To: | Bertino, Niia (ralph@kranesmith.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88492601 - NIIA - N/A |
Sent: | April 27, 2020 01:19:34 PM |
Sent As: | ecom127@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. 88492601
Mark: NIIA
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Applicant: Bertino, Niia
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SUSPENSION NOTICE
No Response Required
Issue date: April 27, 2020
The application is suspended for the reasons specified below. See 37 C.F.R. §2.67; TMEP §§716 et seq.
The pending application below has an earlier filing date or effective filing date than applicant’s application. If the mark in the application 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. 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 below either registers or abandons. 37 C.F.R. §2.83(c). Information relevant to the application below was sent previously.
- U.S. Application Serial No. 88380339
In addition, the application is suspended until disposition of a cited registration. Registration maintenance documents are or were due to be filed for one of the registrations cited against applicant in a refusal based on Trademark Act Section 2(d). 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). If the maintenance documents are not timely filed and accepted by the USPTO, the cited registration will cancel and/or expire and will no longer bar registration of applicant’s mark under Section 2(d). See 15 U.S.C. §§1058, 1059, 1141k. Action on this application is suspended for six months to await disposition of the cited registration; after which, the trademark examining attorney will determine whether to maintain or withdraw the Section 2(d) refusal. See 37 C.F.R. §2.67; TMEP §716.02(e).
Refusal and/or requirements resolved and maintained and continued. The domicile and attorney bar information and attestation requirements have been satisfied. See TMEP §713.02.
The Section 2(d) – Likelihood of Confusion refusal is continued and maintained. See id. This refusal will be made final once this application is removed from suspension, unless a new issue arises. See TMEP §716.01.
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.
/Laura Taraban/
Laura Taraban
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 127
(571) 272-3352
laura.taraban@uspto.gov