Offc Action Outgoing

TO AVOID ABANDONMENT OF APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION, THE USPTO MUST RECEIVE APPLICANT’S COMPLETE RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE BELOW.

ISSUE/MAILING DATE:

THIS IS A FINAL ACTION.

This letter responds to the applicant’s correspondence dated November 28, 2012. The examining attorney accepts the applicant’s foreign registration. However, the requirement for an acceptable identification of goods is continued and made FINAL.

IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS – INTERNATIONAL CLASS 9

The applicant must specify the nature of the publications in addition to the subject matter. The following format is suggested:

Software for publishing, distributing, transmitting, transferring, receiving, downloading, displaying, previewing, viewing, sharing, rating, tagging, discussing, commenting on, chatting about, and fanning user generated content, content, text, visual works, audio works, audiovisual works, literary works, data files, documents and electronic works via portable electronic devices, electronic devices and computers; Downloadable literary works, audio works, visual works, audiovisual works and electronic publications, namely, (specify type of publication – magazine, book) featuring user generated content on a variety of topics; Software for providing writing contests between users of a website and mobile application in International Class 9.

For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and/or services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual at http://tess2.gov.uspto.report/netahtml/tidm.html. See TMEP §1402.04.

An applicant may amend an identification of goods only to clarify or limit the goods; adding to or broadening the scope of the goods is not permitted. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq., 1402.07 et seq.

RESPONSE TO FINAL ACTION

Applicant must respond within six months of the date of issuance of this final Office action or the following goods to which the final requirement(s) apply will be deleted from the application by Examiner’s Amendment: Downloadable literary works, audio works, visual works, audiovisual works and electronic publications namely user generated content on a variety of topics. 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a); see 15 U.S.C. §1062(b).

Applicant may respond by providing one or both of the following:

(1) A response that fully satisfies all outstanding requirements;

(2) An appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, with the appeal fee of $100 per class.

37 C.F.R. §2.64(a); TMEP §714.04; see 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(18); TBMP ch. 1200.

In certain rare circumstances, an applicant may respond by filing a petition to the Director pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(2) to review procedural issues. 37 C.F.R. §2.64(a); TMEP §714.04; see 37 C.F.R. §2.146(b); TBMP §1201.05; TMEP §1704 (explaining petitionable matters). The petition fee is $100. 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(15).

/Shaunia Carlyle/

Shaunia Carlyle

Law Office 110

(571)272-9374

shaunia.carlyle@uspto.gov

TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: Go to http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp. Please wait 48-72 hours from the issue/mailing date before using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), to allow for necessary system updates of the application. For technical assistance with online forms, e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov. For questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney. E-mail communications will not be accepted as responses to Office actions; therefore, do not respond to this Office action by e-mail.

All informal e-mail communications relevant to this application will be placed in the official application record.

WHO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE: It must be personally signed by an individual applicant or someone with legal authority to bind an applicant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint applicants). If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the response.

PERIODICALLY CHECK THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION: To ensure that applicant does not miss crucial deadlines or official notices, check the status of the application every three to four months using the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system at http://tsdr.gov.uspto.report/. Please keep a copy of the TSDR status screen. If the status shows no change for more than six months, contact the Trademark Assistance Center by e-mail at TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov or call 1-800-786-9199. For more information on checking status, see http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/process/status/.

TO UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS: Use the TEAS form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.