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:  January 23, 2020

 

 

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

 

Application suspended until legal proceeding involving the applied-for mark is resolved.  The legal proceeding below involves a registered mark that conflicts with applicant’s mark under Trademark Act Section 2(d).  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 could directly affect whether applicant’s mark can register, action on this application is suspended until the proceeding is resolved.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.67; TMEP §§716.02(a), (c)-(d).

 

            - Cancellation No(s). 92073255

 

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

 

            •  Section 2(d) likelihood of confusion refusal as to the mark in U.S. Registration No. 4925190.

 

See id.  This refusal was made final in the Office Action issued November 26, 2019; the refusal of registration is continued but it is not necessary for applicant to respond to the final refusal until the application is removed from suspension.  See TMEP §716.06.  If the application is eventually removed from suspension and the grounds for refusal remain operative, the examining attorney will issue an “Examiner’s Subsequent Final Refusal,” thereby reissuing the final refusal, and the applicant will have six months to respond.  See id. 

 

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. 

 

/Kaelie E. Kung/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 103

571-272-8265

kaelie.kung@uspto.gov

 

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on January 23, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88470482

 

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. 

 

/Kaelie E. Kung/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 103

571-272-8265

kaelie.kung@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.”