To: | United States Olympic Committee (kelly.maser@usoc.org) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88481877 - UNITED STATES OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC - N/A |
Sent: | September 11, 2019 05:30:49 PM |
Sent As: | ecom106@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. 88481877
Mark: UNITED STATES OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC
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Correspondence Address: UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE |
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Applicant: United States Olympic Committee
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Reference/Docket No. N/A
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COMBINED EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT/PRIORITY ACTION 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: September 11, 2019
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.
The applicant must address issues shown below. On September 11, 2019, the examining attorney and Guiselle Torres, Esq. ((719) 866-4599) discussed the issues below. The applicant must timely respond to these issues. See 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.62(a); TMEP §708.05.
Additional Fee Required
Therefore, applicant must either (1) restrict the application to the number of classes covered by the fees already paid, or (2) submit the fees for the additional class.
The fee for adding classes to a TEAS Reduced Fee (RF) application is $275 per class. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(1)(iii), 2.23(a). See more information regarding the requirements for maintaining the lower TEAS RF fee and, if these requirements are not satisfied, for adding classes at a higher fee using regular TEAS.
Application has been amended as shown below. As agreed to by the individual identified in the Priority Action section, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below. Please notify the examining attorney immediately of any objections. TMEP §707. 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).
Recitation & Classification of Services
The recitation and classification of services is amended to read as follows:
“Promoting the selection for and participation with the U.S. team for elite international athletic competitions; Promoting and administering international athletic competitions in order to support U.S. athletes and teams competing in such competitions,” in International Class 35.
“Organizing elite international athletic competitions and events; organizing sports and athletic competitions, exhibitions, demonstrations and games; providing information on-line in the field of sports,” in International Class 41.
See TMEP §§1401.03(b), 1402.01, 1402.01(e); see 37 C.F.R. §2.85.
Disclaimer
The following disclaimer statement is added to the record:
No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “UNITED STATES” and “COMMITTEE” apart from the mark as shown.
See 15 U.S.C. §1056(a); TMEP §§1213, 1213.08(a)(i).
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 nonfinal Office action.
If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance with the present application, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
/Jeffery C. Coward/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 106
Phone: (571) 272-9148
E-mail: jeffery.coward@coward@uspto.gov
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