LETTER OF PROTEST MEMORANDUM
Date: October 10, 2019
To: Examining Attorney
From: Dawnmarie D. Sanok
Attorney Advisor
Office of the Deputy Commissioner
for Trademark Examination Policy
Subject: Letter of protest concerning U.S. Application Serial No. 88581717
for the mark CRAZY KOOZIE
A letter of protest filed before publication has been accepted because the evidence submitted by the protester is relevant and may support a reasonable ground for refusal appropriate in ex parte examination. TMEP §1715.02. Therefore, you must consider the following and make an independent determination whether to issue a requirement or refusal based on the objections raised in the letter of protest:
Possible likelihood of confusion under Section 2(d) with the following registrations and application:
U.S. Registration Nos. 3240989 and 5813770 and U.S. Application Serial No. 88381034 for the marks KOOZIE and KOOZIE and Design, and
U.S. Registration No. 3793699 for the mark RCC KOOZIE.
Please see copies of the registrations and the application in the XSearch database.
NOTE: The acceptance of a letter of protest filed before publication is not a legal determination by the USPTO of registrability, nor is it meant to compromise the integrity of the ex parte examination process. It merely serves to bring the submitted evidence to the attention of the examining attorney, who determines whether a refusal or requirement should be raised or ultimately made final.