To: | The MITRE Corporation (tm@skgf.com) |
Subject: | U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 87645105 - MITRE ATT&CK - 2272.___0000 |
Sent: | 1/24/2018 5:27:30 PM |
Sent As: | ECOM101@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. 87645105
MARK: MITRE ATT&CK
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp
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APPLICANT: The MITRE Corporation
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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. A RESPONSE TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE TRADEMARK ELECTRONIC APPLICATION SYSTEM (TEAS) MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE MIDNIGHT EASTERN TIME OF THE LAST DAY OF THE RESPONSE PERIOD.
ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 1/24/2018
Search for Conflicting Marks
The trademark examining attorney has searched the Office’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).
Partial Requirement -- Identification of Services
Applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate (changes in bold):
“Providing information, reports, and other content on the topic of cyber intrusions, cyber adversaries, cyber threat
intelligence, cyber security, system compromise, and network compromise and preparing related reports and technical documentation; providing information on the tactics and
techniques employed by adversaries to exploit or compromise, operate within, and cause impacts to computer networks across all industries; providing a model and/or
framework providing a website featuring technology that allows users to describe for describing the actions an adversary might take while operating within an
enterprise network for the purpose of characterizing and describing post-compromise adversary behavior; providing information and knowledge advice to
assist in developing computer and network system detection defenses for compromise, pre-, and post-compromise; providing information and knowledge
advice to assist in network defense and to assist in prioritizing computer network defense by detailing compromise, pre-, and post-compromise tactics,
techniques, and procedures used by adversaries to execute their objectives; providing information and knowledge advice to assist in adversary
emulation and red teaming to test and measure the effectiveness of computer network defenses; computer security consultation, namely, providing a collection
of information on the tactics and techniques employed by cyber adversaries; computer security consultation, namely, providing a collection of information characterizing the
post-compromise activities of cyber adversaries to describe what might occur during an intrusion after an adversary has acquired access to a computer network; providing
information, reports, and other content on the topic of cyber intrusions, cyber adversaries, cyber threat intelligence, cyber security, system compromise, and network
compromise for use in technologies and applications including mobile devices, enterprise networks, medical devices, embedded devices, control systems, and the connections between these systems
and preparing related reports and technical documentation; providing a suite of information, reports, and other content on
the topic of cyber intrusions, cyber adversaries, cyber threat intelligence, cyber security, system compromise, and network compromise for use in applications including mobile devices, enterprise
networks, medical devices, embedded devices, control systems, and the connections between these systems and preparing related reports and technical documentation,” in
International Class 42.
Applicant may amend the identification to clarify or limit the goods and/or services, but not to broaden or expand the goods and/or services beyond those in the original application or as acceptably amended. See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06. Generally, any deleted goods and/or services may not later be reinserted. See TMEP §1402.07(e).
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and 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.
Partial Abandonment
THIS PARTIAL REQUIREMENT APPLIES ONLY TO THE SERVICES SPECIFIED THEREIN
“Providing information, reports, and other content on the topic of cyber intrusions, cyber adversaries, cyber threat intelligence, cyber security, system compromise, and network compromise; providing a model and/or framework for describing the actions an adversary might take while operating within an enterprise network for the purpose of characterizing and describing post-compromise adversary behavior; providing information and knowledge to assist in developing detection defenses for compromise, pre-, and post-compromise; providing information and knowledge to assist in network defense and to assist in prioritizing network defense by detailing compromise, pre-, and post-compromise tactics, techniques, and procedures used by adversaries to execute their objectives; providing information and knowledge to assist in adversary emulation and red teaming to test and measure the effectiveness of network defenses; providing a collection of information on the tactics and techniques employed by cyber adversaries; providing a collection of information characterizing the post-compromise activities of cyber adversaries to describe what might occur during an intrusion after an adversary has acquired access to a network; providing information, reports, and other content on the topic of cyber intrusions, cyber adversaries, cyber threat intelligence, cyber security, system compromise, and network compromise for use in technologies and applications including mobile devices, enterprise networks, medical devices, embedded devices, control systems, and the connections between these systems; providing a suite of information, reports, and other content on the topic of cyber intrusions, cyber adversaries, cyber threat intelligence, cyber security, system compromise, and network compromise for use in applications including mobile devices, enterprise networks, medical devices, embedded devices, control systems, and the connections between these systems.”
The application will then proceed with the following services only:
“providing information on the tactics and techniques employed by adversaries to exploit or compromise, operate within, and cause impacts to computer networks across all industries.”
See 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a)-(a)(1); TMEP §718.02(a).
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 $125 per 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 or e-mail without incurring this additional fee.
/Michael P. Keating/
Trademark Attorney
Law Office 101
571-272-9177
Michael.Keating@uspto.gov (informal inquiries only)
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.