Examiners Amendment

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 5/12/2010

INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION NO. 0983864

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 James Menker on May 12, 2010, 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).

Recitation of Services as to International Class 041

The identification of services as to International Class 041 is amended to read as follows:  “Providing online entertainment services, in the nature of on-line competitions in the field of entertainment, education, culture, sports, and other non-business and non-commercial fields provided via global computer network, electronic computer networks, and the internet; providing online training services in the nature of courses, seminars, and workshops in the fields of computers, telecommunications and electronics via global computer network, electronic computer networks, and the internet; provision of online computer games; providing electronic publications accessible online in the nature of books, periodicals, newspapers, and manuals in the field of education, culture, sports, and entertainment; publishing of electronic books and periodicals online; quiz events, namely, the production and distribution of quiz shows, and providing on-line quizzes; publishing books, periodicals, newspapers, manuals and other publications except publicity texts; provision of non-downloadable radio and television programmes via a video-on-demand service, provision of audiovisual entertainment in the nature of films and radio and television programmes distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media, provision of non-downloadable digital film files via a video on demand service, provision of non-downloadable music files via an audio-on-demand service; entertainment services in the nature of continuing variety, news and comedy shows broadcast via radio, television, global computers network, the internet, electronic computer networks or mobile communication devices; news agencies, namely, gathering news through the compilation of current affairs programs; provision of online computer games via the Internet; social club services, namely, arranging, organizing, and hosting social events, get-togethers, and parties for club members; online library which feature acquired electronic information and archive information in the nature of newspapers, magazines, photographs, and pictures in written, sound and/or video form via an online computer network; online translations services originating from a computerized data bank, the Internet or other electronic networks; organization of online conferences in the field of education, culture, sports, and entertainment for non-business and non-commercial purposes accessed via network; information and advice on the above services; ticket bookings and pre-sale for sports, cultural events and other entertainment events.”  See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).

/Asmat Khan/

Asmat Khan

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 114

(571) 272-9453

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 REGARDING YOUR TRADEMARK APPLICATION

Your trademark application (Serial No. 79061635) has been reviewed.   The examining attorney assigned by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has written a letter (an “Office action”) on 5/12/2010 to which you must respond (unless the Office letter specifically states that no response is required).  Please follow these steps:

1. Read the Office letter by clicking on this link http://tmportal.gov.uspto.report/external/portal/tow?DDA=Y&serial_number=79061635&doc_type=EXA&mail_date=20100512 OR go to  http://tmportal.gov.uspto.report/external/portal/tow and enter your serial number to access the Office letter.  If you have difficulty accessing the Office letter, contact TDR@uspto.gov.  

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

2. Contact the examining attorney who reviewed your application if you have any questions about the content of the Office letter (contact information appears at the end thereof).

3. Respond within 6 months, calculated from 5/12/2010 (or sooner if specified in the Office letter), using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Office Action form. If you have difficulty using TEAS, contact TEAS@uspto.gov. 

ALERT:

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

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.