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Office Actions for Trademarks | Contested Proceedings | What happens to your trademark.

Office Actions for Trademarks | Contested Proceedings | What happens to your trademark. Office Actions for Trademarks | Contested Proceedings | What happens to your trademark. Trademark Office Action An Office Action is basically when the examining attorney looks at your application and compares your proposed trademark to any other existing trademarks. This is to […]

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Office Actions for Trademarks | Contested Proceedings | What happens to your trademark.

Office Actions for Trademarks | Contested Proceedings | What happens to your trademark.

Trademark Office Action

An Office Action is basically when the examining attorney looks at your application and compares your proposed trademark to any other existing trademarks. This is to see if there are any conflicts in name, sound, connotation, appearance, etc. If there is a likelihood of confusion, this is called a 2d refusal. In order to overcome this, you will need to hire a #trademark #lawyer.

What is an office action?

An office action is a notification from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that indicates that there are problems with your trademark application. The notice will list the specific issues that need to be addressed before your application can proceed.

An Office Action basically is an examining attorney looking at your trademark application, they’re going to run your name, logo slogan, whatever you’re trying to apply to protect through their database and through an outside database, where they’ll compare any other mark that exists that might conflict with this mark. Not only conflict in name, sound, connotation, appearance, but also maybe have has, is in the same industry, same good same product, same services, that will give your application a 2d refusal, for likelihood of confusion.

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