To: | Brown Girl Basics LLC (katreenalewis@gmail.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88577513 - BGB - N/A |
Sent: | November 18, 2019 02:18:11 PM |
Sent As: | ecom128@uspto.gov |
Attachments: | Attachment - 1 Attachment - 2 Attachment - 3 |
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application
U.S. Application Serial No. 88577513
Mark: BGB
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Applicant: Brown Girl Basics LLC
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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 18, 2019
SEARCH OF OFFICE’S DATABASE OF MARKS
The trademark examining attorney has searched the Office’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).
ADVISORY - PRIOR-FILED APPLICATION
In response to this Office action, applicant may present arguments in support of registration by addressing the issue of the potential conflict between applicant’s mark and the mark in the referenced application. Applicant’s election not to submit arguments at this time in no way limits applicant’s right to address this issue later if a refusal under Section 2(d) issues.
REQUIREMENT – AMEND THE DESCRIPTION OF THE MARK AND COLOR CLAIM
Applicant must submit an amended description of the mark that agrees with the mark on the drawing. 37 C.F.R. §2.37; see TMEP §§808.01, 808.02. The current description is inconsistent with the mark on the drawing and thus is inaccurate. 37 C.F.R. §2.37; see TMEP §§808.01, 808.02. Descriptions must be accurate and identify only those literal and design elements appearing in the mark. See 37 C.F.R. §2.37; TMEP §§808.02, 808.03(d). Specifically, the description specifies that the flag is outlined in white, but the outlines is in black, and the flag is described as having three layers instead of folds. Additionally, the description excludes the wording below the flag pole and the white between the flag and the pole.
The following description is suggested, if accurate:
The mark consists of a flag with a black pole and the flag is outlined in black with three folds, with the white space between the flag and the pole being background and not a feature of the mark. The background of each fold is in black, outlined in white, and then in black. The first fold contains the letter "B" in the colors peach, gold, and orange; the second fold contains the letter "G" in the colors orange and brown; and the final fold contains the letter "B" in the colors brown and black, and the letter is outlined in gold. Below the flag pole in black are the stylized wording “JBA” and “YA”.
The following color claim is suggested, if accurate:
The color(s) gold, peach, orange, brown, and black is/are claimed as a feature of the mark.
ADVISORY
The USPTO will not accept an amended drawing excluding the wording below the flag pole because the changes would materially alter the drawing of the mark in the original application or as previously acceptably amended. See 37 C.F.R. §2.72(a)-(b); TMEP §807.14. Such change would remove wording that is currently part of the mark, and so the commercial impression would be different.
ASSISTANCE
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.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action
Solano, Carlita
/Carlita Jaye Solano/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 128
(571)270-0348
carlita.solano@uspto.gov
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