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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

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 04, 2020

 

 

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.

 

SUMMARY OF ISSUES:

• 2(d) Refusal – Likelihood of Confusion (All Classes)
• Prior Filed Applications (As to Classes 9 and 42)
• Translation Required

 

SECTION 2(d) REFUSAL – LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION

Registration of the applied-for mark is refused because of a likelihood of confusion with the mark in U.S. Registration No. 5505411.  Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d); see TMEP §§1207.01 et seq.  See the attached registration.

 

Trademark Act Section 2(d) bars registration of an applied-for mark that is so similar to a registered mark that it is likely consumers would be confused, mistaken, or deceived as to the commercial source of the goods and/or services of the parties.  See 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).  Likelihood of confusion is determined on a case-by-case basis by applying the factors set forth in In re E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 476 F.2d 1357, 1361, 177 USPQ 563, 567 (C.C.P.A. 1973) (called the “du Pont factors”).  In re i.am.symbolic, llc, 866 F.3d 1315, 1322, 123 USPQ2d 1744, 1747 (Fed. Cir. 2017).  Any evidence of record related to those factors need be considered; however, “not all of the DuPont factors are relevant or of similar weight in every case.”  In re Guild Mortg. Co., 912 F.3d 1376, 1379, 129 USPQ2d 1160, 1162 (Fed. Cir. 2019) (quoting In re Dixie Rests., Inc., 105 F.3d 1405, 1406, 41 USPQ2d 1531, 1533 (Fed. Cir. 1997)).

 

Although not all du Pont factors may be relevant, there are generally two key considerations in any likelihood of confusion analysis:  (1) the similarities between the compared marks and (2) the relatedness of the compared goods and/or services.  See In re i.am.symbolic, llc, 866 F.3d at 1322, 123 USPQ2d at 1747 (quoting Herbko Int’l, Inc. v. Kappa Books, Inc., 308 F.3d 1156, 1164-65, 64 USPQ2d 1375, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2002)); Federated Foods, Inc. v. Fort Howard Paper Co.,544 F.2d 1098, 1103, 192 USPQ 24, 29 (C.C.P.A. 1976) (“The fundamental inquiry mandated by [Section] 2(d) goes to the cumulative effect of differences in the essential characteristics of the goods [or services] and differences in the marks.”); TMEP §1207.01. 

 

COMPARISON OF MARKS

 

Where the goods and services of an applicant and registrant are “similar in kind and/or closely related,” the degree of similarity between the marks required to support a finding of likelihood of confusion is not as great as in the case of diverse goods and services.  In re J.M. Originals Inc., 6 USPQ2d 1393, 1394 (TTAB 1987); see Shen Mfg. Co. v. Ritz Hotel Ltd., 393 F.3d 1238, 1242, 73 USPQ2d 1350, 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2004); TMEP §1207.01(b).

 

Marks are compared in their entireties for similarities in appearance, sound, connotation, and commercial impression.  Stone Lion Capital Partners, LP v. Lion Capital LLP, 746 F.3d 1317, 1321, 110 USPQ2d 1157, 1160 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (quoting Palm Bay Imps., Inc. v. Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Maison Fondee En 1772, 396 F.3d 1369, 1371, 73 USPQ2d 1689, 1691 (Fed. Cir. 2005)); TMEP §1207.01(b)-(b)(v).  “Similarity in any one of these elements may be sufficient to find the marks confusingly similar.”  In re Inn at St. John’s, LLC, 126 USPQ2d 1742, 1746 (TTAB 2018) (citing In re Davia, 110 USPQ2d 1810, 1812 (TTAB 2014)), aff’d per curiam, 777 F. App’x 516, 2019 BL 343921 (Fed. Cir. 2019); TMEP §1207.01(b).

 

In this case, Applicant’s proposed mark is “NORD.”  Registrant’s mark is “KRONABY NORD.”

 

When comparing marks, “[t]he proper test is not a side-by-side comparison of the marks, but instead whether the marks are sufficiently similar in terms of their commercial impression such that [consumers] who encounter the marks would be likely to assume a connection between the parties.”  Cai v. Diamond Hong, Inc., 901 F.3d 1367, 1373, 127 USPQ2d 1797, 1801 (Fed. Cir. 2018) (quoting Coach Servs., Inc. v. Triumph Learning LLC, 668 F.3d 1356, 1368, 101 USPQ2d 1713, 1721 (Fed. Cir. 2012)); TMEP §1207.01(b).  The proper focus is on the recollection of the average purchaser, who retains a general rather than specific impression of trademarks.  In re Inn at St. John’s, LLC, 126 USPQ2d 1742, 1746 (TTAB 2018) (citing In re St. Helena Hosp., 774 F.3d 747, 750-51, 113 USPQ2d 1082, 1085 (Fed. Cir. 2014); Geigy Chem. Corp. v. Atlas Chem. Indus., Inc., 438 F.2d 1005, 1007, 169 USPQ 39, 40 (C.C.P.A. 1971)), aff’d per curiam, 777 F. App’x 516, 2019 BL 343921 (Fed. Cir. 2019); TMEP §1207.01(b).

 

Applicant, here, has merely removed a term from a registered mark, KRONABY.

Although applicant’s mark does not contain the entirety of the registered mark, applicant’s mark is likely to appear to prospective purchasers as a shortened form of registrant’s mark.  See In re Mighty Leaf Tea, 601 F.3d 1342, 1348, 94 USPQ2d 1257, 1260 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (quoting United States Shoe Corp., 229 USPQ 707, 709 (TTAB 1985)).  Thus, merely omitting some of the wording from a registered mark may not overcome a likelihood of confusion.  See In re Mighty Leaf Tea, 601 F.3d 1342, 94 USPQ2d 1257; In re Optica Int’l, 196 USPQ 775, 778 (TTAB 1977); TMEP §1207.01(b)(ii)-(iii).  In this case, applicant’s mark does not create a distinct commercial impression from the registered mark because it contains some of the wording in the registered mark and does not add any wording that would distinguish it from that mark.

 

Further, even if potential purchasers realize the apparent differences between the marks, they could still reasonably assume, due to the overall similarities in sound, appearance, connotation, and commercial impression in the respective marks, that applicant's goods and services sold under the “NORD” mark constitute a new or additional product line from the same source as the goods and services sold under the “KRONABY NORD” mark with which they are acquainted or familiar, and that applicant’s mark is merely a variation of the registrant’s mark.  See, e.g., SMS, Inc. v. Byn-Mar Inc. 228 USPQ 219, 220 (TTAB 1985) (applicant’s marks ALSO ANDREA and ANDREA SPORT were “likely to evoke an association by consumers with opposer's preexisting mark [ANDREA SIMONE] for its established line of clothing.”).

 

Therefore, the marks are confusingly similar for purposes of a likelihood of confusion analysis.

 

If the marks of the respective parties are highly similar, the inquiry must move to a consideration of the commercial relationship between the goods or services of the respective parties to determine whether there is a likelihood of confusion.

 

COMPARISON OF GOODS/SERVICES

 

CLASS 9

 

Registrant’s Class 9 goods are:

 

Class 9:           Computers, computer peripherals, computer terminals; computer hardware; computers for gaming, microprocessors, memory boards, computer monitors, computer monitor displays, keyboards, electric cables, modems, document printers, disk drives, power adapters, computer adapter cards, cable connectors and LED drivers; blank computer storage media; IT computer hardware systems, software and computer applications for operation of smart connected clocks and watches and consumer electronics products; magnetic data carriers, namely, blank computer discs; computer software and firmware, namely, operating system programs, data synchronization programs, and application development tool programs for personal and handheld computers; pre-recorded computer programs for personal information management, database management software, character recognition software, telephony management software, electronic mail and messaging software, paging software, mobile telephone software; database synchronization software, computer programs for accessing, browsing and searching online databases, computer hardware and software for providing integrated telephone communication with computerized global information networks; handheld digital electronic devices, namely, handheld digital electronic devices for transmitting, storing, manipulating, recording, and reviewing text, images, audio, video and data, including via global computer networks, wireless networks, and electronic communications networks and operational software related thereto; MP3 and other digital format audio players; hand held computers, personal digital assistants, electronic organizers, electronic notepads; mobile digital electronic devices, namely, mobile digital electronic devices for transmitting, storing, manipulating, recording, and reviewing text, images, audio, video and data, including via global computer networks, wireless networks, and electronic communications networks, telephones; handheld and mobile digital electronic devices for the sending and receiving of telephone calls, faxes, electronic mail, and other digital data; cordless telephones; mobile telephones; structural parts and fittings for mobile telephones; facsimile machines, answering machines, cameras, videophones, telephone-based information retrieval software and hardware; electronic handheld units for the wireless receipt, storage and/or transmission of data and messages, and electronic devices, namely, computer tablets and wearable computers that enable the user to keep track of or manage personal information; electronic communication equipment and instruments, namely, mobile phones and wearable computers; telecommunications apparatus and instruments, namely, mobile phones; software for the redirection of messages, Internet e-mail, and/or other data to one or more electronic handheld devices from a data store on or associated with a personal computer or a server; software for the synchronization of data between a remote station or device and a fixed or remote station or device; fonts, typefaces, type designs and symbols in the form of recorded data; chips, discs and tapes bearing or for recording computer programs and software for the redirection of messages, Internet e-mail, and other data to one or more electronic handheld devices from a data store on or associated with a personal computer or a server and for the synchronization of data between a remote station or device and a fixed or remote station or device; blank random access memory cards, read only memory cards featuring software for the redirection of messages, Internet e-mail, and other data to one or more electronic handheld devices from a data store on or associated with a personal computer or a server and for the synchronization of data between a remote station or device and a fixed or remote station or device; blank solid state memory apparatus; computer games programs and electronic games programs; computer hardware for use with any of the aforesaid goods; electronic apparatus, namely, computers with multimedia functions for use with any of the aforesaid goods; electronic apparatus, namely, computers with interactive functions for use with any of the aforesaid goods; accessories, parts, fittings, and testing apparatus for all the aforementioned goods, namely, computer hardware; user manuals in electronically readable, machine readable or computer readable form for use with, and sold as a unit with, all the aforementioned goods; apparatus for data storage, namely, blank USB flash drives; hard drives; miniature hard disk drive storage units; pre-recorded vinyl records, audio tapes, audio-video tapes, audio video cassettes, audio video discs featuring movies and music videos; audio tapes featuring music and sold as a unit; CD-ROMs featuring music; digital versatile discs featuring music; mouse pads; batteries; rechargeable batteries; battery chargers; chargers for electric batteries; headphones; stereo headphones; in-ear headphones; stereo speakers; audio speakers; audio speakers for home; monitor speakers; speakers for computers; personal stereo speaker apparatus; radio receivers, amplifiers, sound recording and reproducing apparatus, electric phonographs, record players, high fidelity stereo apparatus, tape recorders and reproducing apparatus, loudspeakers, multiple speaker units, microphones; digital audio and video devices, namely, televisions; audio cassette recorders and players, video cassette recorders and players, compact disc players, digital versatile disc recorders and players, digital audio tape recorders and players; digital music and video players; radios; video cameras; audio, video, and digital mixers; radio transmitters; car audio apparatus, namely, radios; structural parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods; bags and cases adapted or shaped to contain cameras and/or video cameras; mobile telephone covers; mobile telephone cases; mobile telephone cases made of leather or imitations of leather; mobile telephone covers made of cloth or textile materials; bags and cases adapted or shaped to contain MP3 players, hand held computers, personal digital assistants, electronic organizers and electronic notepads

 

Applicant’s goods in Class 9 at issue are:

 

Class 9:           Data processing apparatus; Tablet computers; Modems; Smartphones; Sleeves for laptops; Loudspeakers; Headphones; Electronic book readers; Smart television; Remote controls for televisions, excluding gaming apparatus; Electrical adapters; Battery chargers; Mobile telephone batteries; Internet-ready televisions; Smartwatches

 

Applicant’s “data processing apparatus” is broad enough to encapsulate many of the registrant’s goods, such as computers and handheld computers. Registrant’s “computers” is broad enough to encapsulate the narrower types of computers, tablet computers. Both applicant and registrant identify “modems.” Registrant’s “mobile telephones” is broad enough to encapsulate all phones that are mobile, including applicant’s “Smartphones.”

 

Further, companies providing applicant’s laptop sleeves are also likely to sell bags, cases and sleeves for cameras, video cameras, monile telephones, MP3 layers, hand held computers, etc., which the registrant identifies.

 

Both applicant and registrant identify “loudspeakers; headphones.” Registrant’s “mobile digital electronic devices, namely, mobile digital electronic devices for transmitting, storing, manipulating, recording, and reviewing text, images, audio, video and data, including via global computer networks, wireless networks, and electronic communications networks” is broad enough to include a type of these goods, electronic book readers, which allow for the storing of data in the nature of a digital book.

Registrant’s “televisions” are broad enough to identify all goods of the type described, including applicant’s narrower types of television, “smart television” and “Internet-read televisions.” Further, it is virtually ubiquitous for those selling televisions to likewise sell their remotes, making applicant’s remotes for televisions highly related to registrant’s “televisions.”

 

Registrant’s “power adapters” and applicant’s “electrical adapters” are two phrases for the same category of goods, making them legally identical (electricity is a type of power).

 

Both applicant and registrant identify “battery chargers.” Registrant’s “rechargeable batteries” are broad enough to include all goods of the type described, including applicant’s more narrow type of rechargeable batteries, those for mobile telephones.

 

Finally, registrant offers software for smart watches, and regular Class 14 watches. Companies offering regular watches commonly likewise offer smartwatches beneath the same brand. See attachments, for example, from Fossil and Michael Kors.

 

            CLASS 35

 

In Class 35, the registrant’s services are:

 

Advertising services; business management; business administration; providing office functions; advertising and marketing services; promotion services; conducting market surveys; analysis of advertising response and market research; marketing services, retailing in the nature of providing online retail store services featuring IT systems, software and apps for smart connected clocks and watches and consumer electronics products; retail store services in the field of entertainment featuring movies, musical and audiovisual works, and music related electronic products, provided via the Internet and other electronic and communications networks; retail store services featuring computer, electronic and entertainment products; retail store services provided via communications networks featuring computer, electronic and entertainment products; retail store services provided by communications networks featuring mobile phones, handheld mobile digital electronic devices, music related electronic products and other consumer electronics, computer software, accessories, peripherals, and carrying cases for such devices; computerized data retrieval services in the nature of providing business data analysis for digital text, data, image, audio, and video works; internet services, namely, compiling indexes of information, sites and other resources available on global computer networks for others; searching, browsing and retrieving information, sites, and other resources available on global computer networks and other communication networks for others, namely, analyzing and compiling business data; providing commercial information via a global computer network according to user preferences; information, advisory and consultancy services relating to all the aforesaid business services

 

Applicant’s Class 35 services at issue are:

 

Advertising services; Online advertising on a computer network; Rental of advertising time on communication media; Market research studies; Provision of commercial and business contact information; Sales promotion for others; Provision of an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of goods and services; Systemization of information into computer databases; Updating and maintenance of data in computer databases

 

Both applicant and registrant identify “advertising services,” and the registrant’s use of it is broad enough to include all types described, including applicant’s “online advertising on a computer network,” and “rental of advertising time on communication media.”

 

Registrant’s “market research” is broad enough to include the method by which such research can be conducted, applicant’s “market research studies.” Indeed, the registrant likewise identifies “conducting market surveys,” which would be a form of market research studies.

 

Registrant’s “providing commercial information via a global computer network according to user preferences” is broad enough to include the provision of all types of commercial information, including applicant’s “provision of commercial and business contact information.”

Registrant’s “promotion services” is broad enough to include applicant’s narrower form of promotion, “sales promotion for others.” Further, “provision of an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of goods and services” is legally equivalent to online retail store services. In both cases, the applicant/registrant need not be the maker of the goods in order to sell them in the online store/marketplace, and applicant has not narrowed their marketplace goods by field or item as registrant has. Thus, they are presumed to overlap.

 

In addition, “systemization of information into computer databases” is one method by which registrant’s broader “computerized data retrieval services in the nature of providing business data analysis for digital text, data, image, audio, and video works; internet services, namely, compiling indexes of information, sites and other resources available on global computer networks for others; searching, browsing and retrieving information, sites, and other resources available on global computer networks and other communication networks for others, namely, analyzing and compiling business data; providing commercial information via a global computer network according to user preferences.” Retrieving, compiling, and indexing of information by its nature is a form of systemization that creates a database from which the consumer can then retrieve the information.

 

            CLASS 42

 

Registrant’s Class 42 services are:

 

Scientific and technological services, namely, scientific research, analysis, and testing, in the field of smart connected clocks, watches and consumer electronics products and product design relating thereto; industrial analysis and research services of smart connected clocks, watches and consumer electronics products to assure compliance with industry standards; design and development of computer hardware and software; computer hardware and software design and development consulting services; rental of computer hardware, software and computer equipment; multimedia and audio-visual software consulting services; design and development of IT systems, computer software and apps for smart connected clocks and watches and consumer electronics products; computer programming; troubleshooting support and consultation services for developing computer systems, databases and applications; graphic design for the compilation of web pages on the Internet; providing information relating to design and development of computer hardware provided on-line from a global computer network or the Internet; creating and maintaining web-sites; hosting the web-sites of others; providing search engines for obtaining data via communications networks; application service provider (ASP) services featuring software for use in connection with online music subscription service, software that enables users to play and program music and entertainment-related audio, video, text and multimedia content, and software featuring musical sound recordings, entertainment-related audio, video, text and multimedia content; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software to enable users to program audio, video, text and other multimedia content, including music, concerts, videos, radio, television, news, sports, games, cultural events, and entertainment-related programs; hosting on-line facilities, via a global computer network, to enable users to program the scheduling of audio, video, text and other multimedia content, including music, concerts, videos, radio, television, news, sports, games, cultural events, and entertainment-related programs as they will be aired; providing search engines for obtaining data on a global computer network; creating computer network-based indexes of information, websites and resources for others information technology services; information, advisory and consultancy services relating to all the aforesaid computer services; providing Internet search engines; computer consulting and support services, namely, monitoring technological functions of computer network systems for scanning information into computer discs; computerized data storage services; computerized data storage services for digital text, data, image, audio, and video works; data storage of electronic music

 

Applicant’s relevant Class 42 services are:

 

Research and development of new products for others; Industrial design; Computer software design; Consulting services in the field of software as a service (SAAS); Consulting services in the field of cloud computing; Electronic data storage; Off-site data backup

 

Applicant’s “research and development of new products for others” is broad enough to encapsulate the registrant’s more narrow “scientific research… in the field of smart connected clocks, watches and consumer electronics products and product design relating thereto; industrial analysis and research services of smart connected clocks, watches and consumer electronics products to assure compliance with industry standards.” The registrant is researching and developing new products in these particular fields, making it a narrower form of applicant’s service as written.

 

Similarly, applicant’s “industrial design” (industrial design is the professional service of creating and developing concepts and specifications that optimize the function, value and appearance of products and systems for the mutual benefit of both user and manufacturer) is broad enough to include those same services aforementioned of the registrant’s, as industrial analysis and research for purpose of complying with industry standards is, in essence, a form of industrial design when coupled with the registrant’s “design and development of IT systems, computer software and apps for smart connected clocks and watches and consumer electronics products” services.

 

Both applicant and registrant identify software design services. Further, registrant’s software design consulting services is broad enough to encapsulate the applicant’s narrower types of software consulting, consulting related to software-as-a-service and cloud computing.

 

Applicant’s “Electronic data storage; Off-site data backup” is broad enough to encapsulate registrant’s narrower forms of these services, “computerized data storage services; computerized data storage services for digital text, data, image, audio, and video works; data storage of electronic music.”

 

CONCLUSION

 

Registration of Applicant’s proposed mark is therefore refused registration under Section 2(d) as likely to cause confusion with a registered mark.

 

Although applicant’s mark has been refused registration, applicant may respond to the refusal(s) by submitting evidence and arguments in support of registration.

 

PRIOR-FILED APPLICATION(S)

 

The filing dates of pending U.S. Application Serial Nos.:

 

88768969 (NORD, as to applicant’s Class 9 “Data processing apparatus” and Class 42 “Technological research in the field of computer hardware systems; Research and development of new products for others; Computer software design; Consulting services in the field of software as a service (SAAS); Consulting services in the field of cloud computing; Electronic data storage; Off-site data backup; Outsource service providers in the field of information technology”)

 

88208577 (NORD SENSE, as to applicant’s Class 9 “Global positioning system (GPS) apparatus” and Class 42 “Research and development of new products for others; Computer software design; Consulting services in the field of software as a service (SAAS); Consulting services in the field of cloud computing; Outsource service providers in the field of information technology”)

 

87559303 (NORDGREEN, as to applicant’s Class 9 “Global positioning system (GPS) apparatus; Smart glasses; Smartwatches”)

 

all precede applicant’s filing date.  See attached referenced applications.  If one or more of the marks in the referenced applications register, applicant’s mark may be refused registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d) because of a likelihood of confusion with the registered mark(s).  See 15 U.S.C. §1052(d); 37 C.F.R. §2.83; TMEP §§1208 et seq.  Therefore, upon receipt of applicant’s response to this Office action, action on this application may be suspended pending final disposition of the earlier-filed referenced applications.

 

In response to this Office action, applicant may present arguments in support of registration by addressing the issue of the potential conflict between applicant’s mark and the marks in the referenced applications.  Applicant’s election not to submit arguments at this time in no way limits applicant’s right to address this issue later if a refusal under Section 2(d) issues.

 

TRANSLATION INQUIRY

 

To permit proper examination of the application, applicant must submit an English translation of the foreign wording in the mark.  37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(9), 2.61(b); see TMEP §809.  The following English translation is suggested: 

 

The English translation of “NORD” in the mark is “NORTH”.  TMEP §809.03. 

 

See attached translation evidence.

 

RESPONSE GUIDELINES

 

Please call or email the assigned trademark examining attorney with questions about this Office action.  Although an examining attorney cannot provide legal advice, the examining attorney can provide additional explanation about the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in this Office action.  See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06. 

 

The USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office actions; however, emails can be used for informal communications and are included in the application record.  See 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05. 

 

 

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/Caitlin Watts-Fitzgerald/

Caitlin Watts-FitzGerald

Examining Attorney

Law Office 111

571-272-9015

Caitlin.Watts-Fitzgerald@USPTO.GOV

 

 

RESPONSE GUIDANCE

• Missing the response deadline to this letter will cause the application to abandon.  A response or notice of appeal must be received by the USPTO before midnight Eastern Time of the last day of the response period.  TEAS and ESTTA maintenance or unforeseen circumstances could affect an applicant’s ability to timely respond.  

 

• Responses signed by an unauthorized party are not accepted and can cause the application to abandon.  If applicant does not have an attorney, the response must be signed by the individual applicant, all joint applicants, or someone with legal authority to bind a juristic applicant.  If applicant has an attorney, the response must be signed by the attorney.

 

• If needed, find contact information for the supervisor of the office or unit listed in the signature block.

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on March 04, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88772033

 

Your trademark application has been reviewed by a trademark examining attorney.  As part of that review, the assigned attorney has issued an official letter that you must respond to by the specified deadline or your application will be abandoned.  Please follow the steps below.

 

(1)  Read the official letter.

 

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

 

 

/Caitlin Watts-Fitzgerald/

Caitlin Watts-FitzGerald

Examining Attorney

Law Office 111

571-272-9015

Caitlin.Watts-Fitzgerald@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).

 

(3)  Respond within 6 months (or earlier, if required in the Office action) from March 04, 2020, using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).  The response must be received by the USPTO before midnight Eastern Time of the last day of the response period.  See the Office action for more information about how to respond

 

 

 

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.”