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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)

OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION

NOTICE OF DIVISIONAL REQUEST COMPLETED

ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 10/30/2015

U.S. Serial Number  86526355

The request to divide application serial no. 86526355 filed on October 2, 2015 has been processed as follows:

(1)  Parent (original) application serial no. 86526355 contains the following goods in class(es): 

9 (Computer software for the collection, editing, organizing, modifying, transmission, storage and sharing of data and information; computer software for streaming audio-visual media content via a global computer network and to mobile and digital electronic devices). 

(2)  Child application serial no. 86977685 contains the following services in class(es): 

38 (Telecommunication services, namely, electronic transmission of data, messages, graphics, images and information; providing access to computer, electronic and online databases; broadcasting services over computer or other communication networks, namely, uploading, posting, displaying, tagging and electronically transmitting data, information, messages, graphics and images where the aforesaid content has been uploaded, posted and tagged by others; telecommunication services, namely, electronic transmission of data, photos, music and videos; broadcasting and streaming of audio-visual media content; transmission of downloadable audio-visual media content).

(3)  Child application serial no. 86977686 contains the following services in class(es): 

41 (Providing online audio-visual entertainment information via a global computer network in the fields of motion pictures, television programming, videos, music videos and music; providing information via a global computer network in the field of entertainment; creation, development, production and distribution of entertainment content, namely, multimedia content, animations, video footage, text, still images, videos, and ongoing series featuring comedy, drama, musical entertainment, sports, health and wellness, and news broadcast online or distributed to mobile electronic devices) and

42 (Hosting of digital content on the internet; hosting online web facilities for others for managing and sharing online content; application service provider (ASP) services, namely, hosting computer software applications of others; application service provider (ASP) featuring software to enable or facilitate the uploading, downloading, streaming, posting, displaying, linking, sharing or otherwise providing electronic media or information over communication networks)

37 C.F.R. §2.87; see TMEP §§1110 et seq. 

The examining attorney will be notified of the completed request to divide.  Please note that the filing of a request to divide an application is not considered a proper response to an examining attorney’s Office action and does not relieve an applicant of the duty to respond to any outstanding Office action or to take any other required action.  37 C.F.R. §2.87(e); TMEP §1110.05. 

Please call the undersigned with any questions.

/Tracy Welch/

Tracy Welch

Paralegal Specialist

Office of Trademark Services

ITU/Divisional Unit

571-272-9631 work

571-273-9631 fax

tracy.welch@uspto.govcy.welch@uspto.gov

E-mail communications will not be accepted as responses to Office actions; therefore, do not respond to this Office action by e-mail.

NO RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED.

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 Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) at http://tsdr.gov.uspto.report/. Please keep a copy of the complete status screen.  If TSDR shows no change for more than six months, 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.

TEAS PLUS OR TEAS REDUCED FEE (TEAS RF) APPLICANTS – TO MAINTAIN LOWER FEE, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET, INCLUDING SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS ONLINE:  Applicants who filed their application online using the lower-fee TEAS Plus or TEAS RF application form must (1) file certain documents online using TEAS, including responses to Office actions (see TMEP §§819.02(b), 820.02(b) for a complete list of these documents); (2) maintain a valid e-mail correspondence address; and (3) agree to receive correspondence from the USPTO by e-mail throughout the prosecution of the application.  See 37 C.F.R. §§2.22(b), 2.23(b); TMEP §§819, 820.  TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants who do not meet these requirements must submit an additional processing fee of $50 per international class of goods and/or services.  37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(1)(v), 2.22(c), 2.23(c); TMEP §§819.04, 820.04.  However, in certain situations, TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants may respond to an Office action by authorizing an examiner’s amendment by telephone without incurring this additional fee. 

FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED ITU STAFF MEMBER IDENTIFIED ABOVE.