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|Likes: 1Published by mschwimmersarah palin trademark application office actionsarah palin trademark application office actionMore info:Categories:Business/Law, Court FilingsPublished by: mschwimmer on Feb 07, 2011Copyright:Attribution Non-commercialAvailability:Read on Scribd mobile: iPhone, iPad and Android.download as PDF, TXT or read online from ScribdFlag for inappropriate content|Add to collectionSee moreSee lesshttp://www.scribd.com/doc/48299395/Sarah-Palin-Office-Action03/17/2014pdftextoriginal 2/6/11 9:18 PMU.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 85170226 - SARAH PALIN - N/APage 1 of 5http://tmportal.uspto.gov/external/PA_TOWUserInterface/OpenServl…=OOA&currentPage=1&rowNum=2&rowCount=5&formattedDate=29-Nov-2010
Mail / Create Date:
Palin, Sarah L. (tvf@cplawak.com)
U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 85170226 - SARAH PALIN - N/A
11/29/2010 4:11:47 PM
ECOM105@USPTO.GOV
85170226 MARK : SARAH PALIN
*85170226*
:THOMAS VAN FLEINCLAPP PETERSON VAN FLEIN TIEMESSEN &THO711 H ST STE 620ANCHORAGE, AK 99501-3454 CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:
http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm APPLICANT
: Palin, Sarah L.
:tvf@cplawak.com
STRICT DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER TO AVOID ABANDONMENT OF APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION, THE USPTO MUST RECEIVEAPPLICANT’S COMPLETE RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER WITHIN 6 MONTHS
OF THE ISSUE/MAILINGDATE BELOW.
ISSUE/MAILING DATE
TEAS PLUS APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT DOCUMENTS ELECTRONICALLY OR SUBMIT FEE:
Applicants who filed their application online using the reduced-fee TEAS Plus application must continue tosubmit certain documents online using TEAS, including responses to Office actions.
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§2.23(a)(1). For a complete list of these documents, see TMEP §819.02(b). In addition, such applicants mustaccept correspondence from the Office via e-mail throughout the examination process and must maintain avalid e-mail address. 37 C.F.R. §2.23(a)(2); TMEP §§819, 819.02(a). TEAS Plus applicants who do not meetthese requirements must submit an additional fee of $50 per international class of goods and/or services. 37C.F.R. §2.6(a)(1)(iv); TMEP §819.04. In appropriate situations and where all issues can be resolved byamendment, responding by telephone to authorize an examiner’s amendment will not incur this additional fee. The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant mustrespond 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 The trademark examining attorney has searched the Office’s database of registered and pending marks and hasfound no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). TMEP §704.02;
15 U.S.C. §1052(d). CONSENT Registration is refused because the applied-for mark, SARAH PALIN, consists of a name identifying a particular living individual whose consent to register the mark is not of record. Trademark Act Section 2(c), 15U.S.C. §1052(c);
see Ross v. Analytical Tech. Inc.
, 51 USPQ2d 1269 (TTAB 1999) (holding registration of opposer’s surname without consent was prohibited by Trademark Act Section 2(c));
In re McKee Baking Co.
,218 USPQ 287 (TTAB 1983) (holding mark comprising a sign on which the portrait of a young girl appears below the words LITTLE DEBBIE registrable upon furnishing of consent);
In re Steak & Ale Rest. of Am., Inc.
,185 USPQ 447 (TTAB 1975) (holding the wording PRINCE CHARLES unregistrable under Section 2(c) because it identified a particular living individual whose consent was not of record); TMEP §1206. The examining attorney notes the applicant is Sarah Palin, the name specified as the mark. However Ms. Palindid not personally sign the application. As stated in TMEP section 106.04(b): Application Must be Personally Signed . Consent may be presumed only where the individual whose nameor likeness appears in the mark personally
signs the application. If the application is signed by an authorizedsignatory, consent to register the name or likeness must be obtained from the individual. This is true evenwhere the name or likeness that appears in the mark is that of the individual applicant.Please note this refusal will be withdrawn if applicant provides written consent from the individual identified inthe applied-for mark.
TMEP §1206. This written consent must include a statement of the party’s consentto applicant’s registration of the identifying matter as a trademark, and not just the party’s consent to permitapplicant to use the mark.
See Reed v. Bakers Eng’g & Equip. Co.
, 100 USPQ 196, 199 (PTO 1954); TMEP§1206.04(a). ADDITIONAL FEE Applicant must submit an additional application processing fee of $50 per class because the application as fileddoes not meet the TEAS Plus application requirements in 37 C.F.R. §2.22(a). 37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(iv) and2.22(b). The following application requirement(s) were not met: No. 18; If the mark includes an individual’s
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name or portrait, either (i) a statement that identifies the living individual whose name or likeness the mark comprises and written consent of the individual, or (ii) a statement that the name or portrait does not identify aliving individual
Please see the requirement(s) and/or refusal(s) above for more information. SPECIMEN The class 35 specimens are not acceptable because they do not show use of the applied-for mark in connectionwith any of the services specified in the application. An application based on Trademark Act Section 1(a) mustinclude a specimen showing the applied-for mark in use in commerce for each class of goods and/or services.Trademark Act Sections 1 and 45, 15 U.S.C. §§1051, 1127; 37 C.F.R. §§2.34(a)(1)(iv), 2.56(a); TMEP §§904,904.07(a).In this case, the specimen submitted for the “Information about political elections” is a news story on the Fox® Network about Ms. Palin. The specimens submitted for the “Providing a website featuring information about political issues” are postings on Facebook®. The specimen does not show use of the mark as “providing awebsite featuring…”. Rather the proposed mark merely appears as a posting name. None of these specimens show use of the mark SARAH PALIN in relation to the services specified of “Information about political elections” and “Providing a website featuring information about political issues”.Therefore, applicant must submit the following: (1) A substitute specimen for the class 35 services showing the mark in use in commerce for each classof goods and/or services specified in the application; and (2) The following statement, verified with an affidavit or signed declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20:“
The substitute specimen was in use in commerce at least as early as the filing date of theapplication.
” 37 C.F.R. §2.59(a); TMEP §904.05;
37 C.F.R. §2.193(e)(1). If submitting asubstitute specimen requires an amendment to the dates of use, applicant must also verify the amendeddates. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(c); TMEP §904.05. Examples of specimens for services are signs, photographs, brochures, website printouts or advertisements thatshow the mark used in the actual sale or advertising of the services.
TMEP §§1301.04
If applicant cannot satisfy the above requirements, applicant may amend the application from a use incommerce basis under Section 1(a) to an intent to use basis under Section 1(b), for which no specimen isrequired.
TMEP §806.03(c). However, if applicant amends the basis to Section 1(b), registration will not be granted until applicant later amends the application back to use in commerce by filing an acceptableallegation of use with a proper specimen.
15 U.S.C. §1051(c), (d); 37 C.F.R. §§2.76, 2.88; TMEP §1103.To amend to Section 1(b), applicant must submit the following statement, verified with an affidavit or signeddeclaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20: “
Applicant has had a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerceon or in connection with the goods and/or services listed in the application as of the filing date of theapplication.
” 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(2); TMEP §806.01(b);
15 U.S.C. §1051(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.35(b)(1),2.193(e)(1). Pending receipt of a proper response, registration is refused because the class 35 specimen does not show theapplied-for mark in use in commerce as a service mark for the identified services. Trademark Act Sections 1and 45, 15 U.S.C. §§1051, 1127; 37 C.F.R. §§2.34(a)(1)(iv), 2.56(a); TMEP §§904, 904.07(a). Please note thespecimens submitted for the class 41 services are acceptable.
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