NOTE TO THE FILE

SERIAL NUMBER:            85015803

DATE:                                07/27/2010

NAME:                               msuarez

NOTE:         

Searched:                                                             Discussed ID with:
     Google                                 Senior Atty
     Lexis/Nexis                            Managing Atty
     OneLook
     Wikipedia
     Acronym Finder                         Protest evidence reviewed
     Other:

Checked:                                                              Discussed Geo. Sig. with:
     Geographic significance                Senior Atty
     Surname                                Managing Atty 
     Translation
     ID with ID/CLASS mailbox

Discussed file with
Attorney/Applicant via:
        phone                               Left message with
        email                               Attorney/Applicant

     Requested Law Library search           Issued Examiner’s Amendment
     for:                                   and entered changes in TRADEUPS

        PRINT        DO NOT PRINT         Added design code in TRADEUPS
     Description of the mark
     Translation statement                  Re-imaged standard character
                                            drawing
     Negative translation statement             
     Consent of living individual           Contacted TM MADRID ID/CLASS
                                            about misclassified definite ID
     Changed TRADEUPS to:

 X   OTHER:

From: Kirsten@Kleynimals [mailto:kirsten@kleynimals.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 3:06 PM
To: Suarez, Maria-Victoria
Subject: Re: Trademark Application Serial No. 85015803 - KLEYNIMALS CLEAN KEY ANIMALS

Hi Vicki,

Thank you so much for contacting me.  I am totally fine with the disclaimer on the word "ANIMALS" in the register for my trademark.  Please let em know if there is anything else you need from me.

Best wishes,

Kirsten Chapman

On Jul 27, 2010, at 10:34 AM, Suarez, Maria-Victoria wrote:

Dear Ms. Chapman --

 

I am the examining attorney assigned to your application.

 

The Office can require an applicant to disclaim the exclusive right to use a descriptive or generic term apart from the mark as shown.  In this case, I am requiring a disclaimer of the wording "ANIMALS" because it describes the shape of your infant toys.  Your infant toys are shaped like different animals.

 

A disclaimer does not physically remove the wording from the mark.  It is merely a statement in the register that you do not own the exclusive right to use "ANIMALS."  In other words, you cannot prevent other people who makes toys shapes like animals from using the word "ANIMALS."

 

With your OK, I can enter the disclaimer into the record and you will not have to submit a formal response.

 

Thank you very much for your prompt attention to this matter.

 

/Vicki Suarez/

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 102

571-272-9264