What is an office action?
An “Office Action” is a letter from the USPTO setting forth the legal status of a trademark application. If your trademark application receives an “Office Action” from the USPTO, you may require legal assistance to properly respond to the issues(s) raised by the Office Action. Arrangements can be made with the Moore Legal Group to assist you with addressing an “Office Action”. Some common issues, which can be partially averted with a comprehensive search at the beginning, can be found here. Absent such a response, your trademark application may go abandoned, and you may lose your valuable trademark rights.
“If an examining attorney determines that a mark is not entitled to registration, or that amendment is required, the examining attorney will notify the applicant in a written Office action, or by a telephone conversation that is normally followed by a written action. This constitutes the examining attorney’s official action.” – T.M.E.P.
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