Notation to File

NOTE TO THE FILE

SERIAL NUMBER:            88477000

DATE:                                09/12/2019

NAME:                               jfickes

NOTE:         

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     Requested Law Library search           Issued Examiner’s Amendment
     for:                                   and entered changes in TRADEUPS

        PRINT        DO NOT PRINT           Added design code in TRADEUPS
     Description of the mark
     Translation statement                  Re-imaged standard character
                                            drawing
     Negative translation statement             
     Consent of living individual           Contacted TM MADRID ID/CLASS
                                            about misclassified definite ID
     Changed TRADEUPS to:

 X   OTHER:

Hi Jeri,

 

Thank you for reaching out. Yes I’m not claiming any exclusive rights to the term MODERN. Please do the amendment. I appreciate ir

 

Best,

Eli Altaras

On Sep 11, 2019, at 3:25 PM, Fickes, Jeri <Jeri.Fickes@uspto.gov> wrote:

 

Dear Mr. Altaras,

 

I am the examining attorney assigned to review your application.  Before I can send it on in the registration process, we need to address the following issue.

 

The term “MODERN” in the mark is merely descriptive of a feature of the retail store services, namely, one of the styles of the goods sold through the stores.  I need your permission to enter a disclaimer of this term.  The mark is registered in its entirety as shown in the drawing, but the disclaimer statement indicates you don’t claim an exclusive right to use the descriptive term “MODERN” apart from the mark as shown.  In other words, others are free to use “MODERN” to describe their goods.

 

Please let me know if I may enter the disclaimer by examiner’s amendment.  The application is otherwise ready for publication.

 

Jeri Fickes

Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 107

USPTO

571/272-9157