| Serial Number | 79287977 |
| Word Mark | MERCI |
| Filing Date | Tuesday, May 19, 2020 |
| Status | 700 - REGISTERED |
| Status Date | Tuesday, January 19, 2021 |
| Registration Number | 6248192 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, January 19, 2021 |
| Mark Drawing | 3000 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, November 3, 2020 |
| Indication of Colors claimed | The color(s) red, gold, light brown, dark brown, blue, green, purple, and beige is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the word "MERCI", the "I" dotted with a heart, beneath the design of individually wrapped chocolates grouped together in a vertical position upon a shaded rectangle and the bottom side of the rectangle is curved upward with a gold color outline becoming progressively wider from the left side to the right side. The individually wrapped chocolates are a rectangular shape with the length greater than the width and the width greater than the height and in the center of the length is an indentation across the width, and the wrapper is a rectangular shape with a gold background color on one half of the wrapper and clear on the other half of the wrapper. The candy configuration is visible through the clear half of the wrapper, and the word "merci" in lowercase letters is engraved on the candy. There is a colored band around the gold wrapper nearest the center of the rectangle, and the word "MERCI" in gold color lowercase letters is on the band in a repeating arrangement around the configuration. The color red appears in the shaded rectangle, the heart, and the chocolate wrapper. The color gold appears in the word "MERCI", and the chocolate wrappers. The color dark brown appears in the chocolates and the chocolate wrapper. The colors purple, beige, light brown, green, and blue appear in the chocolate wrappers. An L-shaded red outline appears on the left and bottom sides of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Confectionery made of sugar or of sugar substitutes; chocolate; chocolate products, namely, chocolate candy, chocolate pralines, chocolate bars, chocolate tablets, chocolate candy figures; pastries; ice-cream; preparations for making the aforementioned products, namely, cocoa powder, cake mixes, cookie mixes, pastry cream, mixes for making ice-cream, caramel based spread for pastries and chocolates, chocolate based spread for pastries and chocolates, coffee mixes, coffee based spread for pastries and chocolates, coffee extracts, and marzipan |
| Translation of Words in Mark | The English translation of "MERCI" in the mark is "thank you". |
| International Class | 030 - Coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, rice, tapioca, sago, artificial coffee; flour and preparations made from cereals, bread, pastry and confectionery, ices; honey, treacle; yeast, baking powder; salt, mustard; vinegar, sauces (condiments); spices; ice. |
| US Class Codes | 046 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, June 19, 2020 |
| Primary Code | 030 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | August Storck KG |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 13 - Limited Partnership |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | August Storck KG |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 13 - Limited Partnership |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | August Storck KG |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 13 - Limited Partnership |
| Address | DE |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Sunday, May 16, 2021 | FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Thursday, April 22, 2021 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB |
| Thursday, April 22, 2021 | FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED |
| Monday, April 19, 2021 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, January 19, 2021 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, November 3, 2020 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, November 3, 2020 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Wednesday, October 14, 2020 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Saturday, September 26, 2020 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Saturday, September 26, 2020 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Friday, September 25, 2020 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Friday, September 25, 2020 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Friday, September 25, 2020 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Friday, September 25, 2020 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Thursday, September 10, 2020 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, September 9, 2020 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Saturday, August 15, 2020 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Friday, August 14, 2020 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Wednesday, August 12, 2020 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Tuesday, June 23, 2020 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Friday, June 19, 2020 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED IN TRAM |
| Thursday, June 18, 2020 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A SUBSEQ DESIG FROM IB |