To: | Snap Entertainment Systems Inc. (ip@hhoglund.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 90070459 - SNAP - MOMA-0900 |
Sent: | November 13, 2020 05:01:33 PM |
Sent As: | ecom107@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. 90070459
Mark: SNAP
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Applicant: Snap Entertainment Systems Inc.
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Reference/Docket No. MOMA-0900
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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: November 13, 2020
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The examining attorney respectfully advises applicant that this Office Action contains the following requirement(s) summarized immediately below and further explained within the body of this Office Action.
SUMMARY OF ISSUES that applicant must address:
The identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified because it lacks specificity. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01. Applicant must amend the identification to specify the common commercial or generic name of the goods. See TMEP §1402.01. If the goods have no common commercial or generic name, applicant must describe the product, its main purpose, and its intended uses. See id.
Applicant may adopt the following wording, if accurate:
Class 9: {Computer software must be
specified as “downloadable” and/or “recorded” to clarify the nature of the goods} software platform for {indicate purpose of platforms, e.g., application development, web
hosting, database management, or for example, use as an electronic gaming and financial platform, etc.} for use in promoting electronic games, namely, {applicant must clarify
what is intended by “promoting electronic games”, for example, advertising games?} that promotes electronic games and <calculating? tracking? monitoring?> and a related point sales system in the nature of accrued game points that you can apply for can be applied to in-store purchases and discounts
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.
REVISED DESCRIPTION OF MARK REQUIRED
The following description is suggested, if accurate:
The mark consists of a cartunized orange octopus grabbing the word SNAP which is written in white stylized letters over a blue background.
The mark consists of the literal element “SNAP” represented in stylized cursive font in white color with blue outlining and blue background, and a design consisting of the graphic cartoon-like representation of an octopus primarily in orange color with white highlights in its eyes and on its forehead region, wherein one of the octopus’s tentacles is extended upwardly, pointing to a combination of three short lines, two dots, and one cross mark as if to simulate a snapping sound gesture, and wherein further, the literal element is superimposed across, and partially obscures, the mid-section of the octopus’s body.
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.
To expedite prosecution of the application, applicant is encouraged to file its response to this Office action online via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), which is available at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/index.jsp. If applicant has technical questions about the TEAS response to Office action form, applicant can review the electronic filing tips available online at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/e_filing_tips.jsp and email technical questions to TEAS@uspto.gov.
/Ronald E. DelGizzi/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 107
Phone - (571) 272-2754
ronald.delgizzi@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE