To: | InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA (bassam.ibrahim@bipc.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88239125 - INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN - 1030776-057 |
Sent: | April 10, 2020 12:05:51 PM |
Sent As: | ecom102@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. 88239125
Mark: INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN
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Applicant: InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA
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Reference/Docket No. 1030776-057
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NONFINAL OFFICE ACTION
The USPTO must receive applicant’s response to this letter within six months of the issue date below or the application will be abandoned. Respond using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). A link to the appropriate TEAS response form appears at the end of this Office action.
Issue date: April 10, 2020
Applicant is encouraged to email the trademark examining attorney at eli.hellman@uspto.gov to resolve the issues raised below. If the suggestions listed below are acceptable, then the examiner will issue an examiner’s amendment and approve the application for publication.
This Office action is in response to the applicant’s correspondence dated March 26, 2020. Upon further review, it has been determined particular wording in the proposed amendment to the identification of goods and services is indefinite. Accordingly, the applicant is required to clarify said wording.
The applicant’s claim of 2(f) in part is hereby accepted as to the goods in class 016. However, the applicant must limit the Section 2(f) in part claim to class 016. The wording is not descriptive of the additional goods and services, as it appears to be solely promotional material for the applicant’s educational services.
The applicant is hereby required to limit its Section 2(f) in part claim to the goods in class 016, as the prior registration only included printed goods, and the wording is not descriptive of the goods in the additional classes.
Requirement Limited to Particular Wording in Class 016
The wording “curriculum” in the identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified because it is overly broad. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01. Applicant must amend the identification to specify the common commercial name of the goods. If there is no common commercial name, applicant must describe the product and its intended uses. Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:
International Class 016: Print materials, namely, books, magazines, brochures, pamphlets, guides, booklets, handbooks, manuals, manuscripts, newsletters, and {indicate the nature of the curriculum, e.g., books} in the fields of religion, spiritual and cultural issues and values, personal, spiritual, character and leadership development, prayer, and building spiritual movements and ministry; stickers, adhesive backed paper in the nature of name tags, note cards, folders, post cards, business cards, greeting cards, holiday cards, letterhead paper, printed advertising material in the nature of promotional cards, envelopes, stationary, book marks, flash cards, document portfolios, blank writing journals, drawing pins, push pins, printed certificates, notepads, calendars, posters, paper banners, padfolios, pens, colored pencils, and writing instruments
An applicant may only amend an identification to clarify or limit the goods, but not to add to or broaden the scope of the goods. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq., 1402.07.
RESPONDING TO THIS OFFICE ACTION
For this application to proceed, applicant must explicitly address each refusal and/or requirement in this Office action. For a refusal, applicant may provide written arguments and evidence against the refusal, and may have other response options if specified above. For a requirement, applicant should set forth the changes or statements. Please see “Responding to Office Actions” and the informational video “Response to Office Action” for more information and tips on responding. Please call or email the assigned trademark examining attorney with questions about this Office action. Although an examining attorney cannot provide legal advice, the examining attorney can provide additional explanation about the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in this Office action. See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06.
The USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office actions; however, emails can be used for informal communications and are included in the application record. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05.
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/Eli J. Hellman/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 102
United States Patent and Trademark Office
571.272.8276
eli.hellman@uspto.gov
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