Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

 

Issue date:  April 06, 2020

 

 

USPTO database searched; no conflicting marks found.  The trademark examining attorney searched the USPTO database of registered and pending marks and found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d).  15 U.S.C. §1052(d); TMEP §704.02.

 

Application has been amended as shown below.  As agreed to by Attorney Bruce McDonald on April 6, 2020, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below.  Please notify the examining attorney immediately of any objections.  TMEP §707.  Otherwise, no response is required.  Id.  In addition, 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

 

The identification of goods and services is amended to read as follows: 

 

Class 16: Printed publications, namely, magazines and newsletters featuring articles and news in the field of computer software, hardware and peripherals, the Internet, personal computing, social networking, classified ads, general interest and scrapbooking; manuals, catalogues, books, teaching and instructional materials in the field of computer software, hardware and peripherals, the Internet, personal computing, social networking, classified ads, general interest and scrapbooking; graphic art reproductions; stationery, photo albums, scrapbooks, greeting cards, note cards, and calendars; none of the aforesaid goods for use in relation to dating and social introductions services

 

Class 35: Providing an on-line directory information service featuring information regarding classified ads; providing an on-line computer database featuring classified advertisements; advertising by transmission of on-line publicity for third parties through electronic communications networks; promoting the goods and services of others over the Internet; electronic retail store services featuring computer software, images, multimedia files, digital accessories and scrapbooking materials; none of the aforesaid goods for use in relation to dating and social introductions services

 

Class 38: Providing online communications links which transfer the web site user to other local and global web pages; internet access provider services; on-line document delivery via a global computer network; providing access to databases featuring information regarding computer software, hardware and peripherals, the Internet, personal computing, social networking, classified ads, general interest and scrapbooking, magazines, books, manuals and catalogues; providing online chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among users in the field of computer software, hardware and peripherals, graphic design, multimedia manipulation and sharing, the Internet, personal computing, social networking, classified ads, general interest and scrapbooking; providing on-line forums for transmission of messages among computer users in the fields of computer software, hardware and peripherals, graphic design, multimedia manipulation and sharing, the Internet, personal computing, social networking, classified ads, general interest and scrapbooking; electronic transmission of images, photographs, graphic images and illustrations over a global computer network; none of the aforesaid services for use in relation to dating and social introductions services

 

Class 41: Teaching, training, education and instructional services, namely, providing on-line courses in the fields of computer software and hardware; arranging and conducting courses, conferences, seminars and educational presentations relating to computer software and hardware; electronic publishing of works of others incorporating user-created text, audio or images on-line featuring computer software, hardware and peripherals, graphic design, multimedia manipulation and sharing, the Internet, personal computing, social networking, classified ads, general interest and scrapbooking; on-line journals, namely, blogs featuring computer software, hardware and peripherals, the Internet, personal computing, social networking, classified ads, general interest and scrapbooking; providing non-downloadable, on-line newsletters in the fields of computer software, hardware and peripherals, the Internet, personal computing, social networking, classified ads, general interest and scrapbooking; providing an on-line computer database featuring information regarding how to set up and use and online scrapbook; providing on-line information in the field of current event news and entertainment via the Internet; providing on-line non-downloadable magazines, books, manuals, scrapbooks and catalogues in the fields of computer software, hardware and peripherals, the Internet, personal computing, social networking, classified ads, general interest and scrapbooking; providing online scrapbooks featuring user-defined text and images; arranging and conducting online meetings and interactive seminars in the field of computer software, hardware and peripherals, the Internet, personal computing, social networking, classified ads, general interest and scrapbooking; none of the aforesaid services for use in relation to dating and social introductions services

 

Class 42: Advisory services and consultancy relating to computer software; computer software design, development, configuration, maintenance, installation and updating; design of graphics software systems; technical support services, namely, troubleshooting of computer software problems; providing temporary use of online, non-downloadable software for use for graphic design, image manipulation, desktop publishing and printing; design and development of computer hardware; providing an interactive website featuring technology that allows users to create, manipulate and share multimedia scrapbooks, information, comments and user-generated multimedia content; providing temporary use of online, non-downloadable software for use for graphic design, multi-media manipulation, scrapbook applications, social networking, uploading, storing, posting, blogging and sharing of communication or information; providing temporary use of online, non-downloadable software that enables users to share multimedia scrapbooks and other user-generated multimedia content with third parties via a global computer network; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for word processing, printing, creating graphics, images, and fonts, font management, typesetting, document management and manipulation, presentation delivery, image editing, media and photo management, drawing, animation, creating graphics, digital video and audio editing; providing an on-line computer database featuring information regarding the design and development of computer software, hardware and peripherals; software as a service services featuring software platforms for graphic design; providing an on-line computer database featuring information regarding how to use computer software, hardware and peripherals; providing an on-line computer database featuring educational information regarding how to scrapbook; electronic monitoring services, namely, computer security services for protecting data and information from unauthorized access data for security purposes in the field of on-line chat forums; none of the aforesaid services for use in relation to dating and social introductions services

 

Class 45 has been deleted from the application.

 

See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).

 

 

 

 

 

/Alexandra El-Bayeh/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 124

(571) 270-5911

alexandra.el-bayeh@uspto.gov

 

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on April 06, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88470053

 

Your trademark application has been reviewed by a trademark examining attorney.  As part of that review, the assigned attorney has issued an official letter.  Please follow the steps below.

 

(1)  Read the official letter.  No response is necessary.

 

(2)  Direct questions about the contents of the Office action to the assigned attorney below. 

 

/Alexandra El-Bayeh/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 124

(571) 270-5911

alexandra.el-bayeh@uspto.gov

 

 

Direct questions about navigating USPTO electronic forms, the USPTO website, the application process, the status of your application, and/or whether there are outstanding deadlines or documents related to your file to the Trademark Assistance Center (TAC).

 

 

 

GENERAL GUIDANCE

·       Check the status of your application periodically in the Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR) database to avoid missing critical deadlines.

 

·       Update your correspondence email address, if needed, to ensure you receive important USPTO notices about your application.

 

·       Beware of misleading notices sent by private companies about your application.  Private companies not associated with the USPTO use public information available in trademark registrations to mail and email trademark-related offers and notices – most of which require fees.  All official USPTO correspondence will only be emailed from the domain “@uspto.gov.”