To: | Keeper Security, Inc. (accounting@keepersecurity.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88478242 - LAUNCHER - N/A |
Sent: | September 10, 2019 07:39:01 AM |
Sent As: | ecom105@uspto.gov |
Attachments: | Attachment - 1 Attachment - 2 Attachment - 3 Attachment - 4 Attachment - 5 |
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application
U.S. Application Serial No. 88478242
Mark: LAUNCHER
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Applicant: Keeper Security, Inc.
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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: September 10, 2019
The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issues below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
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SUMMARY OF ISSUES:
SECTION 2(e)(1) REFUSAL—MERELY DESCRIPTIVE
The word “launch” means to load into a computer’s memory and run, and an application “launcher” is a type of computer program that helps users locate and start other computer programs. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/launch; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_desktop_application_launchers. Indeed, the word “launcher” merely describes computer programs like those identified by applicant as being those that help locate and start other computer programs by loading into a computer’s memory and running. The attached internet evidence shows that the term “launcher” is commonly used to describe goods like those identified by applicant. http://thycotic.com/products/secret-server/features/remote-desktop-and-putty-launcher/; http://www.beyondtrust.com/docs/privileged-identity/app-launcher-and-recording/configure/index.htm; http://www.aloaha.com/free-aloaha-tools-and-applications/aloaha-remote-desktop-rdp-manager-and-launcher/.
Accordingly, applicant’s mark is merely descriptive of the applied-for goods, and registration is refused under Section 2(e)(1) of the Trademark Act.
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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Robert N. Guliano
/Robert N. Guliano/
robert.guliano@uspto.gov
571-272-0174
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