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`Panasonic Corporation of North America (ptodocket@arelaw.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77354372 - T-FORCE - 55210/587
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`7/21/2008 3:11:50 PM
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`ECOM114@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) MARK: T-FORCE(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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`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)(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) 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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`55210/587(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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`*77354372*
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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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`77/354372
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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: 7/21/2008
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`HIS IS A FINAL ACTION.
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`This final Office action responds to applicant’s Response to Office Action filed on June 27, 2008, wherein applicant responded to the
`requirement for an amendment to the recitation and classification of services issued in the Office action dated March 4, 2008.
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`he proposed amendment to the recitation and classification of services cannot be accepted for the reasons outlined below.(cid:160) Therefore, the
`requirement is now maintained and made FINAL.
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`AMENDMENT TO IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF SERVICES REQUIRED – PARTIAL FINAL REFUSAL
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`he amended identification of services is indefinite and must be clarified.(cid:160) See TMEP §1402.01.
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`he Trademark Act requires that a trademark or service mark application must include a “ specification of … the goods [or services]” in
`connection with which the mark is being used or will be used.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C. §1051(a)(2) (emphasis added), (b)(2) (emphasis added); see 15 U.S.C.
`§1053.(cid:160) Specifically, a complete application must include a “list of the particular goods or services on or in connection with which the
`applicant uses or intends to use the mark.” (cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6) (emphasis added).(cid:160) This requirement for a specification of the particular goods
`and/or services applies to applications filed under all statutory bases.(cid:160) See 15 U.S.C. §§1051(a)(2), 1051(b)(2), 1053, 1126(d)-(e), 1141f; 37
`C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(c).
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`The wording “maintenance of customer images for their computers and providing re-imaging as may be required incident to the repair of
`computers” remains indefinite and must be clarified by using a common commercial description for the services, as explained in the initial
`Office action.(cid:160) Applicant added classes 39 and 41 and included the services “storage services for archiving images” and “digital imaging
`services,” respectively. (cid:160) However, if applicant intended to replace the original wording with these new services, then applicant should delete
`the original wording from Class 36 since it is indefinite and appears to be misclassified and include the original language before the new
`services, e.g. “maintenance of customer images for their computers, namely, storage services for archiving images” and “digital imaging
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`services in the nature of providing re-imaging of customer images as may be required incident to the repair of a customer’s computer”. (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Further, the following services appear to be Class 42 services: “deployment, support and management services relating to deployment of
`computers, namely, creating and applying customer-specific asset tags which allow customers to print specific information on the tag, such as
`company name and/or a specific numbering system, and customer-specific deployment reports for computers to show an itemized listing of the
`equipment each customer receives; providing on-line service analysis to customers based on a shared database as to customer requested repairs
`of computers, namely, providing customers with a service history for all of the customer's repaired laptop computers in both a summary form
`and a form with detailed information; providing asset management reports to customers as to deployed computers, namely, providing a report
`which records the deployment of the computer and updates the report as the status of the computer changes (example, it is damages and retired
`from service) through an on-line tool used by the customer which generates the report and providing replacement of problematic computers to
`promptly resolve user problems”. (cid:160) Applicant must properly classify all services.
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`ultiple Class Application Requirements
`If applicant prosecutes this application as a combined, or multiple-class application, then applicant must comply with each of the following for
`those services based on an intent to use the mark in commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(b):
`(1)(cid:160)(cid:160) Applicant must list the goods and/or services by international class with the classes listed in ascending numerical order.(cid:160) TMEP §
`1403.01; and
`(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).(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.86(a)(2); TMEP §§810 and 1403.01.
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`astly, the identification of services contains parentheses.(cid:160) Generally, parentheses and brackets should not be used in identifications.(cid:160)
`Parenthetical information is permitted in identifications only if it serves to explain or translate the matter immediately preceding the
`parenthetical phrase in such a way that it does not affect the clarity of the identification, e.g., “obi (Japanese sash).” (cid:160) TMEP §1402.12.(cid:160)
`Therefore, applicant must remove the parentheses from the identification of services and incorporate the parenthetical information into the
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`description.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Although identifications of services may be amended to clarify or limit the services, adding to or broadening the scope of the services is not
`permitted.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq., 1402.07.(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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`or 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.(cid:160) See TMEP §1402.04.
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`RESPONSE GUIDELINES – PARTIAL FINAL
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`f applicant does not respond within six months of the mailing date of this final Office action, the following services to which the final
`requirement applies will be deleted from the application by Examiner’s Amendment: (cid:160) “deployment, support and management services
`relating to deployment of computers, namely, creating and applying customer-specific asset tags which allow customers to print specific
`information on the tag, such as company name and/or a specific numbering system, and customer-specific deployment reports for
`computers to show an itemized listing of the equipment each customer receives; maintenance of customer images for their computers and
`providing re-imaging as may be required incident to the repair of computers; providing on-line service analysis to customers based on a
`shared database as to customer requested repairs of computers, namely, providing customers with a service history for all of the customer's
`repaired laptop computers in both a summary form and a form with detailed information; providing asset management reports to customers
`as to deployed computers, namely, providing a report which records the deployment of the computer and updates the report as the status of
`the computer changes (example, it is damages and retired from service) through an on-line tool used by the customer which generates the
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`report and providing replacement of problematic computers to promptly resolve user problems.” (cid:160)(cid:160)
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`The application will then proceed forward for the remaining services: “upgraded warranty services providing coverage extension for computers
`starting after expiration of original standard warranty services”. (cid:160) 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).
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`pplicant may respond to this final Office action by:(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(1)(cid:160)(cid:160) Submitting a response that fully satisfies all outstanding requirements, if feasible; 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.
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`37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(18), 2.64(a); TBMP ch. 1200; TMEP §714.04.
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`n certain rare circumstances, a petition to the Director may be filed pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(2) to review a final Office action that is
`limited to procedural issues.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.64(a); TMEP §714.04; see 37 C.F.R. §2.146(b), TBMP §1201.05; TMEP §1704 (explaining
`petitionable matters).(cid:160) The petition fee is $100.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(15).
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`/ses/
`Shaila E. Settles
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 114
`(571) 270.1527 (t)
`(571) 270-2527 (f)
`shaila.settles@uspto.gov
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`RESPOND TO THIS ACTION:(cid:160)Applicant should file a response to this Office action(cid:160)online using the form at
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm, waiting 48-72 hours if applicant received notification of the Office action via e-mail.(cid:160)(cid:160)For
`technical assistance with the form, please e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov.(cid:160) For(cid:160)questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned
`examining attorney.(cid:160)(cid:160) Do not respond to this Office action by e-mail;(cid:160)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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`Panasonic Corporation of North America (ptodocket@arelaw.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77354372 - T-FORCE - 55210/587
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`7/21/2008 3:11:50 PM
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`ECOM114@USPTO.GOV
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`IMPORTANT NOTICE
`USPTO OFFICE ACTION HAS ISSUED ON 7/21/2008 FOR
`APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 77354372
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