Patent Attorney and Founder
The individual applied for a trademark registration they got what’s called an office action back from the trademark examing attorney the office action says that there’s a likelihood of confusion with a previously registered trademark um and it looks like the client potentially looked up that registration and thinks it’s either dead meaning it hasn’t been renewed it’s been canceled by a third party um or potentially it’s still alive but that company’s no longer business or selling that product for service if that’s the case then one if it’s abandoned and no longer active in the USPTO database and it says dead on the registration you can respond back to the office action letting the examining attorney know that the trademark that was cited against you is now dead in that your application should precede the publication it’s the next step in the registration process if the Mark is still registered in live at the USPTO but is no longer in use depending on how long it’s been abandoned you might be able to cancel the trademark registration and then get around the office action so that’s something that we do quite frequently