To: | Withers, Stephen (steve@clubscout.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88570659 - CLUBSCOUT - N/A |
Sent: | November 07, 2019 10:29:25 AM |
Sent As: | ecom117@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. 88570659
Mark: CLUBSCOUT
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Correspondence Address:
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Applicant: Withers, Stephen
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Reference/Docket No. N/A
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The USPTO must receive applicant’s response to this letter within six months of the issue date below or the application will be abandoned. Respond using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). A link to the appropriate TEAS response form appears at the end of this Office action.
Issue date: November 07, 2019
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determines as follows:
No Conflicting Marks
The Office records have been searched and no similar registered or pending mark has been found that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02.
Summary of Issue Below:
(1) Entity Requirement
Entity Requirement- Entity Uncertain; Please Clarify
If these individuals are applying together as joint owners/applicants, they must amend the legal entity from “corporation” to “individual” and each joint applicant must indicate his or her country of citizenship. See TMEP §803.03(d).
Alternatively, if these individuals are part of a legally organized corporation, they must provide the legal name of the corporation and U.S. state or foreign country of incorporation or organization. See TMEP §803.03(c).
If, in response to the above request, applicant provides information indicating that it is not the owner of the mark, registration will be refused because the application was void as filed. See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(d); TMEP §§803.06, 1201.02(b). An application must be filed by the party who owns or is entitled to use the mark as of the application filing date. See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(d); TMEP §1201.02(b).
TEAS PLUS OR TEAS REDUCED FEE (TEAS RF) APPLICANTS – TO MAINTAIN LOWER FEE, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET, INCLUDING SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Applicants who filed their application online using the lower-fee TEAS Plus or TEAS RF application form must (1) file certain documents online using TEAS, including responses to Office actions (see TMEP §§819.02(b), 820.02(b) for a complete list of these documents); (2) maintain a valid e-mail correspondence address; and (3) agree to receive correspondence from the USPTO by e-mail throughout the prosecution of the application. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.22(b), 2.23(b); TMEP §§819, 820. TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants who do not meet these requirements must submit an additional processing fee of $125 per class of goods and/or services. 37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(1)(v), 2.22(c), 2.23(c); TMEP §§819.04, 820.04. However, in certain situations, TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants may respond to an Office action by authorizing an examiner’s amendment by telephone or e-mail without incurring this additional fee.
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/Nakia D. Henry/
Trademark Attorney (Law Office 117)
Phone: (571) 272-7208
Fax: (571) 273-7208
E-mail: nakia.henry@uspto.gov
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