To: | Auto Care Association (docketing@vividip.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88416952 - AUTOCARE ASSOCIATION - N/A |
Sent: | March 01, 2020 07:33:47 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. 88416952
Mark: AUTOCARE ASSOCIATION
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Applicant: Auto Care Association
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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: March 01, 2020
This Office action is in response to applicant’s communication filed on January 29, 2020.
In a previous Office action dated July 29, 2019, the applicant was required to satisfy the following requirement: prove that a mark has acquired distinctiveness under Trademark Act Section 2(f) and disclaim descriptive wording in the mark.
Requirements Maintained and Continued
Based on applicant’s response, the trademark examining attorney maintains and continues the requirements outlined in Office Action No. 1.
However, the applicant should note the following new requirement.
Section 2(f) Claim – Prior Registrations on Supplemental Register
An applicant may not base a claim of acquired distinctiveness under Trademark Act Section 2(f) on ownership of a registration on the Supplemental Register. 37 C.F.R. §2.41(a)(1); In re Canron, Inc., 219 USPQ 820, 822 n.2 (TTAB 1983); TMEP §1212.04(d).
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
/Stephanie Davis Ali/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 109
571-272-9272 (direct phone)
stephanie.ali@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE