To: | Microsoft Corporation (april.besl@dinsmore.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 90260164 - AVOWED - 128291-4 |
Sent: | March 14, 2021 09:49:44 AM |
Sent As: | ecom101@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. 90260164
Mark: AVOWED
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Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
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Reference/Docket No. 128291-4
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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: March 14, 2021
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 USPTO DATABASE OF MARKS
IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES
The identification of goods and services is indefinite and must be clarified. See TMEP §1402.01. Anything in bold requires deletion, clarification or reclassification.
Class 9: Software; computer programs, namely, game software for use on computers and video game players
Applicant must specify if the computer programs, namely, game software for use on computers and video game players are downloadable or recorded to remain in Class 9 or if it is non-downloadable and is therefore in Class 42. Software alone is an indefinite identification and must be deleted or further specified. The purpose and function of the software as well as if it is downloadable or non-downloadable must be specified.
Class 41: Entertainment; providing a website featuring information in the field of computer games, games, and home entertainment; providing information on-line relating to computer games and computer enhancements for games; entertainment services, namely, providing on-line computer games
Entertainment alone is indefinite as it may include a variety of services. Applicant must delete the word or provide further clarification.
Applicant’s goods may be clarified or limited, but may not be expanded beyond those originally itemized in the application or as acceptably amended. See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06. Applicant may clarify or limit the identification by inserting qualifying language or deleting items to result in a more specific identification; however, applicant may not substitute different goods or add goods not found or encompassed by those in the original application or as acceptably amended. See TMEP §1402.06(a)-(b). The scope of the goods sets the outer limit for any changes to the identification and is generally determined by the ordinary meaning of the wording in the identification. TMEP §§1402.06(b), 1402.07(a)-(b). Any acceptable changes to the goods will further limit scope, and once goods are deleted, they are not permitted to be reinserted. 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.
FOREIGN REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE REQUIRED
A copy of a foreign registration must consist of a document issued to an applicant by, or certified by, the intellectual property office in the applicant’s country of origin. TMEP §1004.01. If an applicant’s country of origin does not issue registrations or Madrid Protocol certificates of extension of protection, the applicant may submit a copy of the Madrid Protocol international registration that shows that protection of the international registration has been extended to the applicant’s country of origin. TMEP §1016.
Therefore, applicant must provide a copy of the foreign registration from applicant’s country of origin. If the foreign registration is not written in English, applicant must also provide an English translation. 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(3)(ii); TMEP §1004.01(a)-(b). The translation should be signed by the translator. TMEP §1004.01(b).
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
/Jacqueline Abrams/
Examining Attorney LO 101
(571) 272-9185
United States Patent and Trademark Office
jacky.abrams@USPTO.gov (INFORMAL ONLY)
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