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`APPLICANT:
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`PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH
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`/may a 25-04
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`CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS;
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`AMSTER, ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN
`90 PARK AVENUE
`NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10016
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`MARK:
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`E-WEAR
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`RETURN ADDRESS;
`Commissioner for Trademarks
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`P-Q BOX 1451
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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`Ifno fees are enclosed, the address should
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`CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 55210/373
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`Please provide in all correspondence:
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`1. Filing date, serial number, mark and
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`2. Date of this Office Action.
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`Serial Number 76/002076
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`Applicant is requesting reconsideration of a final refusal dated March 27, 2006.
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`The final refusal under Section 2(d) with regard to Reg. No. 2293127 is withdrawn.
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`However, with regard to the refusal under Section 2(e)(1), the examining attomey must deny the request
`for reconsideration and adhere to the final action as written.
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`The evidence clearly demonstrates the descriptive significance of the letter E in relation to electronic
`devices, the term WEAR in relation to wearable items, and the term E-WEAR in relation to wearable
`electronics. (See attachments).
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`the online articles which use the term E-WEAR and discuss the applicant’s goods
`Moreover,
`demonstrate the descriptive significance of the term in relation to the goods wherein they provide, in
`part, “the E-wear line includes a collection of compact digital audio players that can be worn on
`c1othjng...;” “Panasonic’s line of portable electronic devices is called ‘e-wear.’ The wearable digital
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`wear wearable electronic series... . We’ll market it to 16- to 24-year olds to carry with them. every day
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`company wants to position itself as part of the wired subculture youths comprise, says Polo Jeans spokesman Zach Augustine.
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`Reid Sullivan, general manager of the entertainment group at Panasonic, says the E-wear line includes a collection of compact digital audio
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`player, offers style as well as excellent performance. Using the latest postage-stamp-size 64 megabyte SD memory cards _to hold tunes,
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`Use: Panasonic is the latest manufacturer to blend a variety of
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`company's e-wear line of wearable electronic gizmos, combining a
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`unit records video at a relatively poor resolution of 320-by-240,
`takes photos at a low resolution of 640-by—48IJ, and uses a 2-inch LCD
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`Theicompany claims it is the industry's sirnallesti, lightest and slimmest-‘12BMEl Internet audio portable.
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`The 3x2xD.66-inch 8.8350 includes built-in lithium-ion battery to deliver morethan 12 hours of play—bacl< time.
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`GPX: To go with its current MP3-CD portable, the’ company launcli_ed’its.fii'st MP2]-CD boombox, clue in_ the second
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`The supplied 513MB memory card will be able to store an hour of MPEG-4 full-motion video ora "couple hundred‘
`MPEG4 still photos, he said. The video ‘can be viewed througha 2-inch LCD screen‘ or dumped onto a PC via
`supplied soflware, which also enables emailing of still pictures. on the audio side, it plays back'MP3 and AAC.
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`To go with the device, Panasonic plans March shipments of an SD rnicroprinter at asuggested minimum $199. Pop
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`The company plans no hard-drive portables or_3-inch MP3-CD players in 2_lJl_J2»but will launch two new MP3-CD
`portablcs, which wont be displayed at.CES. The vco'r‘npany's first MP3 CD‘ portable shipped in October ate suggested
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`In traditional portables, the company redesigned its Shockwave-portaibles with ',a more youth-"oriented design‘ and
`packaging. Three models include a CD portable due April at a, suggested minimum $89 with 48-second memory bufier.
`(up from A0), CD-RIRW compatibility, and 40-hour playback time on two AA'a|kalines. The other two products are a
`headphone AM/FM/cassette at $49 and $49 AM/FM radio with belt ‘slip and lanyard. All imodelscome in threeicolors.
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`The Ultra Thin line of headphone CD will also be upgraded to add 48-second buffer across the line and increased play-
`back time to a minimum 40 hours on two AA alkalinebatteries, up from_35 hours. Two models, however, will offer65
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`with 64MB embedded memory and slot that accepts MMC cards and, forthe lirst time from Philips, smaller SD.cards.
`The MP3-only player features programmable processor to support additional codecs. it features FM tuner and six-hour
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`How about Beethoven or Thessackstreet Boys, right on your loved one's wrist? The world's first MP3 Watch is a cool combo wrist watch and
`wearable audio player by Casio that stores up to 33 minutes of MP3 files. Available at Sunglass’Hut-Watch Station (www.sung|asshut.i:om.)
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`Suiting up, booting up St. Petersburg Times (Florida) June ’11, 2001, Monday, 0 ‘south Pine.-’Ias Edition
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`High tech is hitting the streets in fashion, and it's not geek chic.
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`Instead of T-shirts, gadget haute couture includes jackets with built-in MP3 players, cell phones and remote controls.-And raincoats designed
`to handle Palm organizers. And jewelry that doubles as a camera, electronic organizer or music player.
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`It's not some future vision — some of these products are available now, and more are on the way. 'It's. being called wearable electronics, or
`"e—wear." Or maybe "e-weird" considering that some ideas seemgto be coming from left field.
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`Here's a look at how the techie generation is beginning to dress forsuccess:
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`+Levi's and Philips promote their ICD-l-(Industrial Clothing Design Plus) line as combining "functionality with modern communication." The four-
`jacket line integrates an MP3 player, cell phone and remote control, with wiring concealed throughout the garment. If the phone rings while the
`MP3 player is on,
`it automatically lowers the volume.
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`It's not cheap (3;-600-3; 900), and it's available so far only in Europe. Why? The phones used over there won't work over here-. It's not known if
`or when the line will cross the big pond.
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`+The popularity of handheld organizers has spread to fashion. Palm Inc. has teamed up with Sanyo_Fashion House to create Palm-ready
`raincoats, with special pockets big enough to hold the gadgets. Again, don't look for them in the bargain bin. Prices range from $ .185 to $ 695.
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`+With its Wrist Technology Watches, Casio has done one better on the wristwatch phone of the Dick Tracy comic strips. Different Casio
`models include MP3 players, digital cameras, Global Positioning System receivers, voice recorders and organizers.
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`Andfor the future, IBM is developing digital jewelry, as part of its “pervasive computing" project that's‘based on the ‘idea that one day we will
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`Do y'ou know what‘HMD means? It's short for head—mounted display, and it's'an» element of- wearable computers, an idea that's gaining
`prominence as technology" createssmaller and smaller gadgets.
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`‘IBM is working on a prototype in which a small eyepiece on a headband is the monitor and the central processing unit that weighs less than a
`pound clips to a belt.
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`.It's not necessarily just for kids, either. Companies such as Xybernaut are carrying the idea into _the workplace, with wearable PCs that keep
`people connected everywhere. Orang-Otang Computers has a future products section on its Web site that includes items such as the Cuff
`Cam, a camera that slides in and out of a shirt sleeve as needed.
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`- Dave Gussow can be reached at gussow@sQtimes.com or (727) 44574228.
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`WEARABLE TECH ON THE WEB’
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`To get a glimpse or the future in wearable art, check outthese Web sites:
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`+The fashion show for the "Brave New Unwired World" at www.charmed.com.
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`+1deas being worked on by researchers at Georgia Iech (http:,1/wearables.gatech.edu) and the Massachusetts institute of lechnology
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`GRAPHIC: PHOTO, Philips Electronics; PHOTO, IBM: A model wearing a jacket with an MP3 player, cell phone and remote control wired into the
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`IMB‘S prototype of a wearable computer features a head-mounted
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