To: | Jollibee Foods Corporation (chiusptomail@bakermckenzie.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88632527 - JOLLIBEE - 190502 |
Sent: | July 23, 2020 11:46:23 AM |
Sent As: | ecom120@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. 88632527
Mark: JOLLIBEE
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Correspondence Address: 300 EAST RANDOLPH STREET, SUITE 5000
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Applicant: Jollibee Foods Corporation
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Reference/Docket No. 190502
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NONFINAL OFFICE ACTION
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: July 23, 2020
This Office action is in response to applicant’s communication filed on June 22, 2020. The foreign registration certification, country of origin, and application signature requirements have been satisfied.
Applicant’s response raises the new, non-final issue below. The identification of goods and services requires further clarification, so the requirement is continued and maintained. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issues below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
STANDARD CHARACTER INQUIRY
Applicant may respond by satisfying one of the following:
(1) Submit the following statement in the U.S. application: “Under the law of the country of origin, the foreign application or registration includes a claim that the mark is in standard characters (or the equivalent).”; or
(2) Delete the standard character claim from the U.S. application and proceed with a special form drawing by submitting an accurate and concise description of the literal and design elements in the mark. The following mark description is suggested, if accurate: The mark consists of the wording “JOLLIBEE” in a stylized font.
See 37 C.F.R. §§2.37, 2.52(b), 2.61(b); TMEP §§807.03(f), 808.02, 1011.01.
CLARIFICATION OF IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES – PARTIAL REQUIREMENT – CONTINUED AND MAINTAINED
THIS PARTIAL REQUIREMENT APPLIES ONLY TO THE GOODS SPECIFIED THEREIN
Applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate:
Class 16: “plastic sheets, films and bags for wrapping and packaging; other printed matter and paper materials,
namely, paper bags, envelopes and containers for packaging; food containers in the nature of compostable and biodegradable paper pulp-based to-go containers for food; handkerchiefs of paper of paper; decorations, namely, paper decorations in the nature of paper party decorations, paper cake decorations, or decorative paper bows for
wrapping.”
Class 21: No Changes Required.
Class 25: No Changes Required.
Class 28: No Changes Required.
Class 35: No Changes Required.
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual. See TMEP §1402.04.
ASSISTANCE
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
/Clare Cahill/
Clare Cahill
Examining Attorney
Law Office 120
571-272-5218
Clare.Cahill@uspto.gov
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