To: | Comerica Bank (trademarks@bodmanlaw.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88490105 - COMERICA THEATRE - 5500-7962 |
Sent: | August 21, 2019 05:39:14 PM |
Sent As: | ecom101@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. 88490105
Mark: COMERICA THEATRE
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Correspondence Address: 201 South Division Street, Suite 400
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Applicant: Comerica Bank
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Reference/Docket No. 5500-7962
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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: August 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.
Office Search
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 is indefinite in part for both classification and publication purposes and must be clarified. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01. Applicant may adopt the following wording, if accurate:
Class 35: Promoting live entertainment events for others; rental of facilities and equipment for business events
Class 41: Entertainment services, namely, presenting live works of the performing arts featuring (specify, e.g., dance performances, musical performances, theatrical performances, magic performances); providing online information regarding live (specify, e.g., theatrical, musical and dance performances) and cultural events; rental of facilities and equipment for social events; online non-downloadable electronic newsletters delivered by email for the purpose of promoting live works for the performing arts
Scope Advisory
Questions Regarding Office Action
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
/Russ Herman/
Examining Attrorney
Law Office 101
(571)272-9172
russ.herman@uspto.gov
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