To: | GOOGLE LLC (tmdocketing@google.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88783324 - ASSEMBLER - GT-1514-TO-1 |
Sent: | April 20, 2020 03:43:49 PM |
Sent As: | ecom102@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. 88783324
Mark: ASSEMBLER
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Applicant: GOOGLE LLC
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Reference/Docket No. GT-1514-TO-1
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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 20, 2020
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 of the Office Records
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 Goods and Services– Broad/Indefinite Wording
The following wording in bold in the identification of good and services needs clarification because it is too broad and could include goods/services classified in other international classes. See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.03.
International Class 009: Computer software for assessing the authenticity of media files found online by detecting manipulation; software for mobile phones and tablets, namely, software for use in image, video, and audio verification.
International Class 042: Providing a website featuring technology that enables users to verify the authenticity of sounds, videos and images; providing a website featuring technology that enables users to store identification information for sounds, photographs and images for others to verify the authenticity of said sounds, videos, and images; providing a website that enables users to determine information about videos and images through reverse image search functionality.
Providing a website is not a service; applicant must clarify how the website enables any uses, e.g., through technology or software services.
Applicant must use the common commercial or generic names for the goods/services, be as complete and specific as possible, and avoid the use of indefinite words and phrases.
In the identification of goods, applicant must use the common commercial or generic names for the goods, be as complete and specific as possible, and avoid the use of indefinite words and phrases. If applicant uses indefinite words such as “accessories,” “components,” “devices,” “equipment,” “materials,” “parts,” “systems” or “products,” such words must be followed by “namely,” followed by a list of the specific goods identified by their common commercial or generic names. See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.03(a).
Applicant may change this wording to following if accurate.
International Class 009: Downloadable computer software for assessing the authenticity of media files found online by detecting manipulation; downloadable software for mobile phones and tablets, namely, software for use in image, video, and audio verification
International Class 042: Providing a website featuring technology that enables users to verify the authenticity of sounds, videos and images; providing a website featuring technology that enables users to store identification information for sounds, photographs and images for others to verify the authenticity of said sounds, videos, and images; providing a website featuring technology that enables users to determine information about videos and images through reverse image search functionality
See TMEP §1402.01.
If applicant adopts the suggested amendment of the goods and/or services, then applicant must amend the classification to International Classes 009 and 042. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(7), 2.85; TMEP §§805, 1401.
An applicant may only amend an identification to clarify or limit the goods and/or services, but not to add to or broaden the scope of the goods and/or services. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq., 1402.07.
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 at http://tess2.gov.uspto.report/netahtml/tidm.html. See TMEP §1402.04.
If applicant prosecutes this application as a combined, or multiple-class application, then applicant must comply with each of the following for those goods and/or services based on an intent to use the mark in commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(b):
(1) Applicant must list the goods and/or services by international class; and
(2) Applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of goods and/or services not covered by the fee already paid (current fee information should be confirmed at http://www.uspto.gov).
See 37 C.F.R. §§2.34(a)(2)-(3), 2.86(a); TMEP §§1403.01, 1403.02(c).
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
Anthony Rinker
/Anthony Rinker/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 102
Ph. 571-272-5491
anthony.rinker@uspto.gov
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