To: | Valiant Entertainment LLC (nzoubek@rlfllp.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88403960 - BLOODSHOT - N/A |
Sent: | July 09, 2019 05:14:34 PM |
Sent As: | ecom109@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. 88403960
Mark: BLOODSHOT
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Applicant: Valiant Entertainment LLC
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COMBINED EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT/PRIORITY ACTION NONFINAL OFFICE ACTION
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 09, 2019
USPTO database searched; no conflicting marks found. The trademark examining attorney searched the USPTO database of registered and pending marks and found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). 15 U.S.C. §1052(d); TMEP §704.02.
Applicant must address issues shown below. On July 9, 2019, the examining attorney and Nancy Zoubek discussed the issues below. Applicant must timely respond to these issues. See 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.62(a); TMEP §708.05.
The assigned trademark examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and has determined the following:
Application Informalities
Identification of Goods
A portion of the identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite because the goods listed were not specific enough. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01.
Applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate:
Class 34: “Lighters for smokers; cigarette lighters; cigar lighters; {specify, cigarette and cigar} ____ lighter holder; clips for ____ {specify, e.g., attaching cigarette and cigar} lighters ____ {onto objects}”;
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and/or services in trademark applications, please see the online searchable Manual of Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services at http://tess2.gov.uspto.report/netahtml/tidm.html.
Please note that, while the identification of services may be amended to clarify or limit the services, adding to the services or broadening the scope of the services is not permitted. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06. Therefore, applicant may not amend the identification to include services that are not within the scope of the services set forth in the present identification.
If applicant does not respond to this Office action within the six-month period for response, the following goods in International Class 34 will be deleted from the application: “holders for lighters; clips for lighters”. The application will then proceed with the following goods and/or services in International Class 34 only: Lighters for smokers; cigarette lighters; cigar lighters. See 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a)-(a)(1); TMEP §718.02(a).
Response
Application has been amended as shown below. As agreed to by the individual identified in the Priority Action section, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below. Please notify the examining attorney immediately of any objections. TMEP §707. In addition, applicant is advised that amendments to the goods and/or services are permitted only if they clarify or limit them; amendments that add to or broaden the scope of the goods and/or services are not permitted. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a).
Ownership of Prior Registrations
Applicant’s claim of ownership of U.S. Registration Nos. 1793650 and 3839353 will not be printed on any registration that may issue from this application because the marks are different. Only prior registrations of the same or similar marks are considered related registrations for purposes of an ownership claim. See 37 C.F.R. §2.36; TMEP §812.
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.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
/David Collier/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 109
(571) 272-8859
david.collier@uspto.gov (not for formal responses)
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