compromise the integrity of the ex parte examination process. It merely serves to bring the submitted evidence to the attention of the examining attorney, who determines whether a refusal or requirement should be raised or ultimately made final.