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`Panasonic Corporation of North America (ptodocket@arelaw.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77436892 - OPTEON - 55210/599
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`7/23/2008 9:05:46 AM
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`ECOM113@USPTO.GOV
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`Attachments:
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`Attachment - 1
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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: OPTEON(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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`55210/599(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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`*77436892*
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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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`77/436892
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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: 7/23/2008
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`The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney.(cid:160) Applicant must respond timely and completely to
`the issue below.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62, 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
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`ection 2(d) Refusal – Likelihood of Confusion
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`egistration of the applied-for mark is refused because of a likelihood of confusion with the mark in U.S. Registration No. 2520512.(cid:160) Trademark
`Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d); see TMEP §§1207.01 et seq.(cid:160) See the enclosed registration.
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`he applicant has applied to register OPTEON in standard character form for:
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`Computer software to monitor and control factory manufacturing process for electronic products, in Class 9.
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`he registered mark is OPTEON in typed drawing form for:
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`Image acquisition system; namely, electrical, computer and camera cable; photographic, video, and solid state cameras; computer add-on
`circuit board; computer hardware and computer software used for inspecting, monitoring, acquiring, storing, analyzing, and processing
`images, in Class 9.
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`ection 2(d) of the Trademark Act bars registration where a mark so resembles a registered mark, that it is likely, when applied to the
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`goods/services, to cause confusion, or to cause mistake or to deceive. TMEP §1207.01.(cid:160) The Court in(cid:160) In re E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 476
`F.2d 1357, 177 USPQ 563 (C.C.P.A. 1973), listed the principal factors to consider in determining whether there is a likelihood of confusion.(cid:160)
`Among these factors are the similarity of the marks as to appearance, sound, meaning and commercial impression and the similarity of the
`goods/services.(cid:160) The overriding concern is to prevent buyer confusion as to the source of the goods/services.(cid:160) Miss Universe, Inc. v. Miss Teen
`U.S.A., Inc., 209(cid:160)USPQ 698 (N.D. Ga. 1980). (cid:160) Therefore, any doubt as to the existence of a likelihood of confusion must be resolved in favor of
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`the registrant.(cid:160) Lone Star Mfg. Co. v. Bill Beasley, Inc., 498 F.2d 906, 182 USPQ 368 (C.C.P.A. 1974).(cid:160)(cid:160)
`Comparison of the Marks
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`n a likelihood of confusion determination, the marks are compared for similarities in their appearance, sound, meaning or connotation and
`commercial impression.(cid:160) In re E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 476 F.2d 1357, 1361, 177 USPQ 563, 567 (C.C.P.A. 1973); TMEP §1207.01(b).(cid:160)
`Similarity in any one of these elements may be sufficient to find a likelihood of confusion.(cid:160) In re White Swan Ltd., 8 USPQ2d 1534, 1535 (TTAB
`1988); In re Lamson Oil Co., 6 USPQ2d 1041, 1043 (TTAB 1987); see TMEP §1207.01(b).
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`n the present case, applicant’s mark OPTEON is identical to the registered mark OPTEON in sound, appearance, and connotation. (cid:160) Overall, the
`marks have the same commercial impression.
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`omparison of the Goods
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`f the marks of the respective parties are identical, the relationship between the goods and/or services of the respective parties need not be as
`close to support a finding of likelihood of confusion as might apply where differences exist between the marks.(cid:160) In re Opus One Inc., 60 USPQ2d
`1812, 1815 (TTAB 2001); Amcor, Inc. v. Amcor Indus., Inc., 210 USPQ 70, 78 (TTAB 1981); TMEP §1207.01(a).
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`n this case, applicant’s “computer software to monitor and control factory manufacturing process for electronic products,” in Class 9, are
`related to the registrant’s “image acquisition system; namely, electrical, computer and camera cable; photographic, video, and solid state
`cameras; computer add-on circuit board; computer hardware and computer software used for inspecting, monitoring, acquiring, storing,
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`analyzing, and processing images,” in Class 9, because both parties’ goods include computer software. (cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Likelihood of confusion is determined on the basis of the goods and/or services as they are identified in the application and registration.(cid:160)
`Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Packard Press Inc., 281 F.3d 1261, 1267-68, 62 USPQ2d 1001, 1004-05 (Fed. Cir. 2002); In re Shell Oil Co., 992 F.2d
`1204, 1207 n.4, 26 USPQ2d 1687, 1690 n.4 (Fed. Cir. 1993); TMEP §1207.01(a)(iii).
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`hen the application describes the goods and/or services broadly and there are no limitations as to their nature, type, channels of trade or classes
`of purchasers, then it is presumed that the application encompasses all goods and/or services of the type described, that they move in all normal
`channels of trade, and that they are available to all potential customers.(cid:160) See In re Melville Corp., 18 USPQ2d 1386, 1388 (TTAB 1991) (“With
`reference to the channels of trade, applicant’s argument that its goods are sold only in its own retail stores is not persuasive . . . . There is no
`restriction [in its identification of goods] as to the channels of trade in which the goods are sold.”); TMEP §1207.01(a)(iii). (cid:160) Because neither
`party’s identification of goods includes a limitation on the channels of trade or classes of purchasers, the goods would be sold to the same class
`of purchasers and encountered under circumstances leading one to mistakenly believe the goods originate from the same source.
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`ince the marks are identical and the goods are related, there is a likelihood of confusion as to the source of applicant’s goods. (cid:160) Therefore,
`applicant’s mark is not entitled to registration.
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`lthough applicant’s mark has been refused registration, applicant may respond to the refusal by submitting evidence and arguments in support
`of registration.
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`esponse Guidelines
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`f applicant has questions about its application or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned trademark
`examining attorney.
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`/Kim T. Moninghoff/
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 113
`Phone:(cid:160) 571-272-4738
`Fax: 571-273-9113
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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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`Print: Jul 10', 2003
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`?5Il-T9106
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`TYPED DRAWING
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`Serial Number
`15479106
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`Status
`REGISTERED
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`Word Marl:
`OPTEON
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`Standard Character Mark
`No
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`Registration NI.II"I'IhBf
`2520512
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`Date Registered
`200lfl2fl8
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`Type of Mark
`TRADEMARK
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`PRINCIPAL
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`Mark Drawing Code
`[1] TYPED DRAWING
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`DMVHBT
`OPTEON CORPORATION CORPORATION DELAWARE 70 HASTINGS STREET WI-IELLESLEY
`MASSACHUSETTS 02181
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`Goodslse-wines
`Class Status —— ACTIVE.
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`IC 009.
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`US
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`O21 O23 O26 O36 038.
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`G & 8:
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`image acquisition system; namely, electrical, computer and camera
`cable: photographic, video, and solid state cameras; computer add-on
`circuit board; computer hardware and computer software used for
`inspecting, monitoring, acquiring, storing, analyzing, and processing
`images. First Use:
`l998flO/O6. First Use In Commerce:
`l998flOfU6.
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`Filing Date
`l998flO5f05
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`Examlnlng Attomay
`STIGLITZ, SUSAN
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`Attorney of Record
`Thomas J. Engellenner
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`To:
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`Subject:
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`Sent:
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`Attachments:
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`Panasonic Corporation of North America (ptodocket@arelaw.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77436892 - OPTEON - 55210/599
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`7/23/2008 9:05:48 AM
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`ECOM113@USPTO.GOV
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`IMPORTANT NOTICE
`USPTO OFFICE ACTION HAS ISSUED ON 7/23/2008 FOR
`APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 77436892
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