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`Panasonic Corporation of North America (ptodocket@arelaw.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77169771 - SHARE THE AIR - 55210/579
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`8/15/2007 9:23:39 AM
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`ECOM108@USPTO.GOV
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`(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) MARK: SHARE THE AIR(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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`MORTON AMSTER, ESQ.(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)
`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)
`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 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)
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`55210/579(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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`*77169771*
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`RESPOND TO THIS ACTION:
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm
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`ENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION:
`http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
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`77/169771
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
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`90 PARK AVE
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`(cid:160) Panasonic Corporation of North
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`ptodocket@arelaw.com
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`OFFICE ACTION
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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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`SSUE/MAILING DATE: 8/15/2007
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`The assigned trademark examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and has determined the following:
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`EARCH OF RECORDS
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`The Office records have been searched and no similar registered or pending mark has been found that would bar registration under
`Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).(cid:160) TMEP §704.02.
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`NFORMALITIES
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`Before the application can be considered further, the following informal issues must be addressed.
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`ECITATION OF SERVICES
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`The wording “conducting contests in which participants submit videos of action sports and athletic life and conducting product
`giveaway contests; entertainment services, namely, displaying and providing videos of action sports and athletic life; sponsoring environmental
`sports shows;” in the identification of services is indefinite and must be clarified because it does not put consumers on notice as to the precise
`nature of the applicant’s services. (cid:160) TMEP §1402.01.(cid:160) Applicant must amend this wording to specify the common commercial or generic name
`for the services.(cid:160) If there is no common commercial or generic name for the services, then applicant must describe the nature of the services as
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`well as their main purpose, channels of trade, and the intended consumer(s).(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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`Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:
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`Class 35 – sponsoring sports entertainment shows of others [1]
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`Class 41 – entertainment services, namely, conducting contests in which participants submit videos of action sports and athletic life and
`conducting product giveaway contests; entertainment services, namely, an ongoing series featuring videos of action sports and athletic life
`through _______________ [specify the mode of broadcast medium, e.g. cable television, webcasts, television, etc.]
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`(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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`Applicant must use the common commercial or generic names for the services, be as complete and specific as possible, and avoid the
`use of indefinite words and phrases.(cid:160) If applicant uses indefinite words and phrases such as “services in connection with,” “such as,”
`“including,” “and like services,” “systems,” “products,” “concepts,” or “not limited to,” such wording must be followed by “namely” and a
`list of the specific services identified by their common commercial or generic names.(cid:160) TMEP §§1402.01 and 1402.03(a).
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`Please note that, while the identification of services may be amended to clarify or limit the services, adding to the services or
`broadening the scope of the services is not permitted.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.(cid:160) Therefore, applicant may not amend the
`identification to include services that are not within the scope of the services set forth in the present identification.
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`For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and/or services in trademark applications, please see the online searchable Manual
`of Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services at http://tess2.uspto.gov/netahtml/tidm.html.
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`ULTI-CLASS APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
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`If applicant prosecutes this application as a combined, or multiple-class application, then applicant must comply with each of the
`requirements below for those goods and/or services based on actual use in commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(a):
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`(1)(cid:160)(cid:160) Applicant must list the goods/services by international class with the classes listed in ascending numerical order;
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`(2)(cid:160)(cid:160) Applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of goods and/or services not covered by the fee already paid (current fee
`information should be confirmed at http://www.uspto.gov); and
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`(3)(cid:160)(cid:160) For each additional class of goods and/or services, applicant must submit:
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`(a)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) dates of first use of the mark anywhere and dates of first use of the mark in commerce, or a statement that the dates of use in the initial
`application apply to that class; the dates of use, both anywhere and in commerce, must be at least as early as the filing date of the
`application;
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`(b)(cid:160)(cid:160) one specimen showing use of the mark for each class of goods and/or services; the specimen must have been in use in commerce at least
`as early as the filing date of the application;
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`(c)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) a statement that “the specimen was in use in commerce on or in connection with the goods and/or services listed in the application at
`least as early as the filing date of the application;” and
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`(d)(cid:160)(cid:160) verification of the statements in 3(a) and 3(c) in an affidavit or a signed declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20.(cid:160) (NOTE:(cid:160) Verification is not
`required where (1) the dates of use for the added class are stated to be the same as the dates of use specified in the initial application, or
`(2) the original specimens are acceptable for the added class.)
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`7 C.F.R. §§2.6, 2.34(a), 2.59, 2.71(c), and 2.86(a); TMEP §§810, 904.09, 1403.01 and 1403.02(c).
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`PECIMEN NOT ACCEPTABLE
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`The specimen is not acceptable because it does not show the applied-for mark in use in commerce.(cid:160) An application based on Section
`1(a) must include a specimen showing the applied-for mark in use in commerce for each class of services.(cid:160) Trademark Act Sections 1 and 45, 15
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`The specimen consists of an advertisement from a(cid:160) web site and is unacceptable as evidence of actual service mark use because the
`quality is very poor and the mark is not visible on the specimen.(cid:160) Thus, it fails to show proper use of the applied-for mark in the sale or
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`U.S.C. §§1051 and 1127; 37 C.F.R. §§2.34(a)(1)(iv) and 2.56; TMEP §904.11.(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)
`advertising of the services.(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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`Therefore, applicant must submit the following:
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`(1)(cid:160)(cid:160) A substitute specimen showing the mark in use in commerce for the services specified in the application; and
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`(2)(cid:160)(cid:160) The following statement, verified with an affidavit or signed declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20:(cid:160) “ The substitute specimen was in
`use in commerce at least as early as the filing date of the application.” (cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.59(a); TMEP §904.09.(cid:160) If submitting a
`specimen requires an amendment to the dates of use, applicant must also verify the amended dates.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.71(c).
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`Examples of specimens for services are signs, photographs, brochures, website printouts or advertisements that show the mark used in
`the sale or advertising of the services.(cid:160) TMEP §§1301.04 et seq.
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`iable Option – Change Basis
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`If applicant cannot satisfy the above requirements, applicant may amend the Section 1(a) filing basis (use in commerce) to Section 1(b)
`(intent to use basis), for which no specimen is required.(cid:160) However, should applicant amend the basis to Section 1(b), registration cannot be
`granted until applicant later amends the application back to use in commerce by filing an acceptable allegation of use with a proper specimen.(cid:160)
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`15 U.S.C. §1051(c); 37 C.F.R. §§2.76, 2.88; TMEP Chapter 1100.(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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`In order to amend to Section 1(b), applicant must submit the following statement, verified with an affidavit or signed declaration under
`37 C.F.R. §2.20:(cid:160) “ Applicant has had a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods or services
`listed in the application as of the filing date of the application.” (cid:160) 15 U.S.C. §1051(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.34(a)(2) and 2.35(b)(1); TMEP
`§806.03(c).
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`onditional Refusal
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`Pending a proper response, registration is refused because the specimen does not show the applied-for mark in use in commerce for the
`services specified in the application.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C. §§1051 and 1127; 37 C.F.R. §§2.34(a)(1)(iv) and 2.56.
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`LOSING
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`If applicant has questions about its application or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned
`trademark examining attorney directly at the number below.
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`/William H. Dawe, III/
`Trademark Attorney
`Law Office 108
`(571) 272-9337 voice
`(571) 273-9337 fax
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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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`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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`The following criteria have evolved for determining what constitutes a service, in connection with which a mark may be registered:(cid:160) (1) a service must be
`a real activity; (2) a service must be performed to the order of, or for the benefit of, someone other than applicant; and (3) a service must be an activity that is
`qualitatively different from anything necessarily done in connection with the sale of applicant’s goods or the performance of another service. (cid:160) In re Betz Paperchem,
`Inc., 222 USPQ 89, 90 (TTAB 1984); see In re Canadian Pacific Ltd., 754 F.2d 992, 224 USPQ 971 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Moore Business Forms, Inc., 24 USPQ2d
`1638 (TTAB 1992); In re Integrated Resources, Inc., 218 USPQ 829 (TTAB 1983); In re Landmark Communications, Inc., 204 USPQ 692 (TTAB 1979).
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`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. 77169771 - SHARE THE AIR - 55210/579
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`8/15/2007 9:23:45 AM
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`ECOM108@USPTO.GOV
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`IMPORTANT NOTICE
`USPTO OFFICE ACTION HAS ISSUED ON 8/15/2007 FOR
`APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 77169771
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`lease follow the instructions below to continue the prosecution of your application:
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`ACTION:
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`paste this URL into the address field of your browser), or visit http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow and enter the application serial
`number to access the Office action.
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`LEASE NOTE: The(cid:160)Office action may not be(cid:160)immediately available but will be(cid:160)viewable within(cid:160)24 hours of this notification.
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`ESPONSE(cid:160)MAY BE REQUIRED: You should carefully review the Office action to determine (1) if a response is required; (2) how to
`respond; and (3) the applicable response time period. Your response deadline will be calculated from 8/15/2007.
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`o NOT hit “Reply” to this e-mail notification, or otherwise attempt to e-mail your response, as the USPTO does NOT accept e-mailed
`responses.(cid:160) Instead, the USPTO recommends that you respond online using the Trademark Electronic Application System response form
`at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm.
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`ELP: For technical assistance in accessing the Office action, please e-mail
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`TDR@uspto.gov.(cid:160) Please contact the assigned examining attorney with questions about the Office action.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) WARNING
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`1. The USPTO will NOT send a separate e-mail with the Office action attached.
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`. Failure to file any required response by the applicable deadline will result in the ABANDONMENT of your
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