To: | HomeAway.com, Inc. (nytrademarks@kilpatricktownsend.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88251559 - VRBO - N/A |
Sent: | July 26, 2019 09:34:34 PM |
Sent As: | ecom108@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. 88251559
Mark: VRBO
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Correspondence Address: KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP |
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Applicant: HomeAway.com, Inc.
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Reference/Docket No. N/A
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EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
Issue date: July 26, 2019
Application has been amended as shown below. As agreed to by Ashley M. Edmonds on July 26, 2019, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below. Applicant is advised that amendments to the goods and/or services are permitted only if they clarify or limit them; amendments that add to or broaden the scope of the goods and/or services are not permitted. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a).
Identification of Goods and Services
CLASS 09 – “Downloadable computer software for mobile devices for booking temporary accommodation and vacation real estate listings; downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for booking temporary accommodation and vacation real estate listings; downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for booking temporary accommodation and vacation real estate listing and for processing financial transactions; downloadable applications for use with mobile devices for booking and making reservations for temporary accommodation and vacation real estate listing and for processing financial transactions; downloadable computer software platform that facilitates the provision of information, peer-to-peer interaction, and processing financial transactions relating to temporary accommodation and vacation real estate listing services, and the booking of temporary accommodations in the fields of travel, lodging, dining, and entertainment; downloadable computer software and downloadable mobile applications on which users can post ratings, reviews, and recommendations on vacation real estate listings, temporary accommodations, events, locations, businesses, services, and activities in the fields of entertainment, travel, tourism and restaurants;”
CLASS 36 – “Providing real estate listing services and real estate information via a global computer network; providing real estate listings and real estate information via the internet; providing information on the rental of vacation homes via the internet; providing a database of information about real estate listings; real estate listing services for housing rentals and apartment rentals; providing an online interactive website featuring the listing and rental of vacation real estate; providing online computer database and online searchable databases featuring real estate information and listings about housing, apartments, condominiums, townhouses, real estate, and commercial real estate; real estate listing, rental and leasing services for residential housing, apartments, rooms in homes, sublets, vacation homes, cabins and villas and office space in commercial properties on a global computer network; providing reviews and feedback about listers and renters of real estate, from virtual communities and from social networking sites; electronic commerce payment services, namely, processing credit card and debit card payments for the purchase of goods and services via an electronic communications network; providing purchase protection services in the field of online trading of goods and services by others via a global computer network in the nature of fraud reimbursement services for credit card purchases;” and
CLASS 43 – “Providing temporary lodging information via the internet; arranging temporary housing accommodations; providing online reservation services for temporary lodging; travel agency services, namely, making reservations and bookings for lodging; providing travel and accommodation information services over global computer networks, namely, an online searchable database featuring information about lodging; travel agency services, namely, making reservations and bookings for temporary accommodations for hotels and vacation home rentals.”
See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).
Response guidelines: Please advise the undersigned immediately of any objections. Otherwise, no response is necessary. TMEP §707.
/Miroslav Novakovic/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 108
(571) 272-2866
miroslav.novakovic@uspto.gov