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NOTE TO THE FILE

SERIAL NUMBER:            88363034

DATE:                                07/24/2019

NAME:                               amorris

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From: Stephanie Trice [mailto:stephanie@milordlaw.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 9:51 AM
To: Morris, Alina <Alina.Morris@USPTO.GOV>
Cc: USPTO <uspto@milordlaw.com>
Subject: Re: U.S. Trademark Application No. 88363034 - CZAR - Withdrawn from Pub; Please respond by 7/24/2019 (Your Ref. CZA13-007T)

 

My apologies for the delay.  Yes, “and” instead of a comma is acceptable. Please enter the Examiner’s Amendment.  Thank you for the follow up email.  

 

Most sincerely,

 

Stephanie V. Trice

 

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From: Morris, Alina <Alina.Morris@USPTO.GOV>
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 6:40:29 AM
To: Stephanie Trice <stephanie@milordlaw.com>
Cc: USPTO <uspto@milordlaw.com>
Subject: RE: U.S. Trademark Application No. 88363034 - CZAR - Withdrawn from Pub; Please respond by 7/24/2019 (Your Ref. CZA13-007T)

 

Hi again,

I just wanted to check whether the minor change I suggested on Monday (“and” instead of a comma) is OK, and if the Examiner’s Amendment is authorized.

 

Thanks,

 

Alina Morris

Trademark Examining Attorney, Law Office 117

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Phone: 571-272-2256

Email: alina.morris@uspto.gov

 

 

From: Morris, Alina
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2019 10:15 AM
To: Stephanie Trice <stephanie@milordlaw.com>
Cc: USPTO <uspto@milordlaw.com>
Subject: RE: U.S. Trademark Application No. 88363034 - CZAR - Withdrawn from Pub; Please respond by 7/24/2019 (Your Ref. CZA13-007T)

 

Thanks very much.  If I can change that comma between “home audio systems” and “home video systems” to an “and” in the proposed amendment, I can issue an examiner’s amendment and re-approve the application for publication:

 

Consulting services in the fields of home automation, home theater design, home audio systems, home video systems, and design of home security systems; Consulting services in connection with the design, placement, and arrangement of home audio systems and home video systems in a room or home; Design and development of home automation, home theater systems, home audio systems, home video systems, and home security systems; Custom design of home theater systems, home audio systems, home video systems, and home security systems; Networking of home controls, namely, wireless and wired lighting controls, thermostat and heating controls, home theater controls, and security controls

 

Sincerely,

 

Alina Morris

Trademark Examining Attorney, Law Office 117

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Phone: 571-272-2256

Email: alina.morris@uspto.gov

 

 

From: Stephanie Trice [mailto:stephanie@milordlaw.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2019 7:25 PM
To: Morris, Alina <Alina.Morris@USPTO.GOV>; USPTO <uspto@milordlaw.com>
Subject: RE: U.S. Trademark Application No. 88363034 - CZAR - Withdrawn from Pub; Please respond by 7/24/2019 (Your Ref. CZA13-007T)

 

Dear Ms. Morris:

 

Thank you for the email.  The client’s services are consultation in connection with design, placement and arrangement in a room or home. 

 

Do you recommend the following?

 

Consulting services in the fields of home automation, home theater design, home audio systems, home video systems, and design of home security systems; Consulting services in connection with the design, placement, and arrangement of home audio systems, home video systems in a room or home; Design and development of home automation, home theater systems, home audio systems, home video systems, and home security systems; Custom design of home theater systems, home audio systems, home video systems, and home security systems; Networking of home controls, namely, wireless and wired lighting controls, thermostat and heating controls, home theater controls, and security controls

 

If you have any additional questions or concerns, I’m available via phone or email. 

 

 

Most sincerely,

Stephanie V. Trice

Associate Attorney
 
Milord & Associates, PC

Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law
10517 West Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Tel  (310) 226-7878
Fax (310) 226-7879

www.milordlaw.com

 

 

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From: Morris, Alina <Alina.Morris@USPTO.GOV>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2019 1:53 PM
To: Stephanie Trice <stephanie@milordlaw.com>; USPTO <uspto@milordlaw.com>
Subject: U.S. Trademark Application No. 88363034 - CZAR - Withdrawn from Pub; Please respond by 7/24/2019 (Your Ref. CZA13-007T)

 

Serial Nos.: 88363034

Mark: CZAR

Applicant: Czar Audio & Video, Inc.

Docket Nos.: CZA13-007T

 

Dear Ms. Trice,

 

I am the Trademark Examining Attorney at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office assigned to the application set forth above.  We had corresponded last month regarding this application (attached).

 

This application has been returned to me for correction.  Some further clarification of the identification of services is required, for definiteness and for proper classification.  I apologize for the inconvenience.

 

In the first clause of the identification, “Consulting services…”, the two elements “home audio systems” and “home video systems” in bold below need to be further clarified, and possibly reclassified.

 

Class 42:          Consulting services in the fields of home automation, home theater design, home audio systems, home video systems, and design of home security systems; Design and development of home automation, home theater systems, home audio systems, home video systems, and home security systems; Custom design of home theater systems, home audio systems, home video systems, and home security systems; Networking of home controls, namely, wireless and wired lighting controls, thermostat and heating controls, home theater controls, and security controls

 

Specifically, what it is about those products that is the focus of the consulting services needs to be clarified.  In other words, what is being consulted on and what expertise is being provided needs to be specified: what is being done to/with the systems?

 

For example, consultation in connection with product design (of those products), or consultation in connection with design (of those products) in the nature of placement and arrangement in a room or home would be in Class 42.  Consultation in connection with installation and repair would be in Class 37.  Consultation in connection with providing consumer product information would be in Class 35. 

 

Please contact me by phone or email to discuss potential amendments.  If we can connect by or before Wednesday July 24, 2019, this issue should be able to be corrected via an Examiner’s Amendment or Priority Action.  Otherwise, I will have to issue an Office Action, and you will have six (6) months to respond.

 

Please note that although the USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office Actions, email can be used for informal communications such as this, and will be included in the application record.  See 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05. 

 

I look forward to hearing from you, and again, I apologize for the inconvenience.

 

Sincerely,

 

Alina Morris

Trademark Examining Attorney, Law Office 117

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Phone: 571-272-2256

Email: alina.morris@uspto.gov