To: | Rakipi, Edmon (edmon@oppzone-capital.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 90021511 - THE GATEWAY PARTNERS - N/A |
Sent: | September 27, 2020 04:43:22 PM |
Sent As: | ecom124@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. 90021511
Mark: THE GATEWAY PARTNERS
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Correspondence Address:
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Applicant: Rakipi, Edmon
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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: September 27, 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:
· Disclaimer
PRIOR PENDING APPLICATION
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 mark in the referenced application. 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.
DISCLAIMER
The attached from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/partners defines PARTNERS as “to join or associate with another as partner.” The wording merely describes a characteristic of the applicant’s services where applicant works together with others as partners.
Applicant may respond to this issue by submitting a disclaimer in the following format:
No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “PARTNERS” 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.
Kim Saito
/Kim Saito/
Examining Attorney LO 124
571.272.9214
kim.saito@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE