Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

 

Issue date:  February 07, 2020

 

 

Application has been amended as shown below.  As agreed to by Wayne Appleby on February 5, 2020, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below.  Please notify the examining attorney immediately of any objections.  TMEP §707.  Otherwise, no response is required.  Id.  In addition, applicant is advised that amendments to the goods and/or services are permitted only if they clarify or limit them; amendments that add to or broaden the scope of the goods and/or services are not permitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a).  With entry of the present examiner’s amendment, in conjunction with the response filed by applicant on January 25, 2020, all outstanding refusals and requirements have been satisfied.

 

Disclaimer

 

The following disclaimer statement replaces the disclaimer of record:

 

No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “GAMES” and the pictorial representation of the map of the state of Texas apart from the mark as shown.

 

See 15 U.S.C. §1056(a); TMEP §§1213, 1213.08(a)(i).

 

Mark Description

 

The following description of the mark replaces the current description of record:

 

The mark consists of a stylized map of the state of Texas outlined in black, overlaid with a stylized rendering of the flag of Texas wherein the left half of the map is shaded blue with a white star outlined in black, and the right side of the map is divided by a black horizontal line so the upper section is white within which is the black stylized wording “GAMES” and the bottom portion is shaded red.

 

See 37 C.F.R. §§2.37, 2.72; TMEP §§808 et seq.

 

 

 

 

 

 

/Wendell S. Phillips III/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 110

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

(571) 272-5271

wendell.phillips@uspto.gov

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on February 07, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88653550

 

Your trademark application has been reviewed by a trademark examining attorney.  As part of that review, the assigned attorney has issued an official letter.  Please follow the steps below.

 

(1)  Read the official letter.  No response is necessary.

 

(2)  Direct questions about the contents of the Office action to the assigned attorney below. 

 

/Wendell S. Phillips III/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 110

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

(571) 272-5271

wendell.phillips@uspto.gov

 

Direct questions about navigating USPTO electronic forms, the USPTO website, the application process, the status of your application, and/or whether there are outstanding deadlines or documents related to your file to the Trademark Assistance Center (TAC).

 

 

 

GENERAL GUIDANCE

·         Check the status of your application periodically in the Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR) database to avoid missing critical deadlines.

 

·         Update your correspondence email address, if needed, to ensure you receive important USPTO notices about your application.

 

·         Beware of misleading notices sent by private companies about your application.  Private companies not associated with the USPTO use public information available in trademark registrations to mail and email trademark-related offers and notices – most of which require fees.  All official USPTO correspondence will only be emailed from the domain “@uspto.gov.”