Subject: RE: VENEZUELA - Ex-Officio Rejection of trademark G-TECHNOLOGY, application No. 2018-007115 and No. 2018-007116, class 9, in the name of HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
From: Trademarks Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]'" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "[email-masked]'" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]'" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]'" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]'" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]'" <[email-masked]>, Luis Henriquez <[email-masked]>, Annette Angulo <[email-masked]>, Hillmer Vallenilla <[email-masked]>, Guillermo Lopez <[email-masked]>, Ruben Calderon <[email-masked]>, Paula Alfaro <[email-masked]>, Trademarks Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 16:05:52 +0000

Dear Amanda,

Following up on this matter, please be advised that, according to the most recent Official Bulletin of the Venezuelan Trademark Office, the Registrar has decided to resume the prosecution of trademark applications No. 2018-007115 and 2018-007116 for G-TECHNOLOGY, in int. class 9, currently in the name of WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

In this regard, please note that such Office did not follow the correct procedural steps before issuing the refusals, as the applications were denied without completing the mandatory stage of publication. Due to this procedural error, the Office overturned the refusals and ordered that the applications be reinstated to the appropriate stage. This decision was published in the current Official Gazette No. 652, dated April 10, 2026 (Enclosed).

In light of the above, the applications will now continue their prosecution and will be re-examined (including verification of formal requirements, such as the PoA, and description of the mark) before proceeding to publication.

We will continue to monitor these matters closely and will keep you informed of any developments.

Should you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best regards,

De: Contentious Bolet & Terrero
Enviado el: miércoles, 25 de septiembre de 2019 12:54 p. m.
Para: [email-masked]
CC: [email-masked]; [email-masked]; [email-masked]; [email-masked]; [email-masked]; Mariateresa Santana <[email-masked]>; Magdaly Aguilar <[email-masked]>
Asunto: FW: VENEZUELA - Ex-Officio Rejection of trademark G-TECHNOLOGY, application No. 2018-007115 and No. 2018-007116, class 9, in the name of HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
Importancia: Alta

Dear Sirs:

Further to our e-mail dated September 16, 2019,  we confirm that, pursuant to your instructions, we have proceeded, within the legal term, to file the corresponding Motions for Reconsideration against the ex-officio denial of the subject applications.

Please find enclosed herewith duly stamped copies of the Reconsideration briefs for your files.

You will be receiving our invoice for this service within the next days.

We shall be keeping you informed of further developments in due course.

Best regards,

Monica Canini (on behalf of Maríateresa Santana)

CONTENCIOSO | CONTENTIOUS

[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

T +58 (212) 283.94.44 / Ext 137

CARACAS - VENEZUELA

www.byt.com.ve<http://www.byt.com.ve/>

From: Mariateresa Santana [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: lunes, 16 de septiembre de 2019 12:47 p. m.
To: Amanda Alameddine <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>; Lindsey Ripley <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; Darrel Jacks <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; Sui Duong <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; TMDocket <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Contentious Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; Maria E. Terrero <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: Letter No 1178274-20190916 Asociado#238 RE: VENEZUELA - Ex-Officio Rejection of trademark G-TECHNOLOGY, application No. 2018-007115 and No. 2018-007116, class 9, in the name of HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
Importance: High

Hello Amanda!

We acknowledge safe receipt of your instructions, for which we will proceed accordingly.

Kind regards,

Mariateresa

Mariateresa Santana

ABOGADO | ATTORNEY AT LAW

[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

T +58 (212) 283.94.44 / Ext 110

CARACAS - VENEZUELA

www.byt.com.ve<http://www.byt.com.ve/>

From: Amanda Alameddine <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Sent: lunes, 16 de septiembre de 2019 12:22 p. m.
To: Mariateresa Santana <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>; Lindsey Ripley <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; Darrel Jacks <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; Sui Duong <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; TMDocket <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Contentious Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; Maria E. Terrero <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: Re: VENEZUELA - Ex-Officio Rejection of trademark G-TECHNOLOGY, application No. 2018-007115 and No. 2018-007116, class 9, in the name of HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.

Hello Mariateresa,

Thank you!  We appreciate the discount.  Please proceed with both responses.

Best,

Amanda

Amanda Alameddine

Senior Legal Counsel, Trademarks

Western Digital®

3355 Michelson Drive, Suite 100

Irvine, California 92612

Email:  [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

Office:  +1-949-672-7497

From: Mariateresa Santana <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Monday, September 16, 2019 at 7:11 AM
To: Amanda Alameddine <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, Lindsey Ripley <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, Darrel Jacks <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, Sui Duong Cell <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, TMDocket <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Contentious Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Maria E. Terrero" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: RE: VENEZUELA - Ex-Officio Rejection of trademark G-TECHNOLOGY, application No. 2018-007115 and No. 2018-007116, class 9, in the name of HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.

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Hello Amanda!

Yes, we will give you a 50% discount in our professional fees for the second response.

Should you have any doubt or question, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will gladly assist you.

Kind regards,

Mariateresa

Mariateresa Santana

ABOGADO | ATTORNEY AT LAW

[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

T +58 (212) 283.94.44 / Ext 110

CARACAS - VENEZUELA

www.byt.com.ve<http://www.byt.com.ve/>

From: Amanda Alameddine <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Sent: viernes, 13 de septiembre de 2019 5:16 p. m.
To: Mariateresa Santana <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>; Lindsey Ripley <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; Darrel Jacks <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; Sui Duong <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; TMDocket <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Contentious Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: Re: VENEZUELA - Ex-Officio Rejection of trademark G-TECHNOLOGY, application No. 2018-007115 and No. 2018-007116, class 9, in the name of HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.

Hello Mariateresa,

Thank you for your prompt response.  We would like to proceed.  Given that the responses for the two applications will be identical, is there a discount that can be applied for the second response?

Thank you,

Amanda

Amanda Alameddine

Senior Legal Counsel, Trademarks

Western Digital®

3355 Michelson Drive, Suite 100

Irvine, California 92612

Email:  [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

Office:  +1-949-672-7497

From: Mariateresa Santana <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Friday, September 13, 2019 at 12:00 PM
To: Amanda Alameddine <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, Lindsey Ripley <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, Darrel Jacks <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, Sui Duong Cell <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, TMDocket <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Contentious Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: RE: VENEZUELA - Ex-Officio Rejection of trademark G-TECHNOLOGY, application No. 2018-007115 and No. 2018-007116, class 9, in the name of HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.

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Dear Amanda:

Thank you for your below email.

We believe the chances of success in these cases could be about 65%, since we have noticed that there are a group of prior trademark registrations in class 9, that are formed by the word element technology.

Should you have any doubt or question, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will gladly assist you.

Kind regards,

Mariateresa

Mariateresa Santana

ABOGADO | ATTORNEY AT LAW

[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

T +58 (212) 283.94.44 / Ext 110

CARACAS - VENEZUELA

www.byt.com.ve<http://www.byt.com.ve/>

From: Amanda Alameddine <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Sent: jueves, 12 de septiembre de 2019 4:55 p. m.
To: Mariateresa Santana <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>; Lindsey Ripley <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; Darrel Jacks <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; Sui Duong <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; TMDocket <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Contentious Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: Re: VENEZUELA - Ex-Officio Rejection of trademark G-TECHNOLOGY, application No. 2018-007115 and No. 2018-007116, class 9, in the name of HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.

Dear Mariateressa,

Thank you for the update.  Can you please provide our chances of success in overcoming the refusal?

Additionally, please note that Suchi Somasekar should no longer receive routine trademark prosecution emails.  Please be sure I am a recipient of all emails, along with [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>, [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>, [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>, and [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>.

Thank you,

Amanda

Amanda Alameddine

Senior Legal Counsel, Trademarks

Western Digital®

3355 Michelson Drive, Suite 100

Irvine, California 92612

Email:  [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

Office:  +1-949-672-7497

From: Mariateresa Santana <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 11:12 AM
To: "[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, Lindsey Ripley <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, Darrel Jacks <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, Suchi Somasekar <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, Sui Duong Cell <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, TMDocket <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Contentious Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: VENEZUELA - Ex-Officio Rejection of trademark G-TECHNOLOGY, application No. 2018-007115 and No. 2018-007116, class 9, in the name of HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.

Y.Refs.: HTM14M43VE-1, HTM14M43VE-2

O.Refs.: 885872, 885873

Dear Sirs:

Please be informed client’s trademarks G-TECHNOLOGY, application No. 2018-007115 and No. 2018-007116, class 9, has suffered an ex-officio rejection. We have been notified by means of Resolution No. 146, published in the Venezuelan Trademark Office’s Official Gazette No. 596, in-force since August 29, 2019, of such decision.

The ex-officio rejection suffered by client’s applications was based on the grounds of article 33.9 of our Patent and Trademark Law which states as follows:

“Article 33: The following cannot be adopted nor registered as marks:

9) Terms and phrases which may have become of general use, and expressions commonly employed to indicate the class, the kind, nature, origin, quality or shape of the products.”

The VTMO considers that client’s trademark describes the quality and aspects of the products, that will be covered by the applications.

As you may know, according to our IP Act the decision rejecting the referenced trademark applications will be considered as final, if we do not respond the official denials before September 23,2019, being no other action admissible against the decision. (No extensions available). If possible, we will appreciate to have your instructions before September 20,2019.

The total cost of replying before the Venezuelan Trademark Office the rejection suffered by client’s trademark applications is US$ 958, 00 (per application).

Should you have any doubt or question, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will gladly assist you.

Kind regards,

Mariateresa

Mariateresa Santana

ABOGADO | ATTORNEY AT LAW

[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

T +58 (212) 283.94.44 / Ext 110

CARACAS - VENEZUELA

www.byt.com.ve<http://www.byt.com.ve/>