UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/543023
APPLICANT: Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: JAMES T. NIKOLAI NIKOLAI & MERSEREAU, P.A. 820 INTERNATIONAL CENTRE 900 SECOND AVENUE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402-3325 |
RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514
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MARK: PAR
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 20030263
CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:
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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 76/543023
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
The Office records have been searched and no similar registered or pending mark has been found that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02.
The wording used to describe the services needs clarification because it is indefinite and overly broad. The applicant must amend the identification of services to indicate the specific nature of the services and the specific type of skills to be assessed. TMEP §1402.01. Applicant may adopt one or both of the following identifications of services, if accurate:
Administration of educational and cultural exchange programs that assist companies and other organizations in assessing and developing [indicate types of skills, e.g., business skills] to work with Aboriginal people, businesses and communities in Class 35;
Educational services, namely, conducting programs for companies and other organizations in the field of assessing and developing [indicate types of skills, e.g., language skills] to work with aboriginal people, businesses and communities in Class 41.
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.
For assistance regarding an acceptable listing of goods and/or services, please see the on‑line searchable Manual of Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services, at http://www.gov.uspto.report/web/offices/tac/doc/gsmanual/.
The applicant may continue to prosecute this application in a single class, or add a class.
If applicant prosecutes this application as a combined, or multiple-class application, then applicant must comply with each of the following for those goods and/or services based on an intent to use the mark in commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(b):
(1) Applicant must list the goods and/or services by international class with the classes listed in ascending numerical order. TMEP § 1403.01; and
(2) Applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of goods and/or services not covered by the fee already paid. 37 C.F.R. §2.86(a)(2); TMEP §§810.01 and 1403.01.
/Ronald McMorrow/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 105
(703) 308-9105 ext. 136
(703) 872-9825
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 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.