To: | ESKATE RACING LEAGUE INC. (justin.havlik@gmail.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88441833 - ERL - N/A |
Sent: | October 31, 2019 12:16:38 PM |
Sent As: | ecom104@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. 88441833
Mark: ERL
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Applicant: ESKATE RACING LEAGUE INC.
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Reference/Docket No. N/A
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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) and/or Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA). A link to the appropriate TEAS response form and/or to ESTTA for an appeal appears at the end of this Office action.
Issue date: October 31, 2019
This letter is in response to applicant’s communication filed September 30, 2019. Applicant’s statement of use has been accepted. The requirement for the significance of the mark is withdrawn. The requirement for an acceptable recitation of services is maintained and made final.
RECITATION OF SERVICES
The wording “providing sports and entertainment in the nature of live events broadcast on television and radio networks” must be clarified because it does not make clear the nature of the services provided. Applicant must amend the identification by listing each item specifically. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01.
Applicant should note the suggestions and/or explanations in bold in the proposed identification below.
The applicant is strongly urged to consult the USPTO’s online searchable U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual for assistance with identifying and classifying goods and services in this trademark application. See TMEP §1402.04
The following substitute wording is suggested, if accurate:
International Class 041
Entertainment services in the nature of professional electric skateboard racing, events, competitions, tournaments, and exhibitions for entertainment purposes; providing live sports events broadcast on television and radio networks; arranging sports competitions, namely, professional electric skateboard racing, tournaments, competitions and exhibitions for entertainment purposes; production of television programs featuring electric skateboard racing, events, competitions, tournaments, and exhibitions; Presentation of live show performances featuring electric skateboard racing, games, events and exhibitions for entertainment purposes; organization of community sporting and cultural activities featuring electric skateboard racing, competition, tournaments, events and exhibitions for entertainment purposes; Entertainment services, namely, on-going series featuring electric skateboarding racing, events, competitions, and exhibitions provided through cable television, satellite television, digital and wireless communication networks, and television broadcasts; providing a website featuring non downloadable television and video programming in the nature of electric skateboard racing, events, competitions, exhibitions, and tournaments; entertainment services in the nature of the development, production and distribution of films, movie trailers, video films, television, and online television programs featuring electric skateboard racing, events, competitions; entertainment and educational services in the nature of development and production of multi-media entertainment content featuring electric skateboards, racing, events, competitions, and tournaments
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.
This requirement is maintained and made final.
PARTIAL ABANDONMENT OF SERVICES
In such case, the application will proceed for the rest of the services only.
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.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this final Office action and/or appeal it to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
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/Evelyn Bradley/
Evelyn Bradley
Trademark Examiner
Law Office 104
(571) 272-9292
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