To: | Tata Sons Private Limited (trademarks@brookskushman.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88536109 - BRIDGITAL - ANAN0183TUS |
Sent: | October 24, 2019 03:08:52 PM |
Sent As: | ecom104@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. 88536109
Mark: BRIDGITAL
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Applicant: Tata Sons Private Limited
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Reference/Docket No. ANAN0183TUS
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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 24, 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 Results
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 and Classification of Goods and Services
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).
Therefore, applicant must remove the parentheses from the identification and incorporate any parenthetical or bracketed information into the description of the goods and/or services.
The following is an amended version of applicant’s identification of goods and/or services that complies with the above-mentioned clarification requirements, with additions and
alterations in bold type. The italicized wording includes additional guidance and suggestions and the wording appearing with a strikethrough should be deleted.
Applicant may adopt the following identification of goods and/or services, if accurate:
Class 09: Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, checking and supervision, life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments, namely, {specify the common commercial name of the goods, e.g., cameras and scales}; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity; apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; blank magnetic data carriers, recording discs; compact discs, DVDs and {specify form of the “other digital recording media”, e.g., high definition digital discs} featuring {indicate subject matter}; mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment, computers; downloadable computer software for {specify the function of the programs, e.g., use in database management, use as a spreadsheet, word processing, etc. and, if software is content- or field-specific, the content or field of use}; fire-extinguishing apparatus
CLASS 16: Paper and cardboard; printed matter, namely, {specify the common commercial name of the goods, e.g., calendars}; bookbinding material; photographs; stationery and office requisites, except furniture, namely, {indicate specific items, e.g., staplers}; adhesives for stationery or household purposes; artists' and drawing materials, namely, {specify the common commercial name of the goods, e.g., drawing pens}; paintbrushes; instructional and teaching materials, namely, printed teaching materials in the field of {specify subject of use}; plastic sheets, films and bags for wrapping and packaging; printers' type, printing blocks
CLASS 20: Printed matter, namely, printed vinyl signs
CLASS 35: Retail and wholesale store services featuring {specify field of goods, e.g., stationery}; advertising services; business management; business administration; providing office functions
CLASS 38: Telecommunications, namely, {specify the nature of the services, e.g., telecommunications gateway services}
CLASS 41: Education, namely, {specify form, e.g., classes} in the field of {specify subject matter}; providing of training in the field of {specify subject matter}; entertainment, namely, {specify nature of the services, e.g., live performances by a musical band}; sporting and cultural activities, namely, {specify nature of services, e.g., sports camp services}
CLASS 42: Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto, namely, {specify the nature of the services, e.g., scientific research and new product design}; industrial analysis and research services, namely, industrial research in the field of {indicate field or goods that are subject of research}; design and development of computer hardware and software
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.
ADVISORY: MULTIPLE-CLASS APPLICATION
(1) List the goods and/or services by their international class number in consecutive numerical order, starting with the lowest numbered class.
(2) Submit a filing fee for each international class not covered by the fee(s) already paid (view the USPTO’s current fee schedule). The application identifies goods and/or services that are classified in at least 7 classes; however, applicant submitted a fee(s) sufficient for only 6 class(es). Applicant must either submit the filing fees for the classes not covered by the submitted fees or restrict the application to the number of classes covered by the fees already paid.
See 15 U.S.C. §§1051(b), 1112, 1126(e); 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(6)-(7), 2.34(a)(2)-(3), 2.86(a); TMEP §§1403.01, 1403.02(c).
See an overview of the requirements for a Section 1(b) multiple-class application and how to satisfy the requirements online using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) form.
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.
CONTACT INFORMATION
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action
/Christine Martin/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 104
571-272-1630
christine.martin@uspto.gov
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