To: | Nowcom Corporation (anye@amandanyelaw.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88759846 - CARZING - N/A |
Sent: | April 09, 2020 05:18:27 PM |
Sent As: | ecom120@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. 88759846
Mark: CARZING
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Applicant: Nowcom Corporation
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Reference/Docket No. N/A
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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: April 09, 2020
The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issues below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
SEARCH OF USPTO DATABASE OF MARKS
IDENTIFICATION OF SERVICES – CLASS 42
Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:
Class 35: Business services in the nature providing online website and database featuring information about vehicles for sale and for lease, namely, providing information about automobiles for sale by means of the Internet and providing computer databases regarding the purchase and sale of automobiles; Providing online website featuring vehicle specifications information, namely, providing a searchable online advertising website and informational guide featuring the goods and services of other vendors via the internet in the field of automobiles; Providing vehicle rankings, rating and reviews, namely, promoting the goods and services of others by providing a website featuring recommendations, ratings and reviews posted by consumers in the field of automobiles; Advertising services via an online website and database featuring information about vehicle availability, pricing, and rebates and incentives being offered by motor vehicle dealerships and individual sellers; Price comparison services providing via an online website and database;
Class 36: Providing online website and database featuring financing and insurance information in the field of automobiles;
Class 42: Providing online, non-downloadable software featuring tools for facilitating, negotiating, transacting, and concluding vehicle purchases or leases; providing an online website promoting the goods and services of others in the automobile industry, namely, a website featuring technology which provides users with the ability to access multiple databases and automobile industry services for the purpose of conducting automobile purchase and sale transactions.
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.
PARTIAL REFUSAL RESPONSE OPTIONS
(1) Deleting the services to which the refusal pertains;
(2) Filing a Request to Divide Application form (form #3) to divide out the services that have not been refused registration, so that the mark may proceed toward publication for opposition for those goods or services to which the refusal does not pertain. See 37 C.F.R. §2.87. See generally TMEP §§1110 et seq. (regarding the requirements for filing a request to divide). If applicant files a request to divide, then to avoid abandonment, applicant must also file a timely response to all outstanding issues in this Office action, including the refusal. 37 C.F.R. §2.87(e).; or
(3) Amending the basis for the services identified in the refusal, if appropriate. TMEP §806.03(h). (The basis cannot be changed for applications filed under Trademark Act Section 66(a). TMEP §1904.01(a).)
ASSISTANCE
The USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office actions; however, emails can be used for informal communications and are included in the application record. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
/John S. Miranda/
Trademark Examining Attorney, Law Office 120
United States Patent & Trademark Office
571-272-4553
John.Miranda@USPTO.GOV
RESPONSE GUIDANCE