UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) SERIAL NO: 78/160569
`(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)(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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`(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 ADDRESS:
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`emWare, Inc.
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`RETURN ADDRESS:(cid:160)
`Commissioner for Trademarks
`2900 Crystal Drive
`Arlington, VA 22202-3513
`ecom102@uspto.gov
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Wesley L. Austin
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Madson & Metcalf
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) 15 West South Temple, Suite 900
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Salt Lake City UT 84101
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`MOS
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MARK:(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) 2291.3.20
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Please provide in all correspondence:
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`.(cid:160) Filing date, serial number, mark and
`applicant's name.
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`2.(cid:160) Date of this Office Action.
`3.(cid:160) Examining Attorney's name and
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Law Office number.
`4. Your telephone number and e-mail
`address.
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`O AVOID ABANDONMENT, WE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`OF OUR MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Serial Number(cid:160) 78/160569
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`he assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
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`equirement for More Information
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`he examining attorney requires information about the goods to determine whether all or part of the mark is merely descriptive as applied to the
`goods.(cid:160) TMEP sec. 1105.02.(cid:160) The applicant must provide product information for the goods.(cid:160) This may take the form of a fact sheet, instruction
`manual, or advertisement.(cid:160)
`If unavailable, the applicant should submit the information for goods of the same type, explaining how its own
`product will differ.(cid:160) If the goods feature new technology and no competing goods are available, the applicant must provide a detailed factual
`description of the goods.(cid:160) In all cases, the submitted factual information must make clear how the goods operate, its salient features, and its
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`prospective customer and/or channel of trade.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`This information is not readily available to the examining attorney, and is pertinent to the descriptiveness determination.(cid:160) Conclusory statements
`from the applicant or its attorney regarding the descriptiveness standard will not be sufficient to meet this requirement for information.
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`rademark Rule 2.61(b) states "The examiner may require the applicant to furnish such information and exhibits as may be reasonably necessary
`to the proper examination of the application".(cid:160) The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has upheld a refusal of registration based on the
`applicant's failure to provide information requested under this rule.(cid:160) In re Babies Beat Inc., 13 USPQ2d 1729 (TTAB 1990)(failure to submit
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`patent information regarding configuration).(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`The examining attorney will defer a decision as to any likelihood of confusion with other marks until the applicant replies in this regard.
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`ignificance of Wording in Mark
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`he applicant must indicate whether the wording "MOS" has any meaning in the relevant trade other than trademark significance.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R.
`Section 2.61(b).
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`dentification of Goods is Unacceptable
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`he applicant’s goods include computer software.(cid:160) The wording "providing computer programs,(cid:160)
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`tools and plugins" and "device networking
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`solutions" in the identification is a bit unclear.(cid:160) The applicant must indicate not only that the goods are computer software but also the
`software’s purpose or function.(cid:160) TMEP section 804.03(b). This additional information is necessary to permit this Office to reach judgements
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`concerning possible conflicts between the applicant's mark and other marks.(cid:160) See In re Linkvest S.A., 24 USPQ2d 1716 (TTAB 1992).(cid:160)(cid:160)
`The applicant may adopt the following identification of goods, if accurate:(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)
`computer network telecommunications for wireless devices," in International Class 9.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`"Computer software for facilitating computer network telecommunications; downloadable computer software to facilitate and manage
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`TMEP Section 804.
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`lease note that, while an application may be amended to clarify or limit the identification, additions to the identification are not permitted.(cid:160) 37
`C.F.R. Section 2.71(a); TMEP section 804.09.(cid:160) Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any goods that are not within the scope of
`goods set forth in the present identification.
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`omments
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`urrent status and status date information is available, via push button telephone, for all federal trademark registration and application records
`maintained in the automated Trademark Reporting and Monitoring (TRAM) system.(cid:160) The information may be accessed by calling (703)
`305‑8747 from 6:30 a.m. until midnight, Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, and entering a seven‑digit registration number or eight‑digit
`application number, followed by the "#" symbol, after the welcoming message and tone.(cid:160) Callers may request information for up to five
`registration number or application number records per call.
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`f the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office Action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
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`ee Increase Effective January 1, 2003
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`Effective January 1, 2003, the fee for filing an application for trademark registration will be increased to $335.00 per International Class.(cid:160) The
`USPTO will not accord a filing date to applications that are filed on or after that date that are not accompanied by a minimum of $335.00.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Additionally, the fee for amending an existing application to add an additional class or classes of goods/services will be $335.00 per class for
`classes added on or after January 1, 2003.
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`J. Brett Golden
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 102
`703-308-9102/ ext. 178
`ecom102@uspto.gov
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`How to respond to this Office Action:
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`o respond formally using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), visit http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html and
`follow the instructions.
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`o respond formally via E-mail, visit http://www.uspto.gov/web/trademarks/tmelecresp.htm and follow the instructions.
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`o respond formally via regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing Return Address listed above and include the serial number, law
`office and examining attorney’s name on the upper right corner of each page of your response.
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`o check the status of your application at any time, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at
`http://tarr.uspto.gov/
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`OR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING
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`ATTORNEY.
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