To: | Honu HR, Inc. (trademarks@cooley.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88436267 - SORA - 335780-20001 |
Sent: | August 08, 2019 08:51:29 AM |
Sent As: | ecom125@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. 88436267
Mark: SORA
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Correspondence Address: 1299 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW, SUITE 700
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Applicant: Honu HR, Inc.
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Reference/Docket No. 335780-20001
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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: August 08, 2019
The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issue(s) below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
SEARCH OF OFFICE’S DATABASE OF MARKS
APPLICANT MUST AMEND ITS IDENTIFICATION OF SERVICES
Certain wording in the identification is indefinite or overly broad and must be clarified. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.03, 1904.02(c), (c)(ii). Please see the notes and suggested amendments below.
Applicant should note that any wording in bold, in italics, and/or in ALL CAPS below offers guidance and/or shows the changes being
proposed for the identification of goods and services. If there is wording in the applicant’s version of the identification of goods and services which should be
removed, it will be shown with a line through it such as this: strikethrough. When making its amendments, applicant should enter them in standard font, not in
bold, in italics, underlined and/or in ALL CAPS.
Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:
International Class 35: providing a website featuring business management and human resources tools {If these “tools” are interactive software or technology which allows a user to perform the above-stated functions, then these services are properly classified in International Class
42. If the “tools” are merely information and articles, they are properly classified but applicant should state as such} INFORMATION AND
ARTICLES for employers and employees, namely, INFORMATION AND ARTICLES RELATING TO BUSINESS reporting, operations automation, and workflow automation tools;
providing an interactive website that allows users to collect, track, analyze and create reports on employee lifecycle data and allows users to manage and automate human resources operations and
workflow, including but not limited to, automating onboarding new employees and offboarding departing employees {these services are properly classified in
International Class 42 as the applicant is providing an interactive website which features software/technology that allows an individual to perform functions. These
type of services are in Class 42, regardless of the subject matter of those functions}
INTERNATIONAL CLASS 42: providing a website featuring business management and human resources TECHNOLOGY {applicant must specify that the purpose of the website is to provide technology to allow users to perform a particular function} for employers and
employees, namely, TECHNOLOGY WHICH ALLOWS USERS TO PERFORM BUSINESS FUNCTIONS IN THE NATURE OF reporting, operations automation, and workflow automation tools;
providing a website featuring business management and human resources tools for employers and employees, namely, reporting, operations automation, and workflow
automation tools; providing an interactive website FEATURING TECHNOLOGY that allows users to collect, track, analyze and create reports on employee lifecycle data and allows
users to manage and automate human resources operations and workflow, including but not limited to, automating onboarding new employees and offboarding departing employees
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual. See TMEP §1402.04.
MULTI-CLASS REQUIREMENT
(1) List the goods and/or services by their international class number in consecutive numerical order, starting with the lowest numbered class.
(2) Submit a filing fee for each international class not covered by the fee(s) already paid (view the USPTO’s current fee schedule). The application identifies goods and/or services that are classified in at least 2 classes; however, applicant submitted a fee sufficient for only 1 class. Applicant must either submit the filing fees for the classes not covered by the submitted fees or restrict the application to the number of classes covered by the fees already paid.
See 15 U.S.C. §§1051(b), 1112, 1126(e); 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(6)-(7), 2.34(a)(2)-(3), 2.86(a); TMEP §§1403.01, 1403.02(c).
See an overview of the requirements for a Section 1(b) multiple-class application and how to satisfy the requirements online using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) form.
RESPONSE GUIDELINES
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.
ASSISTANCE
TEAS PLUS OR TEAS REDUCED FEE (TEAS RF) APPLICANTS – TO MAINTAIN LOWER FEE, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET, INCLUDING SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Applicants who filed their application online using the lower-fee TEAS Plus or TEAS RF application form must (1) file certain documents online using TEAS, including responses to Office actions (see TMEP §§819.02(b), 820.02(b) for a complete list of these documents); (2) maintain a valid e-mail correspondence address; and (3) agree to receive correspondence from the USPTO by e-mail throughout the prosecution of the application. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.22(b), 2.23(b); TMEP §§819, 820. TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants who do not meet these requirements must submit an additional processing fee of $125 per class of goods and/or services. 37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(1)(v), 2.22(c), 2.23(c); TMEP §§819.04, 820.04. However, in certain situations, TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants may respond to an Office action by authorizing an examiner’s amendment by telephone or e-mail without incurring this additional fee.
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