Q: Our Trademark case says it's still suspended. How do we get it un-suspended? REMEMBERSTUFF
A:
It looks like your application was suspended because there was another application filed before it for nearly the same mark. Thus, the other application must run its course to see if it results in a registration before your application can be properly evaluated.
In this particular case, the other application had an office action issued in November, just a little bit after your application was placed on suspension. An office action is a document raising some kind of problem with their application. They were required to respond to the office action by May, and they didn't, so their application became abandoned in June.
Now, normally I'd say that a simple call to the examiner could get your application going again, and technically, that is true. However, the other applicant can still create a whole lot more problems for you down the road, particularly if their claim that they started using the mark clear back in 2003 is true. An awful lot needs to be analyzed with the possible conflict between you and the other applicant. The fact that their recent application has been abandoned doesn't mean they might not file again or otherwise seek to oppose your registration.
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