To:
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`Subject:
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`Attachments:
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`Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (docket@oshaliang.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78730445 - LUXLIFT - 17234/002001
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`10/18/2006 8:29:59 PM
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`ECOM116@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)
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`(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)
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`Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
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`78/730445
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`*78730445*
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`RETURN ADDRESS:(cid:160)
`Commissioner for Trademarks
`P.O. Box 1451
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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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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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`(cid:160) LESLIE L. RICHARDS
`(cid:160) OSHA LIANG LLP
`(cid:160) 1221 MCKINNEY ST STE 2800
`(cid:160) HOUSTON, TX 77010-2026
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`LUXLIFT
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`(cid:160) (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) CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO :(cid:160)(cid:160) 17234/002001
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160) docket@oshaliang.com
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`ESPONSE TIME LIMIT:(cid:160) TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE
`ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE.(cid:160)(cid:160)
`MAILING/E-MAILING DATE INFORMATION:(cid:160) If the mailing or e-mailing date of this Office action does not appear above, this
`information can be obtained by visiting the USPTO website at http://tarr.uspto.gov/, inserting the application serial number, and viewing the
`prosecution history for the mailing date of the most recently issued Office communication.
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`erial Number(cid:160) 78/730445
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`This letter responds to the applicant’s communication dated October 12, 2006. (cid:160) The amended(cid:160) identification of goods submitted is accepted.(cid:160)
`Moreover, the examiner acknowledges that the applicant wishes to rely upon a dual basis for filing.(cid:160) However, the potential refusal under
`Section 2(d) of the Act is maintained and CONTINUED.(cid:160)(cid:160) As previously indicated, the respective marks, LUXLIFT and LIFTLUX, are very
`similar in sound, appearance and meaning and create the same overall commercial impression. Furthermore, the respective lifting apparatuses are
`very closely related goods presumably used for identical purposes.(cid:160) Therefore, the applicant’s argument that the registrant’s goods are generally
`used only in temporary construction applications is without merit.(cid:160) It is well settled that the issue of likelihood of confusion between marks must
`be determined on the basis of the goods or services as they are identified in the application and the registration. Canadian Imperial Bank of
`Commerce v. Wells Fargo Bank, 811 F.2d 1490, 1 USPQ2d 1813 (Fed. Cir. 1987); Paula Payne Products Co. v. Johnson Publishing Co., Inc.,
`473 F.2d 901, 177 USPQ 76 (C.C.P.A. 1973).(cid:160) Since the identification of the registrant’s goods is very broad, it is presumed that the registration
`encompasses all goods of the type described for a variety of purposes, that they move in all normal channels of trade and that they are available
`to all potential customers.(cid:160) In re Elbaum, 211 USPQ 639, 640 (TTAB 1981).(cid:160) TMEP §1207.01(a)(iii).(cid:160) Furthermore, the applicant’s lighting
`fixtures for lifting apparatuses, presumably lighting fixtures for any type of lifting apparatuses including those in the cited registration, are also
`closely related goods likely to be used “conjointly”. (cid:160) When goods offered under very similar names in trade are used “conjointly”, confusion is
`likely.
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`inally, the following requirement is now made.
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`.(cid:160) CERTIFICATE OF FOREIGN REGISTRATION
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`n application under Trademark Act Section 44(e), 15 U.S.C. §1126(e), must include a copy of a foreign registration from the applicant’s
`country of origin.(cid:160) The applicant’s country of origin must either be a party to a convention or treaty relating to trademarks to which the United
`States is also a party, or must extend reciprocal registration rights to nationals of the United States by law.(cid:160) See TMEP §§1002.01 and 1004.
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`he application does not contain a copy of the foreign registration.(cid:160) Therefore, the applicant must submit a true copy, a photocopy, a
`certification, or a certified copy of the foreign registration.(cid:160) If the foreign certificate of registration is not written in English, the applicant must
`provide an English translation.(cid:160) The translator should sign the translation.(cid:160) See TMEP §§1004.01 and 1004.01(b).
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`/Zhaleh Delaney/
`Trademark Attorney
`Law Office 116
`(571) 272-9153
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`HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS OFFICE ACTION:
`ONLINE RESPONSE:(cid:160) You may respond using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Office action
`form available on our website at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html.(cid:160) If the Office action issued via e-mail, you must wait 72 hours
`after receipt of the Office action to respond via TEAS.(cid:160) NOTE:(cid:160) Do not respond by e-mail.(cid:160) THE USPTO WILL NOT ACCEPT AN
`E-MAILED RESPONSE.
`REGULAR MAIL RESPONSE:(cid:160) To respond by regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing return address above, and
`include the serial number, law office number, and examining attorney’s name. (cid:160) NOTE:(cid:160) The filing date of the response will be the date
`of receipt in the Office, not the postmarked date.(cid:160) To ensure your response is timely, use a certificate of mailing.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.197.
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`TATUS OF APPLICATION: To check the status of your application, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval
`(TARR) system at http://tarr.uspto.gov.
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`IEW APPLICATION DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Documents in the electronic file for pending applications can be viewed and downloaded
`online at http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow.
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`http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
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`OR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING
`ATTORNEY SPECIFIED ABOVE.
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