Offc Action Outgoing

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

 

 

OFFICE ACTION

 

TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, WE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF OUR MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE. 

 

 

Serial Number  76/470367

 

The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.

 

Recitation and Classification of Services

 

The recitation and classification of services are:

 

            Class 42 – Computer services, namely, providing on-line databases featuring information in the fields of the internet, the worldwide web and the websites of others; providing search engines for obtaining data on a global computer network; providing on-line magazines featuring information about the internet; directoies of domain names and reviews of websites.
 

The recitation is unacceptable for the following reasons.

 

The applicant must specify the subject matter of the on-line databases; please note, the subject matter determines the correct classification of services.

 

The applicant must more precisely identify the subject matter of its on-line magazines.  Please note, on-line magazines belong in Class 41.

 

The applicant must more precisely identify its on-line directories, e.g., on-line business directories of ________ (state subject matter, e.g., restaurants, retailers, etc.) or providing on-line directory information services also featuring hyperlinks to other web sites.  Please note, on-line business directories belong in Class 35.

 

The applicant must identify the subject matter of its website review services, e.g., on-line reviews of the content of websites, on-line reviews of web-site customer service, etc.  Please note, reviews of websites belong in Class 41.

 

The applicant may adopt the following, if accurate:

 

            Class ??? – Providing on-line databases featuring information in the field of _________ (state subject matter, e.g., automobile sales (Class 35), travel information services (Class 39), nutrition counseling (Class 44), reviews evaluating the quality and content of web-sites on the Internet (Class 41), etc.).

 

            Class 35 – Providing on-line directory information services also featuring hyperlinks to other web sites.

 

            Class 41 – On-line magazines featuring _______ (state subject matter, e.g., information about the quality of websites and services available on the Internet); on-line reviews of the content of websites and web-site customer service.

 

            Class 42 – Providing search engines for obtaining data on a global computer network.

 

The applicant may wish to consult the on-line identification manual on the PTO homepage for a searchable database of acceptable identifications for goods and services.  The manual is available at:  http://www.gov.uspto.report/web/offices/tac/doc/gsmanual.

 

Please note that, while an application may be amended to clarify or limit the identification, additions to the identification are not permitted.  37 C.F.R. Section 2.71(a); TMEP section 804.09.  Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any goods or services that are not within the scope of the goods or services recited in the present identification.

 

Additional Filing Fees

 

If the applicant adds additional classes of services to the application application, the applicant must comply with each of the following.

 

(1)  The applicant must list the goods and services by international class with the classes listed in ascending numerical order (see above format).  TMEP section 1403.01.

 

(2)  The applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of goods and services not covered by the fee already paid.  37 C.F.R. Sections 2.6(a)(1) and 2.86(b); TMEP section 1403.01. 

 

The applicant has paid the filing fee for one class.

 

No Likelihood of Confusion

 

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 704.01.

 

Response Guidelines

 

No set form is required for response to this Office action.  The applicant must respond to each point raised.  The applicant should simply set forth the required changes or statements and request that the Office enter them.  The applicant must sign the response.  In addition to the identifying information required at the beginning of this letter, the applicant should provide a telephone number to speed up further processing.

 

In all correspondence to the Patent and Trademark Office, the applicant should list the name and law office of the examining attorney, the serial number of this application, the mailing date of this Office action, and the applicant's telephone number.

 

If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.

 

Gwen P. Stokols

/Gwen P. Stokols/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 113

 

Telephone:  703-308-9113, x. 275

Fax:  703-746-8113

 

 

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.

 

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

 

For general and other useful information about trademarks, you are encouraged to visit the Office’s web site at http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm

 

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