To: | RONIN FACTORY, LLC (mgarrels@intellectualcounsel.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 90287932 - GNARNIA COFFEE - 2020MGTM1029 |
Sent: | January 23, 2021 04:50:33 PM |
Sent As: | ecom123@uspto.gov |
Attachments: | Attachment - 1 Attachment - 2 |
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application
U.S. Application Serial No. 90287932
Mark: GNARNIA COFFEE
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Correspondence Address: CERES PATENT & TECHNOLOGY, LLC
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Applicant: RONIN FACTORY, LLC
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Reference/Docket No. 2020MGTM1029
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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: January 23, 2021
INTRODUCTION
The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issue 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 applicant must address:
DISCLAIMER REQUIRED
This wording appears in applicant’s identification of goods. Additionally, the attached evidence from the American Heritage dictionary shows this wording means “[a]ny of various tropical African shrubs or trees of the genus Coffea, especially C. arabica or C. canephora, widely cultivated in the tropics for their seeds that are dried, roasted, and ground to prepare a stimulating aromatic drink” and “[t]he beverage prepared from the seeds of this plant”. See attached evidence. Thus, the wording merely describes applicant’s goods because applicant’s goods include a variety of types of coffee.
Applicant may respond to this issue by submitting a disclaimer in the following format:
No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “COFFEE” 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
Please call or email the assigned trademark examining attorney to resolve the issues in this Office action. Although the USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office actions, communication by phone or email is permissible to agree to proposed amendments to the application that will immediately place the application in condition for publication, registration, or suspension. See 37 C.F.R. §2.62(c); TMEP §707.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
/Sarah C. Hopkins/
Sarah Hopkins
Examining Attorney
Trademark Office 123
(571) 270-0942
sarah.hopkins@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE