UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

PRIORITY ACTION

OFFICE SEARCH:  The examining attorney has searched the Office records and has found no similar registered or pending mark which would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(d).  TMEP section 704.02. 

TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, WE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF OUR MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE.  This case will be given priority as an amended case if you respond to the requirements stated below within two months.

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Serial Number  76/020579

The following issues were discussed in communication with Nadia K. Droumbanis on May 23, 2003.

I.                   CLARIFICATION AS TO THE INT’L CLASS 41 SERVICES REQUIRED

The recitation of the International Class 41 services includes “conducting entertainment exhibitions in the field of protection of environment”.  The applicant must indicate whether these exhibitions are actually educational in nature (services also in International Class 41.)  Issues relating to the environment are not typically entertainment oriented in nature.  Therefore, in this regard, the applicant should adopt the following if accurate:  “conducting educational exhibitions in the field of protection of the environment” in International Class 41.  Moreover, the applicant must clarify whether the service of providing facilities for exhibitions in the field of luxury goods, such as  jewelry, silverware, watches, etc., is for entertainment purposes as stated, or whether it is actually only for business or commercial purposes, i.e. to promote the sale of said luxury goods.  Typically, goods of this nature are not exhibited for entertainment purposes.  The application already protects providing facilities for exhibitions in this field for business and commercial purposes. Therefore, the examiner suggests the deletion of the following services from the International Class 41 recitation:  “providing facilities for exhibitions for entertainment purposes in the field of jewelry, silverware, watches, clothing, leather goods, eyeglasses, perfumery, and desk and writing instruments.”

Please note that all other informalities have been resolved.

/Zhaleh Sybil Delaney/

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 116

(703) 306-7908

ecom116@USPTO.gov

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