To: | West Corporation (tmcentral@pirkeybarber.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88481162 - INTRADO - WSTC016US6 |
Sent: | October 21, 2019 02:38:41 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. 88481162
Mark: INTRADO
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Correspondence Address: 1801 EAST 6TH STREET, SUITE 300
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Applicant: West Corporation
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Reference/Docket No. WSTC016US6
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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: October 21, 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
The trademark examining attorney has searched the Office’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).
· Identification of Services
The identification of services in the application includes unacceptably broad wording from the class heading of one or more international classes that must be clarified. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §§1401.02(a), 1401.08. In this case, applicant used the wording “Educational services”. The USPTO considers class headings, whose sole purpose is to indicate the subject matter and general scope of each international class of goods and/or services, to be too broadly worded to identify goods and/or services in a U.S. application. See In re Societe Generale des Eaux Minerales de Vittel S.A., 1 USPQ2d 1296, 1298-99 (TTAB 1986), rev’d on other grounds, 824 F.2d 957, 3 USPQ2d 1450 (Fed. Cir. 1987); TMEP §§1401.02(a), 1401.08, 1402.01 et seq., 1402.07(a). For amendments to identifications consisting of class headings, the scope of the identification is limited to the ordinary meaning of the words in the heading. See In re Fiat Grp. Mktg. & Corp. Commc’ns S.p.A, 109 USPQ2d 1593, 1598 (TTAB 2014); TMEP §§1402.06(a), (b), 1402.07(a). Accordingly, applicant must amend the class heading(s) to identify specific goods and/or services that fall within the ordinary meaning of the words specified in the class heading(s). See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §§1402.06(a), (b), 1402.07(a).
Additionally, the identification for “non-downloadable publications” in International Class 41 is indefinite and must be clarified to indicate both the specific physical nature (e.g., pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, journals, or magazines) and the literary subject matter of the publications. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.03(e). For example, “magazines in the field of medicine,” “newsletters about television programs,” and “books and pamphlets in the field of financial classification of companies and securities,” are acceptable in International Class 16. If the subject matter is not a significant aspect of the publications, the identification may specify the general character or type of the publications; e.g., “general feature magazines” are acceptable in International Class 16. TMEP §1402.03(e).
Lastly, the wording, “provision of training” is indefinite because the field of use or subject matter of the training is unclear. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01.
In summary, applicant may adopt the following identifications, if accurate:
International Class 41: Educational services namely, conducting programs in the field of telecommunications; provision of training in the field of telecommunications; production, organisation and management of conferences, seminars, workshops, exhibitions and for educational purposes; non-downloadable electronic publications in the nature of magazines in the field of telecommunications; educational services, namely, conducting seminars and workshops in the field of school-parent communications and the distribution of course materials therewith in the nature of print, electronic, audio and visual materials; educational services for employees, conducting workshops in the field of emergency support; information, consultancy and advisory services relating to all the aforesaid services
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.
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.
Please call or email the assigned trademark examining attorney with questions about this Office action. Although the trademark examining attorney cannot provide legal advice or statements about applicant’s rights, the trademark examining attorney can provide applicant with additional explanation about the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in this Office action. See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06. Although the USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office actions, emails can be used for informal communications and will be included in the application record. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05.
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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Sasha Rios
/Sasha Rios/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 125
P: (571)272-2616
Sasha.Rios@USPTO.GOV
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