To: | THE WE COMPANY MC LLC (ricketts-docket@fzlz.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88239449 - WEGROW - WEWO 1814692 |
Sent: | January 27, 2020 03:10:36 PM |
Sent As: | ecom111@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. 88239449
Mark: WEGROW
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Applicant: THE WE COMPANY MC LLC
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Reference/Docket No. WEWO 1814692
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EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
Application has been amended as shown below. As agreed to by Allison Ricketts on January 26, 2020, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below. Please notify the examining attorney immediately of any objections. TMEP §707. Otherwise, no response is required. Id. In addition, applicant is advised that amendments to the services are permitted only if they clarify or limit them; amendments that add to or broaden the scope of the services are not permitted. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a).
Amendment to the Identification of Services in International Classes 035 and 041
The identification of services is amended to read as follows:
“Incubation services, namely, providing work space containing business equipment to emerging, start-up and existing companies; Providing facilities for business meetings and business events; Business operation of commercial real estate, offices, and office space for others; Business operation of commercial real estate, offices, and office space for others, namely, shared office venues with conference facilities” in International Class 035, and
“Educational and entertainment services, namely, providing motivational and educational speakers and mentors; Educational services, namely, providing kindergarten through grade 5 classroom instruction; Educational services in the nature of operating an educational institution providing kindergarten through grade 5 classroom instruction; Educational services, namely, providing grade 6 through grade 12 classroom instruction; Educational services in the nature of operating an educational institution providing grade 6 through grade 12 classroom instruction; Educational services, namely, academic mentoring of school age children; Physical education services in the nature of yoga instruction, dance instruction, martial arts instruction, and providing physical fitness and exercise instruction” in International Class 041.
See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
After the trademark examining attorney issues the examiner’s amendment, applicant will not receive a registration on the Principal Register for the applied-for mark until the mark makes it through the publication process and opposition period. The publication process starts once the trademark examining attorney issues the examiner’s amendment and the mark is approved for publication in the USPTO’s Trademark Official Gazette, a weekly online publication. The USPTO will then send a “Notice of Publication” to the applicant specifying the date its mark will publish in this publication.
The USPTO publishes applicant’s mark in the Trademark Official Gazette to provide third parties who believe they may be damaged by registration of applicant’s mark an opportunity to oppose registration of that mark within thirty (30) days from the publication date. An “opposition” is similar to a federal court proceeding, but this proceeding is held before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, a USPTO administrative tribunal of administrative judges who issue decisions on these matters. If a third party opposes registration of applicant’s mark by instituting an opposition proceeding, the USPTO will send applicant notice of this opposition. When this occurs, an applicant may wish to hire an attorney due to the complexity of these proceedings.
If no one opposes registration of the mark, the USPTO generally issues a “Notice of Allowance” within approximately eight (8) weeks after the publication date. Applicant then has six (6) months from the date of the Notice of Allowance to timely file a “Statement of Use” or to file a request for a six-month “Extension of Time to file a Statement of Use” (extension request). Extension requests are granted in six-month increments and a maximum of five extension requests can be filed after the issuance of the Notice of Allowance. If a Statement of Use is not filed within the six months after the Notice of Allowance issued, a Statement of Use must be filed within the time period of a previously granted extension request. The USPTO will only issue a registration certificate after the trademark examining attorney approves a Statement of Use.
For an overview of the time frames for when an applicant should file and the USPTO will issue documents related to a trademark application, see Trademark Application and Post-Registration Process Timelines. Forms for Statements of Use and extension requests, and additional requirements for intent to use applications, are available online at Intent to Use (ITU) Forms.
ASSISTANCE
If applicant has any additional questions or needs further assistance, please email or telephone the assigned trademark examining attorney.
/J. Ian Dible/
J. Ian Dible
Examining Attorney
Law Office 111
(571) 272-0209
ian.dible@uspto.gov