To: | VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD. (tm@bayramoglu-legal.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88776853 - VIVO - N/A |
Sent: | April 26, 2020 12:53:27 PM |
Sent As: | ecom120@uspto.gov |
Attachments: | Attachment - 1 Attachment - 2 Attachment - 3 Attachment - 4 Attachment - 5 |
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application
U.S. Application Serial No. 88776853
Mark: VIVO
|
|
Correspondence Address: 1540 WEST WARM SPRINGS ROAD SUITE 100
|
|
Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
|
|
Reference/Docket No. N/A
Correspondence Email Address: |
|
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.
SEARCH OF USPTO DATABASE OF MARKS
In response to this Office action, applicant may present arguments in support of registration by addressing the issue of the potential conflict between applicant’s mark and the mark in the referenced application. Applicant’s election not to submit arguments at this time in no way limits applicant’s right to address this issue later if a refusal under Section 2(d) issues.
Amendment to Identification of Goods and/or Services Required
Applicant must clarify the following indicated language for reasons stated below. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.03.
The wording “Screens for mobile phones” is indefinite and must be clarified because the nature of the good is unclear.
Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:
Class 9:
Mobile phone software applications, downloadable namely, software for playing music, software for games, software for online shopping, software for travel guide, software for communication,software for photograph and software for image processing and transmission; Tablet computers; Smart glasses; Smart watches; Electric navigational instruments; Global positioning system (GPS) apparatus; Smartphones; Mobile phones; Cell phone covers; Cell phone cases; Protective films adapted for mobile phone screens; Wearable smart phones; Stands adapted for mobile phones; Cabinets for loudspeakers; Wireless speakers; Headphones; Wireless earphones; Earphones for cellular telephones; Wireless headsets for smart phones; Selfie sticks for use with smartphones; USB cables; USB cables for cellphones; Power adapters; Batteries, electric; Battery chargers; Wireless chargers; Battery chargers for mobile phones; Virtual reality glasses; Virtual reality headsets; Artificial intelligent speakers in the nature of wireless audio speakers; touch screens for mobile phones; mobile power banks in the nature of rechargeable batteries; Smartwatch bands; Chipsets for use with wireless communication apparatuses, consumer electronic devices, smart phones, and wearable mobile computers; Integrated circuits, namely, system basis chips and systems on a chip (SOC); Multiprocessor chips
Applicant may amend the identification to clarify or limit the goods and/or services, but not to broaden or expand the goods and/or services beyond those in the original application or as acceptably amended. See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06. Generally, any deleted goods and/or services may not later be reinserted. See TMEP §1402.07(e).
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.
Translation Required
Response Guidelines
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
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.
/Grace Duffin/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 120
571-270-7069
Grace.Duffin@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE