To: | Cookies Creative Consulting & Promotions ETC. (tmdoctc@fr.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88767841 - RUNTZ - 483400011001 |
Sent: | April 22, 2020 05:00:18 PM |
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. 88767841
Mark: RUNTZ
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Applicant: Cookies Creative Consulting & Promotions ETC.
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Reference/Docket No. 483400011001
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EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
Issue date: April 22, 2020
This Examiner’s Amendment is in response to applicant’s communication on April 16, 2020.
In a previous Office action(s) dated April 14, 2020, applicant was required to satisfy the following requirement(s): amend the identification of goods and/or services.
After issuance of the Examiner’s Amendment below, the following requirement(s) will be satisfied: amend the identification of goods and/or services.
Application has been amended as shown below. As agreed to by Jon Jekel on April 16, 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).
IDENTIFICATION OF SERVICES
The identification of services is amended to read as follows:
International Class 035: Conducting, arranging and organizing trade shows, trade fairs, and business conferences for the cannabis industry; business advisory services, consultancy and information relating to the cannabis industry; advocacy services, namely, promoting the interests of businesses and individuals related to cannabis, cannabis-related products and services, licensing, and government compliance; lobbying, namely, promoting the interests of businesses and individuals related to cannabis, cannabis-related products and services, licensing, and government compliance; advertising, marketing and promotional services; preparing business reports related to the cannabis industry; providing consumer information and related news in the fields of cannabis and CBD; providing consumer information and related news in the field of marijuana dispensary inventories and locations; providing a web site featuring the ratings, reviews and recommendations on products and services for commercial purposes posted by users; providing referrals in the field of cannabis
See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).
GUIDANCE
After the trademark examining attorney issues the examiner’s amendment, applicant will not receive a registration on the Principal Register for the applied-for mark until the mark makes it through the publication process and opposition period. The publication process starts once the trademark examining attorney issues the examiner’s amendment and the mark is approved for publication in the USPTO’s Trademark Official Gazette, a weekly online publication. The USPTO will then send a “Notice of Publication” to the applicant specifying the date its mark will publish in this publication.
The USPTO publishes applicant’s mark in the Trademark Official Gazette to provide third parties who believe they may be damaged by registration of applicant’s mark an opportunity to oppose registration of that mark within thirty (30) days from the publication date. An “opposition” is similar to a federal court proceeding, but this proceeding is held before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, a USPTO administrative tribunal of administrative judges who issue decisions on these matters. If a third party opposes registration of applicant’s mark by instituting an opposition proceeding, the USPTO will send applicant notice of this opposition.
If no one opposes registration of the mark, and the mark was published based upon an applicant’s actual use of the mark in commerce or on a foreign registration, the USPTO generally registers the mark and issues a registration certificate within approximately twelve (12) weeks after the publication date.
If no one opposes registration of the mark, and the mark was published based upon an applicant’s bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce, the USPTO generally issues a “Notice of Allowance” within approximately eight (8) weeks after the publication date. Applicant then has six (6) months from the date of the Notice of Allowance to timely file a “Statement of Use” or to file a request for a six-month “Extension of Time to file a Statement of Use” (extension request). Extension requests are granted in six-month increments and a maximum of five extension requests can be filed after the issuance of the Notice of Allowance. If a Statement of Use is not filed within the six months after the Notice of Allowance issued, a Statement of Use must be filed within the time period of a previously granted extension request. The USPTO will only issue a registration certificate after the trademark examining attorney approves a Statement of Use.
For an overview of the time frames for when an applicant should file and the USPTO will issue documents related to a trademark application, see Trademark Application and Post-Registration Process Timelines. Forms for Statements of Use and extension requests, and additional requirements for intent to use applications, are available online at Intent to Use (ITU) Forms.
/Tricia L. Brown/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 121
(571) 270-7892
tricia.brown@uspto.gov