To: | Zitro IP S.àr.l. (patent@nhpat.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88644122 - ALLURE - CANELAT153US |
Sent: | January 17, 2020 11:39:03 AM |
Sent As: | ecom121@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. 88644122
Mark: ALLURE
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Applicant: Zitro IP S.àr.l.
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Reference/Docket No. CANELAT153US
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SUSPENSION NOTICE
No Response Required
Issue date: January 17, 2020
This Suspension Notice is being sent contemporaneous to the separately issued Examiner’s Amendment. The application is being suspended for the reason specified below. See 37 C.F.R. §2.67; TMEP §§716 et seq.
USPTO database searched; no conflicting marks found. The trademark examining attorney searched the USPTO database of registered and pending marks and found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). 15 U.S.C. §1052(d); TMEP §704.02.
Application suspended until submission of foreign registration or proof that foreign registration was renewed. Applicant is required to provide a copy of a foreign registration from applicant’s country of origin; the foreign registration must be valid when the U.S. registration issues. 15 U.S.C. §1126(e); 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(3)(ii)-(iii); TMEP §§1004, 1004.01(a). Action on the application is suspended until the USPTO receives a copy of such foreign registration or proof that the foreign registration was renewed. TMEP §§716.02(b), 1003.04. Applicant must also provide an English translation if the foreign registration or renewal document is not in English. 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(3)(ii)-(iii).
If the foreign application abandons or the foreign registration is not renewed, applicant should promptly notify the trademark examining attorney. See TMEP §§1003.08, 1004.01(a). In such case, applicant may amend the application to rely on another filing basis, if appropriate, and will retain the priority filing date, if applicable. TMEP §§1003.08, 1004.01(a).
FOREIGN REGISTRATION MUST BE FROM APPLICANT’S COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – ADVISORY
In the present case, the U.S. application shows that applicant has a domicile in Luxembourg, but the foreign application was filed in Mexico.
Because applicant’s domicile is in a country different from the country in which the foreign application was filed, and from which the foreign registration will issue, applicant will need to establish that this country is applicant’s country of origin as of the date of issuance of the foreign registration. See 15 U.S.C. §1126(c); TMEP §§1002.02, 1002.04. This requirement may be satisfied by providing the following written statement for the record, once the foreign registration issues: “Applicant has had a bona fide and effective industrial or commercial establishment in Mexico as of the date of issuance of the foreign registration.” TMEP §1002.04.
If applicant will not be able to assert that the country in which the foreign registration has issued is applicant’s country of origin, registration under Section 44(e) will be refused. See 15 U.S.C. §1126(c); TMEP §1002.01-.02. In that case, applicant may delete the Section 44(e) basis and rely solely on Section 1(b) as a basis. See 15 U.S.C. §§1051 (b), 1126(e); 37 C.F.R. §2.35(b); TMEP §806.04. However, applicant may still retain the priority filing date under Section 44(d) without perfecting the Section 44(e) basis, if applicant’s U.S. application satisfied the requirements of Section 44(d) as of the U.S. application filing date and applicant has a continuing valid basis for registration. See 37 C.F.R. §2.35(b)(3)-(4); TMEP §§806.02(f), 806.03(h).
Suspension process. The USPTO will periodically check this application to determine if it should remain suspended. See TMEP §716.04. As needed, the trademark examining attorney will issue a letter to applicant to inquire about the status of the reason for the suspension. TMEP §716.05.
No response required. Applicant may file a response, but is not required to do so.
/Timothy J. Callery/
Timothy J. Callery
Examining Attorney
Law Office 121
(571) 270-1987
tim.callery@uspto.gov