Notation to File

NOTE TO THE FILE

SERIAL NUMBER:            88377177

DATE:                                06/25/2019

NAME:                               jscleidorovich

NOTE:         

Searched:                                                             
     Google                            
     Lexis/Nexis                       
     OneLook
     Wikipedia
     Acronym Finder                         Protest evidence reviewed
     Other:

Checked:                                                             
     Geographic significance          
     Surname                          
     Translation
     ID with ID/CLASS mailbox

     Checked list of approved Canadian attorneys and agents

Discussed file with
Attorney/Applicant via:
        phone                               Left message with
    X   email                               Attorney/Applicant

     Requested Law Library search       X   Issued Examiner’s Amendment
     for:                                   and entered changes in TRADEUPS

        PRINT        DO NOT PRINT           Added design code in TRADEUPS
     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:

     OTHER:

We agree with the disclaimer and modification to 2(f) to support acquired distinctiveness in part for the HAGERTY component of the mark. Thank you!

 

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John Di Giacomo

Revision Legal

john@revisionlegal.com

Phone: (231) 714.0100

Fax: (231) 714.0200

http://www.revisionlegal.com

Twitter: @jdigiacomo

 

 

From: "Scleidorovich, Joanna" <Joanna.Scleidorovich@USPTO.GOV>
Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 12:30 PM
To: John Di Giacomo <john@revisionlegal.com>
Subject: TRADEMARK APPLICATION - SERIAL NO. 88377177 (HAGERTY CARS AND CAFFEINE) - RESPONSE REQUIRED BY THURSDAY, 6/27/19

 

Dear Mr. Di Giacomo,

 

I am the examining attorney assigned to the above-referenced application and there are two issues that must be resolved before I can move the application forward.

 

1. DISCLAIMER

 

The wording “CARS AND CAFFEINE” is merely descriptive of a feature of applicant’s services and must be disclaimed. 

                           

2. ACQUIRED DISTINCTIVENESS CLAIM – 2(f) IN PART

 

In order to obtain registration on the Principal Register and avoid a Section 2(e)(4) refusal (primarily merely a surname), applicant may claim acquired distinctiveness over the “HAGERTY” portion of the mark by means of a claim of Section 2(f) based on a claim of ownership U.S. Registration No. 3724455 (“HAGERTY”).

 

With your authorization to do so, I can add the disclaimer statement, claim of ownership of U.S. Registration No. 3724455, and partial 2(f) claim via Examiner’s Amendment before moving the application along for publication review.  

Please let me know by THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019 if you have any questions, need additional time to discuss with your client,  or would like to discuss further. If I have not heard from you by then, I’ll move forward with an Office Action formalizing the above issue.

 

Kinds regards,

Joanna Scleidorovich

/Joanna Scleidorovich/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 128

(571) 270-7384

Joanna.Scleidorovich@USPTO.gov