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BEZOS DAY ONE FUND

Zefram LLC

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88790414 - BEZOS DAY ONE FUND - 26307-4001

To: Zefram LLC (pctrademarks@perkinscoie.com)
Subject: U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88790414 - BEZOS DAY ONE FUND - 26307-4001
Sent: April 04, 2020 07:18:38 AM
Sent As: ecom116@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. 88790414

 

Mark:  BEZOS DAY ONE FUND

 

 

 

 

Correspondence Address: 

ANDREW ROPPEL

PERKINS COIE LLP

1201 THIRD AVENUE, SUITE 4900

SEATTLE, WA 98101

 

 

 

Applicant:  Zefram LLC

 

 

 

Reference/Docket No. 26307-4001

 

Correspondence Email Address: 

 pctrademarks@perkinscoie.com

 

 

 

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:  April 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.

 

SEARCH OF USPTO DATABASE OF MARKS

 

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.

 

SUMMARY OF ISSUES:

 

  1. Name Inquiry
  2. Disclaimer Required

 

I.                    NAME INQUIRY

 

Applicant must clarify whether the name “BEZOS” in the mark identifies a particular living individual.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b); TMEP §§813, 1206.03.  In this case, the application neither specifies whether the name in the mark identifies a particular living individual nor includes a written consent.  See TMEP §§813.01(a)-(b), 1206.04(a), 1206.05.

 

To register a mark that consists of or comprises the name of a particular living individual, including a first name, pseudonym, stage name, or nickname, an applicant must provide a written consent personally signed by the named individual.  15 U.S.C. §1052(c); TMEP §§813, 1206.04(a).  

 

Accordingly, if the name in the mark does not identify a particular living individual, applicant must submit a statement to that effect (e.g., “The name shown in the mark does not identify a particular living individual.”). 

 

However, if the name in the mark does identify a particular living individual, applicant must submit both of the following: 

 

(1)        The following statement:  “The name(s) shown in the mark identifies a living individual(s) whose consent(s) to register is made of record.”  If the name is a pseudonym, stage name, or nickname, applicant must provide the following statement:  “BEZOS” identifies Jeffrey Bezos, a living individual whose consent is of record.”

 

(2)        A written consent, personally signed by the named individual(s), as follows:  “I, Jeffrey Bezos, consent to the use and registration of my name, “BEZOS”, as a trademark and/or service mark with the USPTO.”

 

For an overview of the requirements for names appearing in marks, and instructions on how to satisfy this requirement using the online Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) response form, see the Name/Portrait/Signature of Particular Living Individual in Mark webpage. 

 

Failure to comply with a request for information is grounds for refusing registration.  In re Harley, 119 USPQ2d 1755, 1757-58 (TTAB 2016); TMEP §814. 

 

II.                DISCLAIMER REQUIRED

 

Applicant must disclaim the wording “FUND” because it is merely descriptive of an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature, purpose, or use of applicant’s services.  See 15 U.S.C. §1052(e)(1); DuoProSS Meditech Corp. v. Inviro Med. Devices, Ltd., 695 F.3d 1247, 1251, 103 USPQ2d 1753, 1755 (Fed. Cir. 2012); TMEP §§1213, 1213.03(a). 

 

The applicant has disclaimed “FUND” in Application No. 88211368, which uses the term in connection with the same or similar services.  See attached application.  Because the applicant has disclaimed “FUND” in a companion application that uses the term in connection with the same or similar services, “FUND” is merely descriptive of or generic for the services in this application.  Thus, it must be disclaimed. 

 

Applicant may respond to this issue by submitting a disclaimer in the following format: 

 

No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “FUND” 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. 

 

RESPONSE GUIDELINES

 

How to respond.  Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.    

 

 

/Ryan Cianci/

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 116

571-270-3721

ryan.cianci@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.  

 

 

 

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U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88790414 - BEZOS DAY ONE FUND - 26307-4001

To: Zefram LLC (pctrademarks@perkinscoie.com)
Subject: U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88790414 - BEZOS DAY ONE FUND - 26307-4001
Sent: April 04, 2020 07:18:38 AM
Sent As: ecom116@uspto.gov
Attachments:

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on April 04, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88790414

 

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. 

 

 

/Ryan Cianci/

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 116

571-270-3721

ryan.cianci@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 April 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.”

 

 

 


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