To: | Honu HR, Inc. (trademarks@cooley.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88436267 - SORA - 335780-20001 |
Sent: | March 15, 2020 03:54:20 PM |
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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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: March 15, 2020
This Office action is supplemental to and supersedes the previous Office action issued on 8/8/2019 in connection with this application. The applicant responded on 9/4/2019, and the application was subsequently approved for publication and a Notice of Allowance issued. However, after a review of the identification of services, it became apparent that the examining attorney overlooked components of the identification which were overbroad and indefinite.
The new requirement is identified below. The examining attorney apologizes for any inconvenience caused.
Applicant must respond to all issues raised in this Office action within six (6) months of the date of issuance of this Office action. 37 C.F.R. §2.62(a); see TMEP §711.02. If applicant does not respond within this time limit, the application will be abandoned. 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).
SUMMARY OF ISSUES:
• Applicant Must Amend its Identification of Services
• Multi-Class Requirement
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 information and articles {Applicant must either delete or provide clarification as to the meaning of “articles”, as these services appear to be in Class 41} for employers and employees,
namely, information and articles {Applicant must either delete or provide clarification as to the meaning of “articles”, as these services appear to be in
Class 41} relating to business reporting, operations automation, and workflow automation
International Class 42: providing a website featuring business management and human resources technology for employers and employees, namely, technology which allows users to perform business functions in the nature of reporting, operations automation, and workflow automation; providing a website featuring business management and human resources tools for employers and employees, namely, reporting, operations automation, and workflow automation tools IN THE NATURE OF {applicant must specify the Class 42 services described by the word “tools”, e.g., temporary use of non-downloadable software for [applicant must state the actual function of the software, e.g., sending reports, monitoring the progress of projects]}; 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
INTERNATIONAL CLASS 41: PROVISION OF ONLINE NON-DOWNLOADABLE ARTICLES IN THE FIELD OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES; Providing a website featuring business management and human resources tools for employers and employees, namely, reporting, operations automation, and workflow automation tools IN THE NATURE OF {applicant must specify the Class 41 services described by the word “tools”, e.g., non-downloadable online journals in the field of business management and human resources}
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 services that are classified in at least 3 classes; however, applicant submitted a fee sufficient for only 2 classes. 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 37 C.F.R. §2.86(a); TMEP §§1403.01, 1403.02(c).
For 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, see the Multiple-class Application webpage.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
/Kyle Ingram/
Kyle Ingram
Attorney Advisor
Law Office 125
(571)272-5276
Kyle.ingram@uspto.gov
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