| Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. PTO Form 1957 (Rev 10/2011) |
| OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp 09/20/2020) |
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| SERIAL NUMBER | 88495820 |
| LAW OFFICE ASSIGNED | LAW OFFICE 117 |
| MARK SECTION | |
| MARK | http://uspto.report/TM/88495820/mark.png |
| LITERAL ELEMENT | L.A. COLORS ULTIMATE COVER |
| STANDARD CHARACTERS | YES |
| USPTO-GENERATED IMAGE | YES |
| MARK STATEMENT | The mark consists of standard characters, without claim to any particular font style, size or color. |
| ARGUMENT(S) | |
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Section 2(e) (2) Refusal – Primarily Geographically Descriptive The Office Action indicates registration is initially refused because the Examining Attorney believes the applied-for mark is primarily geographically descriptive of the origin of applicant’s goods because the first term “L.A.” is an abbreviation for “Los Angeles”. Applicant respectfully disagrees that the mark is primarily geographically descriptive. Moreover, Applicant believes that the “L.A. COLORS” portion of the mark has acquired distinctiveness of Applicant’s goods through Applicant’s substantially exclusive and continuous use of the mark in commerce for at least twenty years. Applicant has amended the application to add a claim of acquired distinctiveness as to “L.A. COLORS”. Applicant’s “L.A. COLORS” trademark is also registered on the Principal Register (Registration No. 5442511). Concerning the terms “ULTIMATE” and “COVER”, Applicant is submitting herewith a disclaimer to address the Examining Attorney’s point that these two words are descriptive or laudatory. CONCLUSION In light of the amendments and remarks set forth above, Applicant has addressed all of the issues raised in the Office Action and respectfully submits that the application is ready for publication. In the event the Examining Attorney has any additional questions, the Examining Attorney is invited to contact the undersigned. |
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| ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS SECTION | |
| DISCLAIMER | No claim is made to the exclusive right to use ULTIMATE or COVER apart from the mark as shown. |
| SECTION 2(f) Claim of Acquired Distinctiveness, IN PART, based on Five or More Years' Use | L.A. COLORS has become distinctive of the goods/services through the applicant's substantially exclusive and continuous use of the mark in commerce that the U.S. Congress may lawfully regulate for at least the five years immediately before the date of this statement. |
| ATTORNEY INFORMATION (new) | |
| NAME | Linda H. Liu |
| ATTORNEY BAR MEMBERSHIP NUMBER | XXX |
| YEAR OF ADMISSION | XXXX |
| U.S. STATE/ COMMONWEALTH/ TERRITORY | XX |
| FIRM NAME | Knobbe, Martens, Olson, & Bear, LLP |
| STREET | 2040 Main Street, 14th Fl |
| CITY | Irvine |
| STATE | California |
| POSTAL CODE | 92614 |
| COUNTRY/REGION/JURISDICTION/U.S. TERRITORY | United States |
| PHONE | 949-760-0404 |
| FAX | 949-760-9502 |
| efiling@knobbe.com | |
| DOCKET/REFERENCE NUMBER | B21C.064T |
| OTHER APPOINTED ATTORNEY | John B. Sganga, Jr., Edward A. Schlatter, Gerard von Hoffmann, Joseph R. Re, Catherine J. Holland, John M. Carson, Jeffrey L. Van Hoosear, Daniel E. Altman, Lynda J. Zadra-Symes, William H. Shreve, Stephen C. Jensen, Steven J. Nataupsky, Paul A. Stewart, Joseph F. Jennings, Craig S. Summers, Diane M. Reed, Ronald J. Schoenbaum, John R. King, Adeel S. Akhtar, David N. Weiss, Douglas G. Muehlhauser, Lori Lee Yamato, Michael K. Friedland, Stacey R. Halpern, Mark M. Abumeri, Jon W. Gurka, Joseph M. Reisman, Michael L. Fuller, Paul N. Conover, Robert J. Roby, Sabing H. Lee, Karoline A. Delaney, Joseph S. Cianfrani, William R. Zimmerman, Eric S. Furman, Susan M. Natland, Rose M. Thiessen, Michael A. Guiliana, Rabinder N. Narula, Bruce S. Itchkawitz, John M. Grover, Irfan A. Lateef, Amy Christensen Chun, Mark J. Gallagher, David G. Jankowski, Brian C. Horne, Payson LeMeilleur, Sheila N. Swaroop, Benjamin A. Katzenellenbogen, Andrew N. Merickel, Thomas P. Krzeminski, Linda H. Liu, James F. Herkenhoff, Andrew M. Douglas, Salima A. Merani, Jonathan A. Hyman, Curtiss C. Dosier, Joseph J. Mallon, Sean M. Murray, Christy G. Lea, Perry D. Oldham, Russell M. Jeide, Zi Y. Wong, Matthew S. Bellinger, Mincheol Kim, Gregory A. Hermanson, Lauren Keller Katzenellenbogen, Ted M. Cannon, Carol Pitzel Cruz, Josué A. Villalta, Andrew I. Kimmel, Brenden Gingrich, Maria Culic Anderson, Melanie J. Seelig, Mauricio A. Uribe, Curtis R. Huffmire, Christopher L. Ross, Eli A. Loots, Ryan E. Melnick, Yanna S. Bouris, Philip M. Nelson, Marko R. Zoretic, Kerry S. Taylor, Derek C. Dailey, Jarom D. Kesler, Colin B. Heideman, Theodore G. Papagiannis, Nicholas M. Zovko, Adam J. Gilbert, Kimberly J. Miller, Bryan W. Wahl, Thomas Y. Yee, Agnes Juang, Jason J. Jardine, Jared C. Bunker, Lance D. Smemoe, Joshua J. Stowell, Jonathan E. Bachand, Ali S. Razai, Terry K. Tullis, Derek R. Bayles, Cheryl T. Burgess, Gregory B. Phillips, Brian C. Claassen, Mark Lezama, Sean Ambrosius, Stephen W. Larson, John L. Paik, Michael R. Christensen, Benjamin J. Everton, Jason A. Gersting, Baraa Kahf, Alan G. Laquer, Vlad Teplitskiy, Jeffery L. Hallstrom, Maria V. Stout, William O. Adams, Ian W. Gillies, Andrew W. Lloyd, Mark D. Kachner, Lincoln S. Essig, David R. Trossen, Aaron M. Davis, Jason R. Swartz, Benjamin B. Anger, Jason A. Champion, Daniel V. Gibson, Jeremy J. Carney, Karen M. Cassidy, Adam B. Powell, Karen J. Lenker, Bryan G. McWhorter, Nathanael R. Luman, Andrea L. Cheek, Damien J. Howard, Jane Q. Dai, Shannon Lam, Peter Law, Mark Metzke, Scott G. Siera, Jacob Peterson, Christie R.W. Matthaei, Vladimir S. Lozan, Paul S. Stellman, Heungsoo Choi, Nicole Rossi Townes, Vikas Bhargava, Daniel J. Fischer, Jeremy A. Anapol, Scott A. Cromar, Kendall M. Loebbaka, David R. Schmidt, Harnik Shukla, Charlene A. Azema, Morgan R. Coates, Jessica L. Achtsam, Jonathan A. Menkes, Rosaleen H. Chou, Deborah S. Shepherd, Mark D. Marsden, Joan Y. Chan, Loni L. Morrow, Kyu S. Min, Chang Sik Lim, Thomas S.H. Cowan, Devanie A. DuFour, Alexander J. Martinez, Hans L. Mayer, Jessica C. Sganga, Nicholas A. Belair, Ryan S. Furtado, Angela K. Dremann, Justin J. Gillett, M. Scott Forbes, Brian M. Graham, Brian J. Flynn, Mitchell B. Hadley, Elenore Niu, Michael P. Burns, David M. Cohen, Mark E. Davis, Jordan Gottdank, Kim A. Kennedy, Daniel C. Kiang, Keith M. Lim, Ashley C. Morales, Nathan D. Reeves, Brandon G. Smith, Xiaoyan Sabrina Wang, Jun Hyuk (Zach) Hong, Jordan M. Cox, Albert J. Sueiras, Mark Rubinshtein, David J. Grant, Clayton R. Henson, Daniel A. Kamkar, Lesley Y. Kim, Nathan J. Lee, Josepher Li, Jacob R. Rosenbaum, James F. Smith, Douglas B. Wentzel, Aryeh N. Feinstein, Noorean I. Gill, Aaron S. Johnson, Bryan J. Johnson, Chanell Khosrowabadi, Lindsay A. Laddaran, Janet M. Allendorph, Alexander Zeng, Sean S. Kim, Benjamin Ho, Adam R. Aquino, Samuel I. Cockriel, Serah R. Friedman, Bita Kianian, Eric R. Malmgren, Brian M.Z. Reece, Derk A. Westermeyer, Suyoung Jang, Show Xiaoyu Wang, Justin E. Culbertson, Andrew E. Morrell, Victoria E. Ellis, Yasmin L. Amin-Reimer, Kendrick S. Hsu, Catherine R. Gourash, Marissa M. Rosenbaum, Brok S. Humbert, Karl W. Kowallis, Christopher L. Lewis, Ryan L. McBride, Atiya M. Myers, David C. O'Hair, Radhika K. Raman, Ben K. Shiroma, Makoto Tsunozaki, James Yang, Jeremiah S. Helm, Hironori Kubota, Kregg A. Koch, Arsen Kourinian, James E. Youngblood, Andrew D. Lee, Yusuke Hirai, and Sunyong Tang |
| CORRESPONDENCE INFORMATION (current) | |
| PRIMARY EMAIL ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE | bty21tm@gmail.com |
| SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES) | NOT PROVIDED |
| CORRESPONDENCE INFORMATION (proposed) | |
| NAME | Linda H. Liu |
| PRIMARY EMAIL ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE | efiling@knobbe.com |
| SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES) | NOT PROVIDED |
| DOCKET/REFERENCE NUMBER | B21C.064T |
| SIGNATURE SECTION | |
| DECLARATION SIGNATURE | /Linda H. Liu/ |
| SIGNATORY'S NAME | Linda H. Liu |
| SIGNATORY'S POSITION | Attorney of record, California bar member |
| SIGNATORY'S PHONE NUMBER | 949-760-0404 |
| DATE SIGNED | 03/03/2020 |
| RESPONSE SIGNATURE | /Linda H. Liu/ |
| SIGNATORY'S NAME | Linda H. Liu |
| SIGNATORY'S POSITION | Attorney of record, California Bar member |
| SIGNATORY'S PHONE NUMBER | 949-760-0404 |
| DATE SIGNED | 03/03/2020 |
| AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY | YES |
| FILING INFORMATION SECTION | |
| SUBMIT DATE | Tue Mar 03 19:27:06 ET 2020 |
| TEAS STAMP | USPTO/ROA-XXX.XXX.XX.XX-2 0200303192706458256-88495 820-710b4c35a3769d9aabcfd 53ee9b75e116ef699cd6ba235 919842afd49016e578f-N/A-N /A-20200303185516411079 |
| Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. PTO Form 1957 (Rev 10/2011) |
| OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp 09/20/2020) |
Section 2(e) (2) Refusal – Primarily Geographically Descriptive
The Office Action indicates registration is initially refused because the Examining Attorney believes the applied-for mark is primarily geographically descriptive of the origin of applicant’s goods because the first term “L.A.” is an abbreviation for “Los Angeles”.
Applicant respectfully disagrees that the mark is primarily geographically descriptive. Moreover, Applicant believes that the “L.A. COLORS” portion of the mark has acquired distinctiveness of Applicant’s goods through Applicant’s substantially exclusive and continuous use of the mark in commerce for at least twenty years. Applicant has amended the application to add a claim of acquired distinctiveness as to “L.A. COLORS”. Applicant’s “L.A. COLORS” trademark is also registered on the Principal Register (Registration No. 5442511). Concerning the terms “ULTIMATE” and “COVER”, Applicant is submitting herewith a disclaimer to address the Examining Attorney’s point that these two words are descriptive or laudatory.
CONCLUSION
In light of the amendments and remarks set forth above, Applicant has addressed all of the issues raised in the Office Action and respectfully submits that the application is ready for publication. In the event the Examining Attorney has any additional questions, the Examining Attorney is invited to contact the undersigned.DECLARATION: The signatory being warned that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, and that such willful false statements and the like may jeopardize the validity of the application or submission or any registration resulting therefrom, declares that, if the applicant submitted the application or allegation of use (AOU) unsigned, all statements in the application or AOU and this submission based on the signatory's own knowledge are true, and all statements in the application or AOU and this submission made on information and belief are believed to be true.
STATEMENTS FOR UNSIGNED SECTION 1(a) APPLICATION/AOU: If the applicant filed an unsigned application under 15 U.S.C. §1051(a) or AOU under 15 U.S.C. §1051(c), the signatory additionally believes that: the applicant is the owner of the mark sought to be registered; the mark is in use in commerce and was in use in commerce as of the filing date of the application or AOU on or in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization in the application or AOU; the original specimen(s), if applicable, shows the mark in use in commerce as of the filing date of the application or AOU on or in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization in the application or AOU; for a collective trademark, collective service mark, collective membership mark application, or certification mark application, the applicant is exercising legitimate control over the use of the mark in commerce and was exercising legitimate control over the use of the mark in commerce as of the filing date of the application or AOU; for a certification mark application, the applicant is not engaged in the production or marketing of the goods/services to which the mark is applied, except to advertise or promote recognition of the certification program or of the goods/services that meet the certification standards of the applicant. To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, no other persons, except, if applicable, authorized users, members, and/or concurrent users, have the right to use the mark in commerce, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization of such other persons, to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive.
STATEMENTS FOR UNSIGNED SECTION 1(b)/SECTION 44 APPLICATION AND FOR SECTION 66(a) COLLECTIVE/CERTIFICATION MARK APPLICATION: If the applicant filed an unsigned application under 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051(b), 1126(d), and/or 1126(e), or filed a collective/certification mark application under 15 U.S.C. §1141f(a), the signatory additionally believes that: for a trademark or service mark application, the applicant is entitled to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services specified in the application; the applicant has a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce and had a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce as of the application filing date; for a collective trademark, collective service mark, collective membership mark, or certification mark application, the applicant has a bona fide intention, and is entitled, to exercise legitimate control over the use of the mark in commerce and had a bona fide intention, and was entitled, to exercise legitimate control over the use of the mark in commerce as of the application filing date; the signatory is properly authorized to execute the declaration on behalf of the applicant; for a certification mark application, the applicant will not engage in the production or marketing of the goods/services to which the mark is applied, except to advertise or promote recognition of the certification program or of the goods/services that meet the certification standards of the applicant. To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, no other persons, except, if applicable, authorized users, members, and/or concurrent users, have the right to use the mark in commerce, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization of such other persons, to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive.