Offc Action Outgoing

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

 

 

OFFICE ACTION

 

RESPONSE TIME LIMIT:  TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE. 

 

MAILING/E-MAILING DATE INFORMATION:  If the mailing or e-mailing date of this Office action does not appear above, this information can be obtained by visiting the USPTO website at http://tarr.gov.uspto.report/, inserting the application serial number, and viewing the prosecution history for the mailing date of the most recently issued Office communication.

 

Serial Number  76/202340

 

As stated in a phone message of August 21, 2006, the mark has been withdrawn from publication.  Examining attorney apologizes for any inconvenience caused by raising this additional requirement at this time. 

 

 

IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS

                       

Applicant must amend the identification of goods by deleting the wording “TELEX” and substituting the common commercial or generic name for the goods.  The wording “TELEX” in the identification of goods is a registered mark.  See enclosed copy of U.S. Registration No(s). 0902922, 0901195, and 0908989.  Registered marks are not to be used in the application to describe applicant's goods.  TMEP §1402.09.

 

Office paper, namely, writing paper, printed publications, namely, magazines on intellectual property; photographs; letter paper; envelopes; color pens; playing cards; books on strategy for intellectual property, notebooks; catalogues in the field of databases for intellectual property; calendars; greeting cards; trading cards; stickers; newsletters on domain names and intellectual property in International Class 16.

 

Advertising services, namely, professional business consultancy; marketing research; commercial information agencies; personnel placement; document reproduction; shorthand; stenography; stenography transcription; document and magnetic-tape filing; import-export clearance agencies; operation of computer, typewriter, telex (must be deleted - use common commercial name), fax, copying machine, and document handling and processing machines, for others; promotion of seminars for intellectual property; rental of advertising space; intellectual property management; copyright management  in International Class 35.

 

Preparing intellectual property contracts for others; research and investigation for intellectual property; search services for patents, utility models, designs, trademarks; providing information for intellectual property; providing information for judicial precedent; providing information for intellectual property laws and treaties; legal services and advice for intellectual property; computer database services for intellectual property; language translation; foreign language interpretation; computer programming for others, maintenance of computer software; intellectual property agencies, and exploitation of intellectual property rights; providing information, search services, and procedures for obtaining domain names on a global computer network; searching for availability of domain names; leasing access time to a computer database; providing information of worldwide domain names; registration of domain names on the Internet in International Class 42. 

 

Please note that, while the identification of services may be amended to clarify or limit the services, adding to the services or broadening the scope of the services is not permitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.  Therefore, applicant may not amend the identification to include services that are not within the scope of the services set forth in the present identification.

 

 

PLEASE NOTE:  All of the issues raised can be resolved by telephone.  The applicant may telephone the examining attorney, instead of submitting a written response, to expedite the application.

 

 

 

 

/Shaunia P. Wallace Carlyle/

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 110

571-272-9374

 

 

HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS OFFICE ACTION:

• ONLINE RESPONSE:  You may respond using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Office action form available on our website at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html.  If the Office action issued via e-mail, you must wait 72 hours after receipt of the Office action to respond via TEAS.  NOTE:  Do not respond by e-mail.  THE USPTO WILL NOT ACCEPT AN E-MAILED RESPONSE.
• REGULAR MAIL RESPONSE:  To respond by regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing return address above, and include the serial number, law office number, and examining attorney’s name.  NOTE:  The filing date of the response will be the date of receipt in the Office, not the postmarked date.  To ensure your response is timely, use a certificate of mailing.  37 C.F.R. §2.197.

 

STATUS OF APPLICATION: To check the status of your application, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at http://tarr.uspto.gov.

 

VIEW APPLICATION DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Documents in the electronic file for pending applications can be viewed and downloaded online at http://portal.gov.uspto.report/external/portal/tow.

 

GENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: For general information about trademarks, please visit the Office’s website at http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm

 

FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY SPECIFIED ABOVE.