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:  February 19, 2020

 

Action on this application is SUSPENDED pending the disposition of the previously referenced potentially-conflicting pending application(s).  37 C.F.R. §2.83(c); TMEP §§716.02(c), 1208.02(c).

 

Applicant was previously provided information regarding pending U.S. Application Serial No(s). 88468423, which may present a bar to registration of applicant’s mark based on a likelihood of confusion under Trademark Act Section 2(d).  See 15 U.S.C. §1052(d); 37 C.F.R. §2.83; TMEP §§1208 et seq.  In response, applicant provided a consent agreement that is incomplete because it does not address arrangements undertaken by the parties to avoid confusing the public.  See In re Mastic, 829 F.2d 1114, 1117-18, 4 USPQ2d 1292, 1295-96 (Fed. Cir. 1987); In re Permagrain Prods., Inc., 223 USPQ 147, 149 (TTAB 1984); TMEP §1207.01(d)(viii).

 

In addition, the trademark examining attorney has found applicant’s arguments against a likelihood of confusion with the cited registration unpersuasive at this time and still believes there may be a likelihood of confusion between applicant’s mark and the mark in the cited registration. Thus, this application is suspended until the pending application registers or abandons in order for the trademark examining attorney to fully evaluate the register.

 

The pending application(s) below has an earlier filing date or effective filing date than applicant’s application.  If the mark in the application(s) below registers, the USPTO may refuse registration of applicant’s mark under Section 2(d) because of a likelihood of confusion with the registered mark(s). 15 U.S.C. §1052(d); see 37 C.F.R. §2.83; TMEP §§1208.02(c). Action on this application is suspended until the prior-filed application(s) below either registers or abandons.  37 C.F.R. §2.83(c).  Information relevant to the application(s) below was sent previously.

 

            - U.S. Application Serial No. 88468423

 

Refusal maintained and continued.  The following refusal is maintained and continued: 

 

• Section 2(d) Refusal – Likelihood of Confusion  

 

See TMEP §713.02.

 

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. 

 

 

/Elizabeth A. O'Brien/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 105

(571) 272-0046

Elizabeth.OBrien@uspto.gov

 

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on February 19, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88469996

 

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. 

 

/Elizabeth A. O'Brien/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 105

(571) 272-0046

Elizabeth.OBrien@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.”