Response to Office Action

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OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp 09/20/2020)

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Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. PTO Form 1957 (Rev 10/2011)

OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp 09/20/2020)

Response to Office Action

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

Application serial no. 88066850 VIOLA(Standard Characters, see http://uspto.report/TM/88066850/mark.png) has been amended as follows:

CLASSIFICATION AND LISTING OF GOODS/SERVICES
Applicant proposes to amend the following class of goods/services in the application:
Current: Class 041 for Providing online electronic publications and blogs; arranging and conducting educational and informative conferences, forums, meet-ups, seminars, summits and lectures; publication of text, audio and video content; all the aforementioned in the fields of entrepreneurship, financial investments and private equity, growth capital, buyout, venture capital, debt financing, venture lending, mezzanine, hedge funds, fund of funds, special funds, and other funds, business scale-up, business challenges, executive functions' best practices and sectors' specific best practices; arranging and conducting of in-person educational forums for collaboration between companies and businesses
Original Filing Basis:
Filing Basis: Section 1(a), Use in Commerce: The applicant is using the mark in commerce, or the applicant's related company or licensee is using the mark in commerce, on or in connection with the identified goods and/or services. 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(a), as amended. The mark was first used at least as early as 11/30/2017 and first used in commerce at least as early as 11/30/2017 , and is now in use in such commerce.

Proposed:
Tracked Text Description: Providing online electronic publications and blogs; On-line journals, namely, blogs featuring news and information in the fields of business and finance; arranging and conducting educational and informative conferences, forums, meet-ups, seminars, summits and lectures; arranging and conducting educational conferences, forums, informal programs, seminars, summits and lectures in the fields of business and finance; publication of text, audio and video content; arranging and conducting of in-person educational forums for collaboration between companies and businesses in the fields of business and finance; all the aforementioned in the fields of entrepreneurship, financial investments and private equity, growth capital, buyout, venture capital, debt financing, venture lending, mezzanine, hedge funds, fund of funds, special funds, and other funds, business scale-up, business challenges, executive functions' best practices and sectors' specific best practices; arranging and conducting of in-person educational forums for collaboration between companies and businessesClass 041 for On-line journals, namely, blogs featuring news and information in the fields of business and finance; arranging and conducting educational conferences, forums, informal programs, seminars, summits and lectures in the fields of business and finance; arranging and conducting of in-person educational forums for collaboration between companies and businesses in the fields of business and finance
Filing Basis: Section 1(a), Use in Commerce: The applicant is using the mark in commerce, or the applicant's related company or licensee is using the mark in commerce, on or in connection with the identified goods and/or services. 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(a), as amended. The mark was first used at least as early as 11/30/2017 and first used in commerce at least as early as 11/30/2017 , and is now in use in such commerce.
SIGNATURE(S)
Response Signature
Signature: /kovies/     Date: 01/23/2019
Signatory's Name: Kelli Ovies
Signatory's Position: Attorney of Record, North Carolina bar member

Signatory's Phone Number: 9196704987

The signatory has confirmed that he/she is an attorney who is a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a U.S. state, which includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other federal territories and possessions; and he/she is currently the owner's/holder's attorney or an associate thereof; and to the best of his/her knowledge, if prior to his/her appointment another U.S. attorney or a Canadian attorney/agent not currently associated with his/her company/firm previously represented the owner/holder in this matter: (1) the owner/holder has filed or is concurrently filing a signed revocation of or substitute power of attorney with the USPTO; (2) the USPTO has granted the request of the prior representative to withdraw; (3) the owner/holder has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her in this matter; or (4) the owner's/holder's appointed U.S. attorney or Canadian attorney/agent has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her as an associate attorney in this matter.

        
Serial Number: 88066850
Internet Transmission Date: Wed Jan 23 14:29:15 EST 2019
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/ROA-XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX-20190123142915
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