To: | ICMA-RC (ip@williamsmullen.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 90286717 - MISSION SQUARE - 081928.0006 |
Sent: | March 31, 2021 02:38:43 PM |
Sent As: | ecom112@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. 90286717
Mark: MISSION SQUARE
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Applicant: ICMA-RC
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Reference/Docket No. 081928.0006
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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 31, 2021
SEARCH OF THE RECORDS
The trademark examining attorney searched the USPTO database of registered and pending marks and found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). 15 U.S.C. §1052(d); TMEP §704.02.
RECITATION OF SERVICES
Applicant may adopt the following wording, if accurate:
Class 36
Financial services, namely, commodity investment advice, financial analysis and consultation, financial exchange, financial forecasting, financial investment in mutual funds, stocks and other securities for others, financial management, financial planning, financial portfolio management, fund investment consultation, investment advice, investment brokerage, investment consultation, and investment management for others; financial services in the nature of an investment security; mutual fund investment services; administration of employee benefit plans concerning insurance and finance, pension plans, retirement funds and deferred compensation plans; providing brokerage on behalf of participants in defined contribution plans, deferred compensation plans and individual retirement accounts for investment in mutual funds, stocks and other securities; providing financial information by electronic means about financial accounts, mutual funds, and retirement planning tools; providing financial information by an automated telephone system about financial accounts, mutual funds, and retirement planning tools; providing an online computer database featuring information concerning financial accounts, mutual funds, and retirement planning tools; providing financial planning information to state and local governments and their employees and to not-for-profit entities and their employees via the Internet; insurance services, namely, ____________ [applicant must specify the type of insurance services, e.g., underwriting, issuance and administration of life insurance] of life insurance and life insurance-based securities; _____________ [applicant must specify the financial services intended by the wording “financial wellness” using common commercial terms, e.g., financial wellness assessments in the nature of financial advice, management, and consulting; financial wellness counseling in the nature of financial advice, management and consulting. This wording is ambiguous and does not specify a specific financial services]; and student loan payment planning and administration, in International Class 36.
TMEP section 1402.011.
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.
FAILURE TO RESPOND – PARTIAL ABANDONMENT ADVISORY
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.
/Sharon A. Meier/
Trademark Attorney, LO 112
571-272-9195 - phone
sharon.meier1@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE