To: | Pharis Guillermo (millsrobertsonr@gtlaw.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88642765 - WHISPER BY GUILLERMO PHARIS - 044444824200 |
Sent: | January 09, 2020 06:42:04 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. 88642765
Mark: WHISPER BY GUILLERMO PHARIS
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Correspondence Address:
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Applicant: Pharis Guillermo
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Reference/Docket No. 044444824200
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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: January 09, 2020
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 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).
NAME OF INDIVIDUAL
Because the individual(s) named in the mark did not sign the application and the application did not include a proper written consent, applicant must provide a statement that the name(s) in the mark identifies a particular living individual(s) and a written consent to register the name(s). See 15 U.S.C. §1052(c); TMEP §§813.01(a)-(b), 1206.04(a), 1206.05.
Accordingly, applicant must submit both of the following:
(1) The following statement: “The name(s) shown in the mark identifies a living individual(s) whose consent(s) to register is made of record.”
(2) A written consent, personally signed by the named individual(s), as follows: “I, Guillermo Pharis, consent to the use and registration of my name, Guillermo Pharis, as a trademark and/or service mark with the USPTO.”
For an overview of the requirements pertaining to names appearing in marks, and instructions on how to satisfy this requirement online using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) response form, please go to http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/law/consent.jsp.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
/Jennifer M. Martin/
Jennifer M. Martin
Examining Attorney
Law Office 116
(571) 272-9193
Jennifer.Martin@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE