To: | Coursera, Inc. (tm@bltg-ip.com) |
Subject: | U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 86274865 - COURSERA - 183.T007 |
Sent: | 1/12/2015 6:38:31 PM |
Sent As: | ECOM116@USPTO.GOV |
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 86274865
MARK: COURSERA
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: BERKELEY LAW & TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLP |
CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS: |
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OFFICE ACTION
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: 1/12/2015
THIS IS A FINAL ACTION.
This Office action is in response to applicant’s communication filed on December 3, 2014. The applicant (1) submitted a substitute drawing, (2) amended the recitation of services in Class 42, (3) claimed ownership of Registration No. 4310572, (4) stated that COURSERA has no significance nor is it a term of art in the relevant trade or industry or as applied to the goods/services listed in the application, or any geographical significance, and has no meaning in a foreign language, and (5) submitted substitute specimens for Classes 35 and 42. Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5 are acceptable.
The proposed amendment to the recitation of services is unacceptable.
The requirement to amend the recitation of services is continued and made FINAL.
RECITATION OF SERVICES
Options
Applicant must respond within six months of the date of issuance of this final Office action or the following services to which the final requirement(s) apply will be deleted from the application by Examiner’s Amendment: providing tools for accessing online content and talk. 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a); see 15 U.S.C. §1062(b).
The application will then proceed for the following services: Providing authoring tools for online content and talk, namely, electronic site authoring; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for providing educational testing, instruction and grading; hosting of digital content on the internet.
Applicant may respond by providing one or both of the following:
(1) A response that fully satisfies all outstanding requirements and/or resolves all outstanding refusals.
(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).
/Alice Benmaman/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 116
(571) 272-9126
alice.benmaman@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.