UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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SERIAL NO: 76/108065
APPLICANT: Rural Cellular Corporation
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: Glen E. Schumann of Moss & Barnett 4800 Wells Fargo Center 90 S. 7th St. Minneapolis, MN. 55402-4129
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RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514 ecom105@uspto.gov
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MARK: AKEVA
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 24083.1017
CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS: IP@moss-barnett.com |
Please provide in all correspondence:
1. Filing date, serial number, mark and applicant's name. 2. Date of this Office Action. 3. Examining Attorney's name and Law Office number. 4. Your telephone number and e-mail address.
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Serial Number 76/108065
This letter responds to the applicant’s communication filed on January 9, 2003.
As the following informalities remain outstanding, the refusal to register is continued.
The wording “providing online chat rooms for transmission of messages among computer users concerning a wide variety of topics, including entertainment and leisure, education, current events, people and relationships, health, computing, religion and beliefs, business and financial matters and science and history” in the recitation of services in International Class 38 is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant may amend this wording to “providing online chat rooms for transmission of messages among computer users concerning a wide variety of topics, namely, entertainment and leisure, education, current events, people and relationships, health, computing, religion and beliefs, business and financial matters and science and history,” if accurate. TMEP §1402.11.
The wording “providing online electronic and wireless bulletin boards for transmission of messages among computer users concerning a wide variety of topics, including entertainment and leisure, education, current events, people and relationships, health, computing, religion and beliefs, business and financial matters, and science and history” in the recitation of services in International Class 38 is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant may amend this wording to “providing online electronic and wireless bulletin boards for transmission of messages among computer users concerning a wide variety of topics, namely, entertainment and leisure, education, current events, people and relationships, health, computing, religion and beliefs, business and financial matters, and science and history,” if accurate. TMEP §1402.11.
The wording “data and voice telecommunications” in the recitation of services in International Class 38 is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant may amend this wording to “data and voice telecommunications, namely, [indicate specific mode of telecommunications],” if accurate. TMEP §1402.11.
The wording “computer services, namely, assisting others in creating web communities and providing communication and computer services to those communities” in the recitation of services in International Class 42 is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant may amend this wording to “computer services, namely, assisting others in creating web communities and providing computer services to those communities,” if accurate. TMEP §1402.11.
The wording “updating of computer software” in the recitation of services in International Class 42 is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant may amend this wording to “updating of computer software for others,” if accurate. TMEP §1402.11.
If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
/Barney L. Charlon/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 105
(703) 308-9105 ext. 130
How to respond to this Office Action:
To respond formally using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), visit http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html and follow the instructions.
To respond formally via E-mail, visit http://www.gov.uspto.report/web/trademarks/tmelecresp.htm and follow the instructions.
To respond formally via regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing Return Address listed above and include the serial number, law office and examining attorney’s name on the upper right corner of each page of your response.
FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.