To: | NFX Capital Management, LLC (pctrademarks@perkinscoie.com) |
Subject: | U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 88035889 - SIGNAL - 117145-4005 |
Sent: | 11/5/2018 4:00:21 PM |
Sent As: | ECOM103@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. 88035889
MARK: SIGNAL
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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: NFX Capital Management, LLC
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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: 11/5/2018
The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. 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.
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).
· IDENTIFICATION OF SERVICES
IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS/SERVICES
The services wording “providing information in the field of start-up financing and venture capital” and “business information in the field of start-up financing and venture capital” are classified incorrectly. Applicant must amend the application to classify the goods in International Class 36. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(7), 2.85; TMEP §§1401.02(a), 1401.03(b).
Applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate. Please note that any wording in bold below offers guidance
and/or shows the changes being proposed for the identification of goods and/or services. If there is wording in the applicant's version of the identification of goods and/or services which should be
removed, it will be shown with a line through it such as this: strikethrough. When making its amendments, applicant should enter them in standard font, not in bold.
35: On-line business networking services; Business networking; Providing networking opportunities for start-ups and venture capitalists;
Advertising and marketing services, namely, providing information in the field of start-up financing and venture capital; providing online searchable databases featuring business information in
the field of start-up financing and venture capital; Business research and survey services in the field of start-up financing and venture capital; Promoting the goods and services of others via a
global computer network in the field of start-up financing and venture capital; Advertising, marketing and promotional services related to start-up financing and venture capital for the purpose of
facilitating networking, socializing, sharing of information and funding opportunities for business purposes; Providing online business networking services and business information in the fields of
start-up financing and venture capital; Electronic commerce services, namely, providing consumer information about products and services via telecommunication networks for advertising and sales
purposes; Providing business networking opportunities for individuals seeking to fund start-ups; online professional networking services in the field of start-up financing and venture capital
36: providing an online, searchable databases featuring business information in the field of start-up financing and venture capital; Advertising and marketing services, namely, providing information in the field of start-up financing and venture capital;
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. See TMEP §1402.04.
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.
/Cassondra Anderson/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 103
(571) 272-5595
Cassondra.Anderson@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.