To: | MVP Disc Sports, LLC (francis@reising.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88758516 - REMIX DISC GOLF - 82903020001 |
Sent: | March 31, 2020 11:56:19 PM |
Sent As: | ecom112@uspto.gov |
Attachments: | Attachment - 1 Attachment - 2 Attachment - 3 |
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application
U.S. Application Serial No. 88758516
Mark: REMIX DISC GOLF
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Correspondence Address: 755 W. BIG BEAVER RD., SUITE 1850
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Applicant: MVP Disc Sports, LLC
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Reference/Docket No. 82903020001
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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: March 31, 2020
Applicant is encouraged to email the trademark examining attorney at warren.olandria@uspto.gov to resolve the issues raised below. If the suggestions listed below are acceptable, then the examiner will issue an examiner’s amendment and approve the application for publication.
The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issue(s) below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
1. Disclaimer.
INFORMALITIES
The applicant’s mark REMIX DISC GOLF is used for “Sporting Articles, namely, Disc Golf Discs, Disc Golf Baskets, Disc Golf Retrievers and Disc Golf Disc Bags.”
The attached evidence from Wikipedia and The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language shows DISC GOLF means “Disc golf is a flying disc sport in which players throw a disc at a target; it is played using rules similar to golf.[2][3] It is usually played on a course of 9 or 18 holes. Players complete a hole by throwing a disc from a tee area toward a target, throwing again from the landing position of the disc until the target is reached. Usually, the number of throws a player uses to reach each target are tallied (often in relation to par), and players seek to complete each hole in the lowest number of total throws.[3],” DISCS means “A thin, flat, circular object or plate” and GOLF means “A game played on a large outdoor course with a series of 9 or 18 holes spaced far apart, the object being to propel a small, hard ball with the use of various clubs into each hole with as few strokes as possible.” Thus, the wording merely describes applicant’s goods and/or services because it merely describes the applicant’s discs and golf discs, and disc related goods.
Applicant may respond to this issue by submitting a disclaimer in the following format:
No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “DISC GOLF” apart from the mark as shown.
For an overview of disclaimers and instructions on how to provide one using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), see the Disclaimer webpage.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
/Warren L. Olandria/
Trademark Examining Attorney
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Law Office 112
Phone: 571-272-9718
Warren.Olandria@uspto.gov
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