To: | Have a Heart Media LLC (trademarks@lanepowell.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88589444 - HAVE A HEART - 132090.0010 |
Sent: | November 21, 2019 05:24:54 PM |
Sent As: | ecom116@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. 88589444
Mark: HAVE A HEART
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Applicant: Have a Heart Media LLC
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Reference/Docket No. 132090.0010
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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 21, 2019
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.
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
SEARCH OF OFFICE RECORDS
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.
INFORMALITY
Applicant must respond to the following informality:
Description of the Mark
Generic color names must be used to describe the colors in the mark, e.g., red, yellow, blue. TMEP §807.07(a)(i)-(ii). If black, white, and/or gray represent background, outlining, shading, and/or transparent areas and are not part of the mark, applicant must so specify in the description. See TMEP §807.07(d).
The following description is suggested, if accurate: “The mark consists of an apple containing negative space in the shape of a heart, followed by the words Have a Heart. The entire mark appears in green color.”
Applicant’s Response
Guidelines for responding are set forth below.
PLEASE NOTE: Applicant is encouraged to respond to the issue raised above via informal email.
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William Breckenfeld
Examining Attorney
Law Office 116
571-272-9133
Email: william.breckenfeld@uspto.gov
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RESPONSE GUIDANCE