Offc Action Outgoing

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

 

 

OFFICE ACTION

 

RESPONSE TIME LIMIT:  TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE. 

 

MAILING/E-MAILING DATE INFORMATION:  If the mailing or e-mailing date of this Office action does not appear above, this information can be obtained by visiting the USPTO website at http://tarr.gov.uspto.report/, inserting the application serial number, and viewing the prosecution history for the mailing date of the most recently issued Office communication.

 

Serial Number  78/818082

 

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

 

Identification and Classification of Services

 

The current wording used to describe the services needs clarification.  Applicant must provide the subject matter of the “education and training” services and specify how the education services are rendered (workshops, seminars, etc.).  Applicant must clarify that the “educational information” refers to “information about education;” otherwise, the Office will assume that applicant is providing educational information on some other topic and applicant will have to identify that topic and classify the services accordingly.  Applicant may adopt the following identification of services, if accurate: 

 

“Education services, namely, providing [indicate form of educational activity, e.g., classes, seminars, workshops] in the fields of [indicate subject matter or fields of educational activity];  training services in the field of [indicate field or subject matter]; educational services, namely, providing [indicate form of educational activity, e.g., classes, seminars, workshops] in the fields of employee mobility and global work force development, and distributing course materials in connection therewith; providing intercultural and language training, and distributing course materials in connection therewith; providing information about education,” in International Class 41.

 

TMEP §1402.01.

 

Please note that, while the identification of goods or services may be amended to clarify or limit the goods or services, adding to the goods or services or broadening the scope of the goods 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 or services that are not within the scope of the goods or services set forth in the present identification.

 

For assistance with identifying goods 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.

 

Questions

 

If applicant has questions about its application or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned trademark examining attorney directly at the number below.

 

/John M. Gartner/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 102

(571) 272-9255

 

 

 

HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS OFFICE ACTION:

• ONLINE RESPONSE:  You may respond using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Office action form available on our website at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html.  If the Office action issued via e-mail, you must wait 72 hours after receipt of the Office action to respond via TEAS.  NOTE:  Do not respond by e-mail.  THE USPTO WILL NOT ACCEPT AN E-MAILED RESPONSE.
• REGULAR MAIL RESPONSE:  To respond by regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing return address above, and include the serial number, law office number, and examining attorney’s name.  NOTE:  The filing date of the response will be the date of receipt in the Office, not the postmarked date.  To ensure your response is timely, use a certificate of mailing.  37 C.F.R. §2.197.

 

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

 

VIEW APPLICATION DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Documents in the electronic file for pending applications can be viewed and downloaded online at http://portal.gov.uspto.report/external/portal/tow.

 

GENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: For general information about trademarks, please visit the Office’s website at http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm

 

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