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`Panasonic Corporation of North America (ptodocket@arelaw.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77560544 - LINK2CELL - 55210/621
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`2/20/2009 6:27:53 PM
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`ECOM110@USPTO.GOV
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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)(cid:160) MARK: LINK2CELL(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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`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)
`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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`55210/621(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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`*77560544*
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`RESPOND TO THIS ACTION:
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm
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`(cid:160)G
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`ENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION:
`http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
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`77/560544
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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 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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`(cid:160)I
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`SSUE/MAILING DATE: 2/20/2009
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`pon further review of this application, please note the following requirement.
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`(cid:160)D
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`(cid:160)A
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`isclaimer
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`pplicant must insert a disclaimer of LINK TO CELL in the application.
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`he goods are identified as a “cordless telephone system primarily comprising a telephone base and wireless transceiver which then links
`wireless handsets and/or cell phones to the internet.” (cid:160) It appears that the goods also link the Internet to wireless handsets and/or cell phones.(cid:160)
`Therefore,(cid:160) “link to cell” (“link2cell”) is descriptive of the services.
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`(cid:160)A
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`ccording to the attached evidence, applicant’s product “seamlessly connects a…cell phone to cordless handsets in the home [so that] a user can
`initiate and receive cell phone calls from a cordless handset.” Thus, “link to cell” (“link2cell”) describes the fact that applicant’s product
`links
`a cordless handset to a cell phone.
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`(cid:160)S
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`ee 15 U.S.C. §1056(a); TMEP §§1213, 1213.03(a).(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`The wording “TO” is intentionally misspelled in the mark (as “2”); however, this wording must appear in its correct spelling – i.e., “LINK TO
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`CELL” – in the disclaimer. (cid:160) See In re Omaha Nat’l Corp. , 819 F.2d 1117, 2 USPQ2d 1859 (Fed. Cir. 1987); TMEP §1213.08(c); cf. In re
`Newport Fastener Co., 5 USPQ2d 1064, 1067 n.4 (TTAB 1987).
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`(cid:160)T
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`(cid:160)T
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`he following is the accepted standard format for a disclaimer:
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`No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “LINK TO CELL” apart from the mark as shown.
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`MEP §1213.08(a)(i).
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`(cid:160)A
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` disclaimer does not physically remove the disclaimed matter from the mark, but rather is a written statement that applicant does not claim
`exclusive rights to the disclaimed wording and/or design separate and apart from the mark as shown in the drawing.(cid:160) TMEP §§1213, 1213.10.
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`(cid:160)I
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`dentification of Goods
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`(cid:160)T
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`he applicant must clarify whether its product connects a cell phone to a wireless handset.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. Section 2.61(b).(cid:160) If so, the identification of
`goods must be amended, since the present identification does not make this clear.
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`(cid:160)T
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`MEP Section 1402.01.
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`urther action awaits the applicant’s response.
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`/StevenFine/
`Trademark Attorney
`Law Office 110
`(571) 272-9158
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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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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`(cid:160)I
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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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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77560544 - LINK2CELL - 55210/621
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`2/20/2009 6:27:55 PM
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`ECOM110@USPTO.GOV
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`USPTO OFFICE ACTION HAS ISSUED ON 2/20/2009 FOR
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