UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

 

ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 6/15/2009

 

 

OFFICE SEARCH:  The examining attorney has searched the Office’s database of registered and pending marksand has found no conflicting marks thatwould bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d).  15 U.S.C. §1052(d); TMEP §704.02.   

 

AMENDMENT:  In accordance with the authorization granted by Nathan Ferguson on June 12, 2009, the application has been AMENDED as indicated below.  Please advise the undersigned examining attorney immediately if there is an objection to the amendment.  Otherwise, no response is necessary.  TMEP §707.

 

If the identification of goods and/or services has been amended, please note that any future amendments must be in accordance with 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a) and TMEP §1402.07(e).

 

 

Identification of Services

 

The identification of services is amended to read as follows: 

 

Class 35:  customer loyalty services and customer club services for commercial, promotional and advertising purposes; promoting the use of charge and credit card accounts of others through the administration of incentive programs; conducting customer loyalty, reward, affinity and incentive programs for commercial promotion and for advertising purposes; business consulting services in the field of travel and travel planning; advertising services, namely, promoting and marketing the goods and services of others via electronic communication networks; providing airfare and hotel rate comparison information; providing a website where users can post ratings, reviews and recommendations on products and services; providing a website where users can post ratings, reviews and recommendations on events and activities in the field of hotels; providing a web site featuring product ratings of consumer services of other in the field of travel, in the nature of hotel and resort accommodations

 

 

Class 38:  providing online bulletin board services and chat room services over computer networks and electronic communication networks, in the fields of entertainment, travel, fitness, hotels, and restaurants; providing access to electronic data in the field of travel information that users have uploaded, posted, sent, and transmitted so that other users can comment on, share, view, navigate, compile, and organize the data via electronic communication networks

 

Class 39:  travel agency services, namely, making reservations and bookings for transportation; providing information, news and reviews concerning travel by means of a telephone, facsimile, the mails, courier and over electronic communication networks; providing a website and website links to travel information, geographic information, maps, map images and trip routing; organizing and arranging travel activities, namely, tours, travel to events and travel to attractions; making reservations for travel activities, namely, for tours, travel to events and travel to attractions; providing information about tours and travel to events and attractions; organizing sight-seeing tours; travel agency services, namely, making reservations and bookings for transportation; travel and tour information services; travel and tour ticket reservation services; arranging bookings of day trips and sight-seeing tours; providing an online computer database in the field of travel information; providing a website where users can post ratings, reviews and recommendations on events and activities in the field of travel

 

Class 41:  providing information about entertainment activities, and making reservations and bookings for shows and other entertainment events; computer services, namely, providing online newsletters in the fields of travel, travel planning, travel and entertainment news, maps, city directories and listings via electronic communication networks for use by travelers; providing information in the field of entertainment; providing entertainment activities, namely, arranging for ticket reservations for shows and other entertainment events; providing a website where users can post ratings, reviews and recommendations on events and activities in the field of entertainment; publishing of reviews

Class 43:  travel agency services, namely, making reservations and bookings for temporary accommodations; hotel and lodging services, namely, providing and relaying information in connection with reservations and bookings for temporary lodging by means of a telephone, facsimile, the mails, courier and over electronic communication networks; travel agency services, namely, making reservations and bookings for restaurants and meals; providing advice to tourists and business travelers on hotel and restaurant destinations

Class 45:  concierge services for others comprising making requested personal arrangements and reservations and providing information to meet individual needs, all rendered at local hotels, resorts and entertainment venues; concierge services for others, namely, responses to online requests for making personal arrangements and reservations and providing information to meet individual needs, all rendered at local hotels, resorts and entertainment venues

 

See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).

 

 

/Suzanne Blane/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 114

Tel. 571-272-5497

suzanne.blane@uspto.gov

 

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.

 

 

 

 

                                                                

IMPORTANT NOTICE

USPTO OFFICE ACTION HAS ISSUED ON 6/15/2009 FOR

APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 77421562

 

Please follow the instructions below to continue the prosecution of your application:

  

VIEW OFFICE ACTION: Click on this link http://tmportal.gov.uspto.report/external/portal/tow?DDA=Y&serial_number=77421562&doc_type=EXA&mail_date=20090615 (or copy and paste this URL into the address field of your browser), or visit http://tmportal.gov.uspto.report/external/portal/tow and enter the application serial number to access the Office action.

 

PLEASE NOTE: The Office action may not be immediately available but will be viewable within 24 hours of this notification.

 

RESPONSE MAY BE REQUIRED: You should carefully review the Office action to determine (1) if a response is required; (2) how to respond; and (3) the applicable response time period. Your response deadline will be calculated from 6/15/2009.

 

Do NOT hit “Reply” to this e-mail notification, or otherwise attempt to e-mail your response, as the USPTO does NOT accept e-mailed responses.  Instead, the USPTO recommends that you respond online using the Trademark Electronic Application System response form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/eTEASpageD.htm.

 

HELP: For technical assistance in accessing the Office action, please e-mail

TDR@uspto.gov.  Please contact the assigned examining attorney with questions about the Office action. 

 

        WARNING

1. The USPTO will NOT send a separate e-mail with the Office action attached.

 

2. Failure to file any required response by the applicable deadline will result in the ABANDONMENT of your application.