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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78883385 - SHARE THE AIR - 55210/556
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`2/6/2007 9:38:22 AM
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`ECOM106@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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`Panasonic Corporation of North America
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`78/883385
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`*78883385*
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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) MORTON AMSTER
`(cid:160) AMSTER ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN LLP
`(cid:160) 90 PARK AVE
`(cid:160) NEW YORK, NY 10016-1301
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`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO :(cid:160)(cid:160) 55210/556
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160) ptodocket@arelaw.com
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`FINAL 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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`(cid:160)S
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`erial Number(cid:160) 78/883385
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`HIS IS A FINAL ACTION
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`This Final Office Action responds to applicant’s communication filed on January 18, 2007. (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Proposed Amendment to the Identification of Services
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`n the initial application, applicant identified the following services:(cid:160) “promoting the use and sale of consumer electronics products, namely,
`plasma TVs, digital still cameras, camcorders and DVD players used during environmental sports shows which will catch or display the motion
`of participants on camera and share the captured images on related displays, plasma TVs, camcorders and DVD players” in International Class
`35.
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`pplicant now seeks to amend the identification of services to: “capturing or displaying the motion of participants at environmental sports
`shows on camera and sharing the captured images on displays, plasma TVs, camcorders and DVD players in connection with sponsorship of said
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`environmental sports shows.” (cid:160)(cid:160)
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`The proposed amendment to the identification cannot be accepted because it refers to services that are not within the scope of the identification
`that was set forth in the application at the time of filing.(cid:160)(cid:160) Capturing and displaying motion on camera (e.g., video recording services) and
`sponsorship of environmental shows are not within the scope of promotion services consisting of the promotion of various electronic products.(cid:160)(cid:160)
`While the identification of services may be amended to clarify or limit the services, additions to the identification or a broadening of the scope of
`the identification are not permitted.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §§1402.06 et seq. and 1402.07.(cid:160) Therefore, applicant’s amendment is not
`acceptable.(cid:160) In re United States Tobacco, which applicant cites in support of its proposed amendment, is not applicable here, in that in that case,
`the applicant merely clarified the nature of the entertainment services.(cid:160) 1 USPQ2d 1502, 1505 (TTAB 1986).(cid:160) Here, applicant’s proposed
`amendment does not clarify the nature of the promotion services, but rather seeks to identify entirely different services.(cid:160) Because the initial
`Office Action indicated that the identification of services could not be amended to add new services or broaden the scope of the original
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`In light of the fact that the proposed identification is beyond the scope of the original identification, the examining attorney will not address
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`identification, applicant’s proposed amendment does not raise a new issue. (cid:160)(cid:160)
`whether the proposed identification of services would otherwise be acceptable.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`REFUSAL MADE FINAL - Trademark Act Section 1, 2, 3 and 45 Refusal to Register
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`(cid:160)T
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`he refusal to register the proposed mark because the activities recited in the description of services are not “services” as contemplated by the
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`Trademark Act is now made FINAL.(cid:160) Trademark Act Sections 1, 2, 3 and 45, 15 U.S.C. §§1051, 1052, 1053 and 1127; TMEP §§1301.01 et seq.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`As noted above, applicant’s amended identification of services is not acceptable because it identifies services that are outside the scope of the
`original identification.(cid:160) Thus, the proposed identification of services does not overcome the refusal.(cid:160) The original description of services
`identifies the following activities: “promoting the use and sale of consumer electronics products, namely, plasma TVs, digital still cameras,
`camcorders and DVD players used during environmental sports shows which will catch or display the motion of participants on camera and
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`share the captured images on related displays, plasma TVs, camcorders and DVD players.” (cid:160)(cid:160)
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`It appears that applicant is promoting the use and sale of its own goods.(cid:160) Please see the attached internet evidence from applicant’s website
`showing that applicant produces its own line of electronics products, including televisions, cameras, camcorders, and DVD players.(cid:160) It is well
`settled that the promotion of one's own goods is not a service.(cid:160) TMEP §§1301.01(b)(i); In re Radio Corp. of America, 205 F.2d 180, 98 USPQ
`157 (C.C.P.A. 1953) (record manufacturer who prepares radio programs primarily designed to advertise and sell records is not rendering service);
`In re SCM Corp., 209 USPQ 278 (TTAB 1980) (supplying merchandising aids and store displays to retailers does not constitute separate
`service); Ex parte Wembley, Inc., 111 USPQ 386 (Comm'r Pats. 1956) (national advertising program designed to sell manufacturer's goods to
`ultimate purchasers is not service to wholesalers and retailers, because national product advertising is normally expected of manufacturers of
`nationally distributed products, and is done in furtherance of the sale of the advertised products).
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`he following criteria have evolved for determining what constitutes a service, in connection with which a mark may be registered:(cid:160) (1) a service
`must be a real activity; (2) a service must be performed to the order of, or for the benefit of, someone other than applicant; and (3) a service must
`be an activity that is qualitatively different from anything necessarily done in connection with the sale of applicant’s goods or the performance
`of another service.(cid:160) In re Betz Paperchem, Inc., 222 USPQ 89, 90 (TTAB 1984); see In re Canadian Pacific Ltd., 754 F.2d 992, 224 USPQ 971
`(Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Moore Business Forms, Inc., 24 USPQ2d 1638 (TTAB 1992); In re Integrated Resources, Inc., 218 USPQ 829 (TTAB
`1983); In re Landmark Communications, Inc., 204 USPQ 692 (TTAB 1979).
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`f applicant is in fact promoting the use and sale of the products of others, rather than applicant’s own products, then applicant may amend the
`identification of services to make clear that it is promoting the sale and use of plasma TVs, digital still cameras, camcorders and DVD players of
`others.(cid:160) TMEP §§1301.01(b)(i), 1402.01 and 1402.03.(cid:160) Applicant's specimens of use will have to show that it is promoting the sale and use of the
`plasma TVs, digital still cameras, camcorders and DVD players of others.
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`PROPER RESPONSE TO FINAL ACTION
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`f applicant fails to respond to this final action within six months of the mailing date, the application will be abandoned.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37
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`C.F.R. §2.65(a).(cid:160) Applicant may respond to this final 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 (37 C.F.R. §2.64(a)); 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 (37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(18) and 2.64(a);
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`TMEP §§715.01 and 1501 et seq.; TBMP Chapter 1200).
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`(cid:160)I
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`n certain circumstances, a petition to the Director may be filed to review a final action that is limited to procedural issues, pursuant to 37 C.F.R.
`§2.63(b)(2).(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.64(a).(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §2.146(b), TMEP §1704, and TBMP Chapter 1201.05 for an explanation of petitionable matters.(cid:160)
`The petition fee is $100.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(15).
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`If applicant has any questions, please feel free to contact the undersigned.
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`/Linda Lavache/
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 106
`Phone: 571.272.7187
`Official Fax: 571.273.9106
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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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`(cid:160)V
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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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`(cid:160)G
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`ENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: For general information about trademarks, please visit the Office’s website at
`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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