To: | Magenta News, Inc. (awilcox@vaneklaw.com) |
Subject: | TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77112572 - MELTWATER - N/A |
Sent: | 6/11/2007 6:33:39 PM |
Sent As: | ECOM110@USPTO.GOV |
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 77/112572
MARK: MELTWATER
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
RESPOND TO THIS ACTION: http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/eTEASpageD.htm
GENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm
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APPLICANT: Magenta News, Inc.
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS: |
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TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE.
ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 6/11/2007
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
NO CONFLICTING MARKS
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.
Portions of the applicant’s identification of goods are unacceptable as indefinite. The following is suggested, if accurate:
Computer software for searching and retrieving information, websites and other resources from a global computer information network; Computer software for accessing
information directories that may be downloaded from the global computer network software, namely, a directory of information, websites and resources available on computer networks;
software for searching and retrieving media information, including news, weather, sports, current events and reference materials from a global computer network; enterprise and resource
planning (ERP) software; computer software for use with management information systems that integrate and automate business operations and production, including, logistics, accounting, human
resources and customer relationship management software in International Class 9.
Providing online directories and searchable databases in connection with searching and retrieving media information including news, weather, sports, current events and
reference materials; providing links to other websites (indefinite) in International Class 35.
Communication services, namely, electronic transmission of data and documents among users of computers and wireless products; telecommunication services, namely, providing
electronic transmission of data, images and documents via computer terminals, networks and wireless devices; providing online facilities for real-time interaction with other computer users concerning
topics of general interest; providing online chat rooms (indicate field or subject of chat room) and electronic bulletin {indicate field or subject of bulletin board} and message boards (indicate field or subject of message boards) for transmission of messages among users in fields of general interest; electronic mail services;
wireless broadband communications and electronic transmission of data, sound messages, images, and documents; providing access to computer databases; providing access to online computer
databases (indefinite); providing access to electronic publications (not a service for trademark purposes); providing access to online media including news, weather,
sports, current events and reference materials (not a service for trademark purposes) in International Class 38.
Providing online links to news, sports, and current events in International Class 41.
Computer services, namely, creating indexes of information, knowledge databases, information directories and other resources available on computer networks; searching and
retrieving information, sites and other resources available on computer networks for others; providing a search engine for obtaining or analyzing information by means of a global computer network;
providing online links to weather; Application service provider (ASP), namely, hosting computer software applications of others software as a service (SAAS) provider (not a
services) in International Class 42.
Providing links to web sites of others featuring {indicate field or subject matter of linked sites and classify in class of that field or subject matter} in International Class _____.
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and/or services in trademark applications, please see the online searchable Manual of Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services at http://tess2.gov.uspto.report/netahtml/tidm.html.
Please note that, while the identification of goods and/or services may be amended to clarify or limit the goods and/or services, adding to the goods and/or services or broadening the scope of the goods and/or services is not permitted. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06. Therefore, applicant may not amend the identification to include goods and/or services that are not within the scope of the goods and/or services set forth in the present identification.
If applicant prosecutes this application as a combined, or multiple-class application, 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; and
(2) Applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of goods and/or services not covered by the fee already paid (current fee information should be confirmed at http://www.uspto.gov).
37 C.F.R. §2.86(a)(2); TMEP §§810 and 1403.01.
/Shaunia P. Wallace Carlyle/
Trademark Attorney
Law Office 110
571-272-9374
RESPOND TO THIS ACTION: If there are any questions about the Office action, please contact the assigned examining attorney. A response to this Office Action should be filed using the Office’s Response to Office action form available at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/eTEASpageD.htm. If notification of this Office action was received via e-mail, no response using this form may be filed for 72 hours after receipt of the notification. Do not attempt to respond by e-mail as the USPTO does not accept e-mailed responses.
If responding by paper mail, please include the following information: the application serial number, the mark, the filing date and the name, title/position, telephone number and e-mail address of the person signing the response. Please use the following address: Commissioner for Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451.
STATUS CHECK: Check the status of the application at least once every six months from the initial filing date using the USPTO Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) online system at http://tarr.uspto.gov. When conducting an online status check, print and maintain a copy of the complete TARR screen. If the status of your application has not changed for more than six months, please contact the assigned examining attorney.