Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

Issue date:  September 27, 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.

 

Application has been amended as shown below.  As agreed to by Greg Chinlund on September 27, 2019, 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).

 

Summary of Amendments

 

• Disclaimer
• Identification of Services
• Mark Description and Color Claim

 

Disclaimer

 

The following disclaimer statement is added to the record:

 

            No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “MEDIA” apart from the mark as shown.

 

See 15 U.S.C. §1056(a); TMEP §§1213, 1213.08(a)(i).

 

Identification of Services

 

The identification of services is amended to read as follows:

 

Class 41: Non-downloadable online publications, namely, electronically distributed newsletters in the fields of education, educational resources, media resources, and books, all relating to emerging trends in education, technology, language instruction, special needs, and non-profit organizations; and providing non-downloadable online publications in the nature of blogs, newsletters, articles, electronic books, and magazines in the fields of education, educational resources, media resources, books, films, and documentaries, all relating to emerging trends in education, technology, language instruction, special needs, and non- profit organizations; education services, namely, providing non-downloadable webinars in the fields of education, educational resources, media resources, books, films, and documentaries, all relating to emerging trends in education, technology, language instruction, special needs, and non- profit organizations

 

See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).

 

Mark Description and Color Claim

 

The following amended statements describing color in the mark are added to the record:

 

The colors purple, blue, and grey are claimed as a feature of the mark. 

 

The mark consists of open book facing towards the right with slightly transparent pages overlapping in various shades of purple and blue with the words BIG DEAL MEDIA in grey in capital letters directly to the center right.

 

37 C.F.R. §2.52(b)(1); TMEP §807.07(a)(i), (a)(ii).

 

 

 

 

 

Carr, Patrick

/Patrick Carr/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 125

(571) 272-9634

patrick.carr@uspto.gov

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on September 27, 2019 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88507416

 

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. 

 

Carr, Patrick

/Patrick Carr/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 125

(571) 272-9634

patrick.carr@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.”