LIVE THE SALT LIFE, 85658203, Offc Action Outgoing (Trademark Pros. Hist. Nov. 22, 2012)

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`Salt Life Holdings, LLC (krowe@sgrlaw.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 85658203 - LIVE THE SALT LIFE - N/A
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`11/22/2012 9:34:43 AM
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`ECOM106@USPTO.GOV
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
`OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`85658203
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`*85658203*
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`CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:
`http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp
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`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) APPLICATION SERIAL NO.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MARK: LIVE THE SALT LIFE(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`JACKSONVILLE, FL 32202-3629(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) APPLICANT:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160) Salt Life Holdings, LLC(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO :(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) N/A(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`KATHARINE F. ROWE(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL, LLP(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`50 N LAURA ST STE 2600
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`krowe@sgrlaw.com
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`(cid:160) S
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`TRICT DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER
`TO AVOID ABANDONMENT OF APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION, THE USPTO MUST RECEIVE APPLICANT’S COMPLETE
`RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE BELOW.
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`(cid:160)I
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`SSUE/MAILING DATE: 11/22/2012
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`(cid:160)T
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`HIS IS A FINAL ACTION.
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`This Office action is in response to applicant’s communication filed on October 31 st, 2012.
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`(cid:160)T
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`he requirement for an acceptable identification of services is hereby continued and made FINAL. Applicant must respond within six months of
`the date of issuance of this final Office action or the application will be abandoned.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).(cid:160) Applicant may
`respond by providing one or both of the following:
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`(1)(cid:160) A response that fully satisfies all outstanding requirements;
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`(2)(cid:160) An appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, with the appeal fee of $100 per class.
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`(cid:160)3
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`7 C.F.R. §2.64(a); TMEP §714.04; see 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(18); TBMP ch. 1200.
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`(cid:160)I
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`n certain rare circumstances, an applicant may respond by filing a petition to the Director pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(2) to review
`procedural issues.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.64(a); TMEP §714.04; see 37 C.F.R. §2.146(b); TBMP §1201.05; TMEP §1704 (explaining petitionable
`matters).(cid:160) The petition fee is $100.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(15).
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`(cid:160)A
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`pplicant’s online forums are considered a communication service and so, unlike the retail store services, are an International Class 38 and not
`an International Class 35 service.(cid:160) Applicant must either delete one or the other of the services from the identification of pay the filing fee for the
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`(cid:160)
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`added class.(cid:160) Trademark Rule 2.86(a).
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`(cid:160)P
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`roper classification of goods and services is a purely administrative matter within the sole discretion of the United States Patent and Trademark
`Office.(cid:160) In re Tee-Pak, Inc., 164 USPQ 88, 89 (TTAB 1969).
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`(cid:160)F
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`or an application with more than one international class, called a “multiple-class application,” an applicant must meet all the requirements
`below for those international classes based on an intent to use the mark in commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(b):
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`(1)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(2)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`LIST GOODS AND/OR SERVICES BY INTERNATIONAL CLASS:(cid:160) Applicant must list the goods and/or services by international
`class.
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`PROVIDE FEES FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL CLASSES:(cid:160) Applicant must submit an application filing fee for each international
`class
`of
`goods
`and/or
`services
`not
`covered
`by the
`fee(s)
`already paid
`(confirm current
`fee
`information
`at
`http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/tm_fee_info.jsp).
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`(cid:160)S
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`ee 15 U.S.C. §§1051(b), 1112, 1126(e); 37 C.F.R. §§2.34(a)(2)-(3), 2.86(a); TMEP §§1403.01, 1403.02(c).
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`/s/Dominick J. Salemi
`Dominick J. Salemi
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 106
`571-272-9330
`dominick.salemi@uspto.gov
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`(cid:160)T
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`O RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: (cid:160) Go to http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp. (cid:160) Please wait 48-72 hours from the
`issue/mailing date before using TEAS, to allow for necessary system updates of the application. (cid:160) For technical assistance with online forms, e-
`mail TEAS@uspto.gov.(cid:160) For(cid:160)questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney.(cid:160)(cid:160) E-mail
`communications will not be accepted as responses to Office actions; therefore, do not respond to this Office action by e-mail.
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`(cid:160)A
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`ll informal e-mail communications relevant to this application will be placed in the official application record.
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`(cid:160)W
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`HO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE:(cid:160) It must be personally signed by(cid:160)an individual applicant or(cid:160)someone with legal authority to bind an
`applicant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint applicants).(cid:160)(cid:160)If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the
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`response.(cid:160)(cid:160)
`PERIODICALLY CHECK THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION: (cid:160) To ensure that applicant does not miss crucial deadlines or official
`notices, check the status of the application every three to four months using Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) at
`http://tarr.uspto.gov/. (cid:160) Please keep a copy of the complete TARR screen. (cid:160) If TARR shows no change for more than six months, call
`1-800-786-9199. (cid:160) For more information on checking status, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/status/.
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`(cid:160)T
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`O UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160) Use the TEAS form at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageE.htm.
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`To:
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`Subject:
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`Sent:
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`Sent As:
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`Attachments:
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`Salt Life Holdings, LLC (krowe@sgrlaw.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 85658203 - LIVE THE SALT LIFE - N/A
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`11/22/2012 9:34:43 AM
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`ECOM106@USPTO.GOV
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`IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING YOUR
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`SPTO OFFICE ACTION HAS ISSUED ON 11/22/2012 FOR
`SERIAL NO. 85658203
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`lease follow the instructions below to continue the prosecution of your application:
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`(cid:160) U
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`(cid:160)P
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`TO READ OFFICE ACTION: Click on this link or go to http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow and enter the application serial
`number to access the Office action.
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`(cid:160)P
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`LEASE NOTE: The Office action may not be immediately available but will be viewable within 24 hours of this e-mail notification.
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`(cid:160)R
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`ESPONSE(cid:160)IS REQUIRED: You should carefully review the Office action to determine (1) how to respond; and (2) the applicable response
`time period. Your response deadline will be calculated from 11/22/2012 (or sooner if specified in the office action).
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`(cid:160)D
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`o NOT hit “Reply” to this e-mail notification, or otherwise attempt to e-mail your response, as the USPTO does NOT accept e-mailed
`responses.(cid:160) Instead, the USPTO recommends that you respond online using the Trademark Electronic Application System Response
`Form.
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`(cid:160)H
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`ELP: For technical assistance in accessing the Office action, please e-mail
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`TDR@uspto.gov.(cid:160) Please contact the assigned examining attorney with questions about the Office action.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) WARNING
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`(cid:160)F
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`ailure to file the required response by the applicable deadline will result in the ABANDONMENT of your
`application.
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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