Suspension Letter

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application

 

 

 

SUSPENSION NOTICE

No Response Required

 

 

Issue date:  March 23, 2020

 

This Suspension Notice is in response to applicant’s March 4, 2020 communication in which applicant’s attorney requested the mark be placed in suspension pending the outcome of a Cancellation proceeding for one of the marks cited in the Office Action, REIMAGINE (Reg. No. 5135554).

 

The application is suspended for the reason(s) specified below.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.67; TMEP §§716 et seq. 

 

Application suspended until legal proceeding(s) involving the applied-for mark is resolved.  The legal proceeding(s) below involves (1) a registered mark that conflicts with applicant’s mark under Trademark Act Section 2(d), a mark in a pending application(s) that could conflict with applicant’s mark under Section 2(d) if it registers, and/or (3) the registrability of applicant’s mark.  15 U.S.C. §1052; see 37 C.F.R. §2.83; TMEP §§716.02(a), (c)-(d), 1208 et seq.  Because the outcome of this proceeding(s) could directly affect whether applicant’s mark can register, action on this application is suspended until proceeding(s) is resolved.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.67; TMEP §§716.02(a), (c)-(d).

 

            - Cancellation No(s). 92073260

 

Refusals  maintained and continued.  The following refusal is maintained and continued.

 

• Section 2(d) Refusal re: Registration Nos. 5653975, 5276005, 5160522, and 4357714
• Definite Identification Required

 

 

See id.  These refusals will be made final once this application is removed from suspension, unless a new issue arises.  See TMEP §716.01.

 

It should also be noted that 88056212 has matured to registration and 88311689 has abandoned. As 88056212 was the subject of a Potential Section 2(d) Likelihood of Confusion issue, the Section 2(d) Refusal will be issued once the Cancellation Proceeding has been resolved one way or another. The examining attorney will normally not issue a refusal of registration until the remaining conflicting application(s) are registered or abandoned, in order to avoid issuing piecemeal refusals. TMEP §716.02(c). Here, there is a pending Cancellation. The examining attorney will not issue a refusal regarding the prior pending application until the outcome of the Cancellation is determined in order to avoid piecemeal examination of this application.

 

Suspension process.  The USPTO will periodically check this application to determine if it should remain suspended.  See TMEP §716.04.  As needed, the trademark examining attorney will issue a letter to applicant to inquire about the status of the reason for the suspension.  TMEP §716.05. 

 

No response required.  Applicant may file a response, but is not required to do so. 

 

 

Rosen, Amanda

/Amanda Rosen/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 121

(571) 270-5984

Amanda.Rosen@USPTO.gov

 

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on March 23, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88469966

 

Your trademark application has been reviewed by a trademark examining attorney.  As part of that review, the assigned attorney has issued an official letter.  Please follow the steps below.

 

(1)  Read the official letter.  No response is necessary.

 

(2)  Direct questions about the contents of the Office action to the assigned attorney below. 

 

Rosen, Amanda

/Amanda Rosen/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 121

(571) 270-5984

Amanda.Rosen@USPTO.gov

 

Direct questions about navigating USPTO electronic forms, the USPTO website, the application process, the status of your application, and/or whether there are outstanding deadlines or documents related to your file to the Trademark Assistance Center (TAC).

 

 

 

GENERAL GUIDANCE

·         Check the status of your application periodically in the Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR) database to avoid missing critical deadlines.

 

·         Update your correspondence email address, if needed, to ensure you receive important USPTO notices about your application.

 

·         Beware of misleading notices sent by private companies about your application.  Private companies not associated with the USPTO use public information available in trademark registrations to mail and email trademark-related offers and notices – most of which require fees.  All official USPTO correspondence will only be emailed from the domain “@uspto.gov.”