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SCRAM

SwankSoft Technologies, Inc.

TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78415006 - SCRAM - N1079-00006

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
To: SwankSoft Technologies, Inc. (sogoldsmith@duanemorris.com)
Subject: TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78415006 - SCRAM - N1079-00006
Sent: 12/16/04 11:43:05 AM
Sent As: ECOM114@USPTO.GOV
Attachments: Attachment - 1
Attachment - 2

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

    SERIAL NO: 78/415006

 

    APPLICANT:                          SwankSoft Technologies, Inc.

 

 

        

*78415006*

    CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:

    Susan Okin Goldsmith, Esq.

    Duane Morris LLP

    Suite 150

    240 Princeton Ave.

    Hamilton NJ 08619

RETURN ADDRESS: 

Commissioner for Trademarks

P.O. Box 1451

Alexandria, VA 22313-1451

 

 

 

 

    MARK:          SCRAM

 

 

 

    CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO:   N1079-00006

 

    CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS: 

 sogoldsmith@duanemorris.com

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.

 

 

 

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  78/415006

 

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

 

Search Results

Information is enclosed concerning pending Application Serial No. 76/530271.  Although the Office records have been searched and no similar registered mark has been found that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d), there may be a likelihood of confusion under Section 2(d) of the Act between applicant’s mark and the mark in the above noted application.  The filing date of the referenced application precedes applicant’s filing date.  If the earlier-filed application registers, registration may be refused under Section 2(d).  37 C.F.R. §2.83.

 

Identification of Goods

The current wording used to describe the goods needs clarification because it does not clearly identify the specific function of the software.  In particular, the applicant must clarify the “controlling” function of the software. Applicant may adopt the following identification of goods, if accurate: computer software for managing and controlling, namely, (the applicant must identify the “controlling” function) electronic mail messages.”  TMEP §1402.01.

 

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

 

Fee Increase

Fee increase effective January 1, 2003

Effective January 1, 2003, the fee for filing an application for trademark registration will be increased to $335.00 per International Class.  The USPTO will not accord a filing date to applications that are filed on or after that date that are not accompanied by a minimum of $335.00. 

 

Additionally, the fee for amending an existing application to add an additional class or classes of goods/services will be $335.00 per class for classes added on or after January 1, 2003.

 

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

 

 

NOTICE:  TRADEMARK OPERATION RELOCATION

 

The Trademark Operation has relocated to Alexandria, Virginia.  Effective October 4, 2004, all Trademark-related paper mail (except documents sent to the Assignment Services Division for recordation, certain documents filed under the Madrid Protocol, and requests for copies of trademark documents) must be sent to:

 

Commissioner for Trademarks

P.O. Box 1451

Alexandria, VA  22313-1451

 

Applicants, attorneys and other Trademark customers are strongly encouraged to correspond with the USPTO online via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html.

 

 

/Eugenia K. Martin/

Eugenia K. Martin

Examining Attorney

Law Office 114

(571) 272-9458

(571) 273-9114 (fax)

 

 

 

How to respond to this Office Action:

 

You may respond formally using the Office's Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Office Action form (visit http://eteas.gov.uspto.report/V2.0/oa242/WIZARD.htm and follow the instructions therein, but you must wait until at least 72 hours after receipt if the office action issued via e-mail).  PLEASE NOTE: Responses to Office Actions on applications filed under the Madrid Protocol (Section 66(a)) CANNOT currently be filed via TEAS.

 

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.

 

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