To:
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`Subject:
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`Panasonic Corporation of North America (ptodocket@arelaw.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77046906 - WHISPERGREEN -
`55210/570
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`Sent:
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`8/20/2007 11:16:01 AM
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`ECOM116@USPTO.GOV
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`*77046906*
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`RESPOND TO THIS ACTION:
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`ENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION:
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`FINAL OFFICE ACTION
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`77/046906
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`90 PARK AVE
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(cid:160) Panasonic Corporation of
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) SERIAL NO:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MARK: WHISPERGREEN
`(cid:160) (cid:160)
`MORTON AMSTER(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`AMSTER ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN LLP(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`NEW YORK, NY 10016-1301(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) APPLICANT:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`North America(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT’S
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`REFERENCE/DOCKET NO:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`55210/570(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(cid:160)T
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`O AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS
`OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE.
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`(cid:160)I
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`SSUE/MAILING DATE: 8/20/2007
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`(cid:160)T
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`HIS IS A FINAL ACTION.
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`The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the applicant’s correspondence received on August 2,
`2007, in the referenced application and determined the following.(cid:160) The amended identification of goods is
`acceptable.(cid:160) The following issue, however, remains outstanding.
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`(cid:160)F
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`INAL REFUSAL TO REGISTER THE MARK
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`(cid:160)F
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`or the reasons set forth below, the refusal under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d), is now
`made FINAL with respect to U.S. Registration No. 0751288.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.64(a).(cid:160) The trademark
`examining attorney has considered applicant’s arguments carefully and found them unpersuasive.
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`(cid:160)T
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`he applicant asserts that the term “whisper” is weak as applied to fans since it suggests that the relevant
`goods are quiet.(cid:160) Even if applicant has shown that the cited mark is “weak,” such marks are still entitled
`to protection against registration by a subsequent user of the same or similar mark for the same or closely
`related goods or services.(cid:160) See Hollister Incorporated v. Ident A Pet, Inc., 193 USPQ 439 (TTAB 1976)
`and cases cited therein.
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`(cid:160)T
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`he registrations cited by the applicant in support of its argument are not conclusive since the goods
`differ from those of the applicant and the registrant.(cid:160) The applicant has identified its goods as “ventilating
`exhaust fans,” and the registrant has identified its goods as “electrical ventilating fans.” (cid:160) The goods of
`the parties are related in that they are both ventilating fans.(cid:160) The applicant has not challenged this finding.(cid:160)
`The goods in the relevant registrations and sole application, which were cited by the applicant and feature
`the word “whisper” in the marks, consist of evaporative air cooling units for domestic and commercial
`use and ceiling fans.(cid:160) These goods are different from the goods identified by the applicant and the
`registrant.(cid:160) This determination is based upon the attached webpages found during an Internet search
`conducted on August 17, 2007.(cid:160) The records of this Office clearly indicate that the registrant is the only
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`entity that has registered the term “WHISPER” for ventilating fans. (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(cid:160) The applicant’s mark is
`Therefore, the sole distinction between the parties’ marks is the term “green”.
`WHISPERGREEN, and the registrant’s mark in is WHISPER. (cid:160) The marks are similar in appearance,
`sound, connotation and overall common commercial impression in that they each contain (and begin
`with) the wording “whisper”. (cid:160) Both marks connote that the relevant goods are quiet as a “whisper”. (cid:160)
`Furthermore, the additional wording in the applicant’s mark is merely suggestive of a feature of the
`goods, namely, the ventilating exhaust fans are built to save energy and are therefore “green” or
`environmentally friendly.(cid:160) Please see the attached dictionary definition of “green.” (cid:160) Purchasers could
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`reasonably believe that the same entity is manufacturing both types of “whisper” ventilating fans. (cid:160)(cid:160)
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`The applicant’s mere addition of the term “green” to the registered mark does not obviate the similarity
`between the marks nor does it overcome a likelihood of confusion under Section 2(d).(cid:160) In re Chatam
`International Inc., 380 F.3d 1340, 71 USPQ2d 1944 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (“GASPAR’S ALE and “JOSE
`GASPAR GOLD”); Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., 526 F.2d 556, 188 USPQ
`105 (C.C.P.A. 1975) (“BENGAL” and “BENGAL LANCER”); Lilly Pulitzer, Inc. v. Lilli Ann Corp.,
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`(cid:160)
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`376 F.2d 324, 153 USPQ 406 (C.C.P.A. 1967) (“THE LILLY” and “LILLI ANN”); In re El Torito
`Rests. Inc., 9 USPQ2d 2002 (TTAB 1988) (“MACHO” and “MACHO COMBOS”); In re United States
`Shoe Corp., 229 USPQ 707 (TTAB 1985) (“CAREER IMAGE” and “CREST CAREER IMAGES”); In
`re Corning Glass Works, 229 USPQ 65 (TTAB 1985) (“CONFIRM” and “CONFIRMCELLS”); In re
`Riddle, 225 USPQ 630 (TTAB 1985) (“ACCUTUNE” and “RICHARD PETTY’S ACCU TUNE”);
`In
`re Cosvetic Laboratories, Inc., 202 USPQ 842 (TTAB 1979) (“HEAD START” and “HEAD START
`COSVETIC”); TMEP §1207.01(b)(iii).
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`(cid:160)T
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`he fact that purchasers are sophisticated or knowledgeable in a particular field does not necessarily mean
`that they are sophisticated or knowledgeable in the field of trademarks or immune from source confusion.(cid:160)
`See In re Decombe, 9 USPQ2d 1812 (TTAB 1988); In re Pellerin Milnor Corp., 221 USPQ 558 (TTAB
`1983); TMEP §1207.01(d)(vii).(cid:160) Furthermore, the presumption under Trademark Act Section 7(b), 15
`U.S.C. §1057(b), is that the registrant is the owner of the mark and that use of the mark extends to all
`goods identified in the registration.(cid:160) The presumption also implies that the registrant operates in all
`normal channels of trade and reaches all classes of purchasers of the identified goods.(cid:160) In re Melville
`Corp., 18 USPQ2d 1386, 1389 (TTAB 1991); McDonald’s Corp. v. McKinley , 13 USPQ2d 1895, 1899
`(TTAB 1989); RE/MAX of America, Inc. v. Realty Mart, Inc., 207 USPQ 960, 964-5 (TTAB 1980).
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`Any doubt regarding a likelihood of confusion is resolved in favor of the prior registrant.(cid:160) Hewlett-
`Packard Co. v. Packard Press Inc., 281 F.3d 1261, 62 USPQ2d 1001, 1004 (Fed. Cir. 2002); In re Hyper
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`Shoppes (Ohio), Inc., 837 F.2d 463, 6 USPQ2d 1025 (Fed. Cir. 1988); TMEP §§1207.01(d)(i).(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`RESPONSE
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`(cid:160)I
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`f applicant fails to respond to this final action within six months of the mailing date, the application will
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`be abandoned.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).(cid:160) Applicant may respond to this final action by:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(1)(cid:160)(cid:160) submitting a response that fully satisfies all outstanding requirements, if feasible (37 C.F.R.
`§2.64(a)); and/or
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`(2)(cid:160)(cid:160) filing an appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, with an appeal fee of $100 per class
`(37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(18) and 2.64(a); TMEP §§715.01 and 1501 et seq.; TBMP Chapter 1200).
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`(cid:160)I
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`n certain circumstances, a petition to the Director may be filed to review a final action that is limited to
`procedural issues, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(2).(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.64(a).(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §2.146(b),
`TMEP §1704, and TBMP Chapter 1201.05 for an explanation of petitionable matters.(cid:160) The petition fee is
`$100.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(15).
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`(cid:160)A
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`pplicant may respond to this Office action using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System
`(TEAS) at <http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html>.(cid:160) When using TEAS the data the applicant submits
`is directly uploaded into the Office’s database, which reduces processing time and eliminates the
`possibility of data entry errors by the Office.(cid:160) Applicants are strongly encouraged to use TEAS to respond
`to Office actions.(cid:160) Applicants using TEAS should not submit a duplicate paper copy of the response.
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`(cid:160)S
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`TATUS OF APPLICATION
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`(cid:160)T
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`he Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) database on the USPTO website at
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`http://tarr.uspto.gov provides detailed, up to the minute information about the status and prosecution
`history of trademark applications and registrations.(cid:160) The TARR database is available 24 hours a day, 7
`days a week.(cid:160) Status and status date information is also available via push-button telephone at (703)
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`305‑8747 from 6:30 a.m. until midnight, Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Tina L. Snapp
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`(cid:160)/
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`Tina L. Snapp/
`Examining Attorney
`Law Office 116
`(571) 272-9224
`Rightfax (571) 273-9116
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`RESPOND TO THIS ACTION: If there are any questions about the Office action, please contact the
`assigned examining attorney. A response to this Office Action should be filed using the Office’s
`Response to Office action form available at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm.(cid:160) If notification
`of this Office action was received via e-mail, no response using this form may be filed for 72 hours after
`receipt of the notification.(cid:160) Do not attempt to respond by e-mail as the USPTO does not accept e-
`mailed responses.
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`f responding by paper mail, please include the following information: the application serial number, the
`mark, the filing date and the name, title/position, telephone number and e-mail address of the person
`signing the response.(cid:160) Please use the following address: Commissioner for Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451,
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1451.
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`(cid:160)S
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`TATUS CHECK: Check the status of the application at least once every six months from the initial
`filing date using the USPTO Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) online system
`at http://tarr.uspto.gov.(cid:160) When conducting an online status check, print and maintain a copy of the
`complete TARR screen.(cid:160) If the status of your application has not changed for more than six months, please
`contact the assigned examining attorney.
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