Subject: RE: VENEZUELA, trademark SAFC filed by Merck KGaA in class 09, application no 2018-002421. - TM26652VE02, O.Ref.: 885422
From: Trademarks Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]>
To: Susanne K Meyer <[email-masked]>
Cc: Guillermo Lopez <[email-masked]>, Veronica Cortez <[email-masked]>, Hillmer Vallenilla <[email-masked]>, Annette Angulo <[email-masked]>, Trademarks Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 12:48:21 +0000

Dear Susanne,

Further to our email below, we confirm that, pursuant to your instructions, we have proceeded to file a legal brief, on behalf of MERCK KGAA, in order to bring this matter to the Registrar's attention and request the continuation of the prosecution of the trademark application identified below:

Y. Ref
O. Ref
Trademark
Class
Appln. No.
TM26652VE02
23189
SAFC
9
2018-002421

Enclosed herewith you will find a duly stamped copy of the mentioned brief for your files.

Please rest assured that we shall be keeping you posted of further developments with regard to this case, as soon as they occur.

Best regards,

De: Guillermo Lopez <[email-masked]>
Enviado el: miércoles, 13 de mayo de 2026 5:17 p. m.
Para: Susanne K Meyer <[email-masked]>
CC: Trademarks Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]>
Asunto: Re: VENEZUELA, trademark SAFC filed by Merck KGaA in class 09, application no 2018-002421. - TM26652VE02, O.Ref.: 885422

Dear Susanne,

Thank you for your email, and please excuse the delay in my reply, I was out of the office attending the INTA meeting.

We are proceeding immediately, and ad soon as the filing particulars are available we will get back to you.

Best regards,
Guillermo

Guillermo A. López Z.
Attorney at Law
Bolet & Terrero | Caracas, Venezuela
Tel +58 212 750 3000 | [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> | www.byt.com.ve<http://www.byt.com.ve>

From: Susanne K Meyer <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Monday, May 4, 2026 at 3:18 AM
To: Guillermo Lopez <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Trademarks Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: AW: VENEZUELA, trademark SAFC filed by Merck KGaA in class 09, application no 2018-002421. - TM26652VE02, O.Ref.: 885422

Dear Sirs,

Thank you for your reply.

Yes, please file the legal brief as suggested.

We look forward to hearing from you,
Thank you & kind regards, Susanne
Susanne Meyer
Paralegal
Group Legal & Compliance / Trademarks, Designs & Copyright

Merck KGaA | Frankfurter Str. 250 | Postcode: A003/909 | 64293 Darmstadt | Germany
Phone: +49 6151 72 9902 | Fax: +49 6151 72 3378
Email: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>
Mandatory information can be found at: http://www.merckgroup.com/mandatories
Pflichtangaben finden Sie unter: http://www.merckgroup.com/mandatories

Von: Guillermo Lopez <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 22. April 2026 22:46
An: Susanne K Meyer <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Trademarks Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Betreff: Re: VENEZUELA, trademark SAFC filed by Merck KGaA in class 09, application no 2018-002421. - TM26652VE02, O.Ref.: 885422

Dear Susanne,

Thank you for your email.

In response to your inquiry, please note that application No. 2018-002421 SAFC is still detained by application No. 2004-009487 SAFT, which was recently declared as lapsed. Therefore, we could file a legal brief to bring this matter to the registrar's attention and continue the prosecution of application No. 2018-002421 SAFC, since there isn't any legal basis for the detention.

We remain attentive to your instructions.

Best Regards,
Guillermo

Guillermo A. López Z.
Attorney at Law
Bolet & Terrero | Caracas, Venezuela
Tel +58 212 750 3000 | [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> | www.byt.com.ve<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.byt.com.ve__;!!Eu8ikxSnpXkBCg!eu7jaACJq5dLyPcx2rAYMVqYn1zAXmsXGKJBdneOytFHsE72Z0pkE3xAhxCV57o0fatQjpXciOlgsSs5BjE9hWE$>

From: Susanne K Meyer <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 12:23 PM
To: Guillermo Lopez <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Trademarks Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: AW: VENEZUELA, trademark SAFC filed by Merck KGaA in class 09, application no 2018-002421. - TM26652VE02, O.Ref.: 885422

Dear Sirs,

Please refer to our email below, and the status of trademark SAFC filed by Merck KGaA in class 09, application no 2018-002421.

Please do not hesitate to contact me in case of any further questions.

Thank you & kind regards, Susanne
Susanne Meyer
Paralegal
Group Legal & Compliance / Trademarks, Designs & Copyright

Merck KGaA | Frankfurter Str. 250 | Postcode: F128/002 | 64293 Darmstadt | Germany
Phone: +49 6151 72 9902 | Fax: +49 6151 72 3378
Email: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>
Mandatory information can be found at: http://www.merckgroup.com/mandatories
Pflichtangaben finden Sie unter: http://www.merckgroup.com/mandatories

Von: Susanne K Meyer
Gesendet: Dienstag, 14. Mai 2024 13:06
An: Guillermo Lopez <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Trademarks Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Betreff: AW: VENEZUELA, trademark SAFC filed by Merck KGaA in class 09, application no 2018-002421. - TM26652VE02, O.Ref.: 885422

Ref.: 885422

Dear Sirs,

Please refer to our email below, and the status of trademark SAFC filed by Merck KGaA in class 09, application no 2018-002421.

Please do not hesitate to contact me in case of any further questions.

Thank you & kind regards, Susanne
Susanne Meyer
Paralegal
Group Legal & Compliance / Trademarks, Designs & Copyright

Merck KGaA | Frankfurter Str. 250 | Postcode: F128/002 | 64293 Darmstadt | Germany
Phone: +49 6151 72 9902 | Fax: +49 6151 72 3378
Email: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>
Mandatory information can be found at: http://www.merckgroup.com/mandatories
Pflichtangaben finden Sie unter: http://www.merckgroup.com/mandatories

Von: Susanne K Meyer
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. Juli 2023 10:21
An: Guillermo Lopez <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Trademarks Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Betreff: AW: VENEZUELA:- Application Published for Opposition Purposes / Publicación en Boletín de Solicitud de Marca para efectos de Oposición por Terceros - Trademark SAFC - TM26652VE02

Dear Sirs,

Thank you for your E-Mail below. Please advise about trademark SAFT. Is this a counter party trademark?
How about the trademark SAFC filed by Merck KGaA in class 09?

Thank you & kind regards, Susanne
Susanne Meyer
Paralegal
Group Legal & Compliance / Trademarks, Designs & Copyright

Merck KGaA | Frankfurter Str. 250 | Postcode: F128/002 | 64293 Darmstadt | Germany
Phone: +49 6151 72 9902 | Fax: +49 6151 72 3378
Email: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>
Mandatory information can be found at: http://www.merckgroup.com/mandatories
Pflichtangaben finden Sie unter: http://www.merckgroup.com/mandatories

Von: Guillermo Lopez <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Gesendet: Montag, 24. Juli 2023 15:17
An: Susanne K Meyer <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Trademarks Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Betreff: Re: VENEZUELA:- Application Published for Opposition Purposes / Publicación en Boletín de Solicitud de Marca para efectos de Oposición por Terceros - Trademark SAFC - TM26652VE02

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Y.Ref.: TM26652VE09
O.Ref.: 885422

Dear Susanne,

Thank you for your email.

Please note that the trademark application SAFT is detaining the trademark in reference, which was declared as lapsed; in this regard, it seems this is a VPTO error, so we will take this case to the examiner's attention to try to solve this problem.

We will keep you posted on any progress.

Best regards,
Guillermo

Guillermo A. López Z.
Attorney at Law
Bolet & Terrero | Caracas, Venezuela
Tel +58 212 283 9444 | [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> | www.byt.com.ve<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.byt.com.ve__;!!Eu8ikxSnpXkBCg!eaOhBlBWBkPD1scSUzmRdy_U2koXcTNMg8ALlYrfa0xjJfwlPjvl-W9WVUyOki0kT3pcmMq7qgIwOBZprTmndAA$>

From: Susanne K Meyer <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Monday, July 24, 2023 at 7:04 AM
To: Trademarks Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: AW: VENEZUELA:- Application Published for Opposition Purposes / Publicación en Boletín de Solicitud de Marca para efectos de Oposición por Terceros - Trademark SAFC - TM26652VE02

Dear Sirs,

Can you please submit a status of the trademark SAFC in class 09 in Venezuela below?

Thank you & kind regards, Susanne
Susanne Meyer
Paralegal
Group Legal & Compliance / Trademarks, Designs & Copyright

Merck KGaA | Frankfurter Str. 250 | Postcode: F128/002 | 64293 Darmstadt | Germany
Phone: +49 6151 72 9902 | Fax: +49 6151 72 3378
Email: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>
Mandatory information can be found at: http://www.merckgroup.com/mandatories
Pflichtangaben finden Sie unter: http://www.merckgroup.com/mandatories

From: Contentious Bolet & Terrero <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 5:52 PM
To: anna Thiemann <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; Asya Avagyan <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: VENEZUELA:- Application Published for Opposition Purposes / Publicación en Boletín de Solicitud de Marca para efectos de Oposición por Terceros

Caracas, October 17, 2018

Messrs.

MERCK KGAA

GERMANY

Att.:
ANNA THIEMANN
Mail to:
[email-masked];[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked];[email-masked]>

Dear Sirs:

Please be informed we have been notified by means of Resolution No.  535 published in the Venezuelan Trademark Office’s (VTMO) Official Gazette No. 587, in force since October 10, 2018, that client’s trademark was published for opposition purposes:

Trademark:
SAFC
Application No.
2018-002421
Application Date:
February 22, 2018
Applicant:
MERCK KGAA
International Class:
9
Local Class:
26
Your Ref.:
TM26652VE09
Our Ref.:
885422

If client’s trademark application do not suffered any opposition from a third party, the VTMO’s officials will make a final exam in order to decide if it can be granted. However, if client’s trademark application suffer an opposition, we will inform you as soon as we get notified by the VTMO’s Official Gazette.

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

Regards,

Contentious Department

 [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>
T +58 (212) 283.94.44
CARACAS - VENEZUELA
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