To: | Snap Inc. (tmadmin@kilpatricktownsend.com) |
Subject: | U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 87673644 - SNAP - 1066999 |
Sent: | 2/28/2018 8:43:29 PM |
Sent As: | ECOM114@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. 87673644
MARK: SNAP
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP |
CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp
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APPLICANT: Snap Inc.
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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: 2/28/2018
The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. 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).
Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issue(s) below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
Indefinite Identification of Services
Class 038: Hosting digital content on the internet; Providing online web facilities for managing and sharing online photographs, videos, text, music and digital content; providing photographic images, videos, music, audio, music, text, graphics, and other information from searchable indexes and databases, by means of the internet and communication networks; computer services, namely, creating virtual communities for registered users to participate in discussions and engage in social, business and community networking; 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, editing, modifying, posting, displaying, linking, sharing, transmission or otherwise providing photographs, videos, music and electronic media or information over the internet and communication networks; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software applications for photo and video sharing; providing software as a service (SAAS) for processing electronic payments; development of electronic computer generated codes to identify products and process electronic payments; providing electronic verification of on-line orders of digital content and generating electronic permission codes which then allow users to access digital content; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable authentication software for controlling access to and communications with computers and computer networks
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and/or services in trademark applications, please see the online searchable Manual of Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services at http://tess2.gov.uspto.report/netahtml/tidm.html.
Partial Abandonment
If applicant does not respond to this Office action within the six-month period for response, the following services in International Class 042 will be deleted from the application: “hosting digital content; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software applications for photo and video sharing; providing electronic computer generated codes to identify products and process electronic payments. The application will then proceed with the following services in International Class 042 only: providing online web facilities for managing and sharing online photographs, videos, text, music and digital content; providing photographic images, videos, music, audio, music, text, graphics, and other information from searchable indexes and databases, by means of the internet and communication networks computer services, namely, creating virtual communities for registered users to participate in discussions and engage in social, business and community networking; 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, editing, modifying, posting, displaying, linking, sharing, transmission or otherwise providing photographs, videos, music and electronic media or information over the internet and communication networks; providing software as a service (SAAS) for processing electronic payments; providing electronic verification of on-line orders of digital content and generating electronic permission codes which then allow users to access digital content; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable authentication software for controlling access to and communications with computers and computer networks. 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.
If applicant has questions about its application or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned trademark examining attorney directly at the number below.
/Regina C. Hines, Esq./
Regina.Hines@uspto.gov
Trademarks LO 114
571-272-9451
571-273-9451
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.