NOTE TO THE FILE
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`SERIAL NUMBER:            
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`90110336
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`DATE:                               
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`11/05/2020
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`NAME:                              
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`cyi1
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`NOTE:         
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`Searched:                                                                    Google                                   Lexis/Nexis                              OneLook
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`Checked:                                                              
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`          Protest evidence reviewed
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`      Checked list of approved Canadian attorneys and agents
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`Discussed file with
`Attorney/Applicant via:
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` X    email Andrew Harris, Esq. 11.5.20                                Attorney/Applicant
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`      Requested Law Library search     
`     for:                                   and entered changes in TRADEUPS
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` X    Issued Examiner’s Amendment
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`DO NOT PRINT             Added design code in TRADEUPS
`PRINT          
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`      Description of the mark
`      Translation statement                    Re-imaged standard character
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`      Negative translation statement
`      Consent of living individual             Contacted TM MADRID ID/CLASS
`                                            about misclassified definite ID
`      Changed TRADEUPS to:
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`      OTHER:
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`From: Andrew Harris <aharris@nwcorporatelaw.com>
`Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2020 2:28 PM
`To: Yi, Crystal <Crystal.Yi@USPTO.GOV>
`Subject: Re: U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 90110336 (KRAKEN KRATOM)
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`Hi Crystal,
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`Thanks for your message. This confirms my agreement with the suggested changes, with the sole caveat that I added the word "of"
`(highlighted in yellow below) to the suggested mark description.
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`Thanks,
`Andy
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`On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 10:46 AM Yi, Crystal <Crystal.Yi@uspto.gov> wrote:
`Good afternoon Andrew:
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` I
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` am the examining attorney reviewing U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Application Serial No. 90110336 (KRAKEN KRATOM).  I have
`identified the following issues that I believe can be resolved via email: 
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`1.     Identification of goods: The identification of goods needs to be amended to indicate that the goods contain kratom to avoid a
`misdescriptivness refusal.  Applicant may adopt the following, if accurate:
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`International Class 005:  “Herbal supplements containing kratom”
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`International Class 030:  “Tea containing kratom”
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`2.     Disclaimer of “KRATOM”: The wording “KRATOM” must be disclaimed in registering your mark as it is descriptive of the goods the
`applicant offers.
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`In disclaiming the word “KRATOM”, the disclaimer would simply state that “No claim is made to the exclusive right to use
`“KRATOM” apart from the mark as shown.”  This will allow others to use the word in describing their goods in the marketplace
`in the future.  Importantly, a disclaimer does not affect the physical appearance of the mark, and does not have to be physically
`removed from the mark.
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`3.     Mark description: The mark description needs to be amended to accurately describe all features of the mark.  Applicant may adopt the
`following, if accurate:
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`Mark description:  The mark consists of the stylized design of a kraken being a sea creature reminiscent of an octopus in
`green, black, and red, all within a circle outlined in black.  The design is to the left of the stylized wording “KRAKEN
`KRATOM” in black.  The color white in the mark represents background and/or transparent areas and is not claimed
`as a feature of the mark.
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`These changes can be made on my end through an Examiner’s Amendment once you confirm agreement with the above changes.
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`Please respond to this email by 3 p.m. ET on Thursday, November 5, 2020.
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`Sincerely,
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`Crystal Yi
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`_________________________________________
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`Crystal H. Yi, Esq.
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 123
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
`571.270.0763
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`PLEASE NOTE:  All relevant e-mail communications will be placed in the official application record; however, an e-mail
`communication will not be accepted as a response to any Office action and will not extend the deadline for filing a proper response.  See 37
`C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05.  Further, although the trademark examining attorney may provide additional
`explanation pertaining to a refusal and/or requirement in any Office action, the trademark examining attorney may not provide legal advice or
`statements about applicant’s rights.  See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06.
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