To: | NBC Universal, Inc. (Nytrademark@nbcuni.com) |
Subject: | TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78832509 - WNBC - N/A |
Sent: | 9/11/2006 10:26:40 AM |
Sent As: | ECOM104@USPTO.GOV |
Attachments: |
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 78/832509
APPLICANT: NBC Universal, Inc.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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MARK: WNBC
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: N/A
CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS: |
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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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 78/832509
The assigned trademark examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and has determined the following:
Search Results
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 applicant must respond to the following requirement(s) however.
Please note that the recitation of services for International Class 038 is acceptable.
Recitation of Services for International Class 041
The wording “producing news, entertainment” in the identification of services needs clarification because it is indefinite as it does not specify the medium for the news or the type of entertainment. Applicant may change this wording to “Entertainment services, namely producing TELEVISION news SHOWS, entertainment IN THE NATURE OF ON-GOING TELEVISION PROGRAMS IN THE FIELD OF {indicate specific field, e.g., news, comedy, variety} and public service programs, and providing information in the field of entertainment or education via a global computer network,” if accurate. TMEP §1402.01.
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 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.
Claim of Ownership
If applicant is the owner of U.S. Registration Nos. 1382707, 0619641, 1523273 and others, then applicant must submit a claim of ownership. 37 C.F.R. §2.36; TMEP §812. The following standard format is suggested:
Applicant is the owner of U.S. Registration No. 1382707, 0619641, 1523273 and others.
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.
/Tamara Lee/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 104
Phone - (571) 270-1511
Fax No. - (571) 270-2511
HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS OFFICE ACTION:
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.