To:
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`Subject:
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`Panasonic Corporation of North America (ptodocket@arelaw.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78887085 - PLASMA CONCIERGE - 55210/558
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`10/19/2006 2:01:56 PM
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`ECOM106@USPTO.GOV
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`Attachments:
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`Attachment - 1
`Attachment - 2
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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)(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)
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`Panasonic Corporation of North America
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`78/887085
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`*78887085*
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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)1
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`.(cid:160) Filing date, serial number, mark and
`applicant's name.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`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
`(cid:160)
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`PLASMA CONCIERGE
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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) 55210/558
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160) ptodocket@arelaw.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) 78/887085
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`The assigned trademark examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and has determined the following:
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`Application Not Entitled to Register – One Pending Application with Earlier Effective Filing Date
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`he Office records have been searched and no similar registered mark has been found that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section
`2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).(cid:160) TMEP §704.02.(cid:160) However, please be advised that a potentially conflicting mark in a prior-filed pending application
`may present a bar to registration.
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`nformation regarding pending Application Serial No. 78204610 is enclosed.(cid:160) The effective filing date of the referenced application precedes
`applicant’s filing date. (cid:160) There may be a likelihood of confusion between the two marks under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).(cid:160)
`If the referenced application registers, registration may be refused in this case under Section 2(d).(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.83; TMEP §§1208 et seq.(cid:160)
`Therefore, upon entry of a response to this Office action, action on this case may be suspended pending final disposition of the earlier-filed
`application.
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`f applicant believes there is no potential conflict between this application and the earlier-filed application, then applicant may present arguments
`relevant to the issue in a response to this Office action.(cid:160) The election not to submit arguments at this time in no way limits applicant’s right to
`address this issue at a later point.
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`Disclaimer Requirement
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`pplicant must disclaim the descriptive/generic wording “PLASMA” apart from the mark as shown because it merely describes a characteristic
`or component of applicant’s goods, which are identified as being plasma televisions.(cid:160) Trademark Act Section 6, 15 U.S.C. §1056; TMEP
`§§1213 and 1213.03(a).(cid:160) The word “PLASMA” means “a display (as a television screen) consisting of discrete cells of plasma sandwiched
`between two layers of glass and electrodes such that each cell emits light when it receives an electric current.” (cid:160)(cid:160) Please see the attached definition
`from the Merriam-Webster OnLine Dictionary.
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`he computerized printing format for the Office’s Trademark Official Gazette requires a standardized format for a disclaimer.(cid:160) TMEP
`§1213.08(a)(i).(cid:160) The following is the standard format used by the Office:
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`No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “PLASMA” apart from the mark as shown.
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`ee In re Owatonna Tool Co., 231 USPQ 493 (Comm’r Pats. 1983).
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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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`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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`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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`Print: Oct 19, 2006
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`78204-611!
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`TYPED DRAWING
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`Serial Number
`18204610
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`Status
`FIFTH ExTENsIoN — GRANTED
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`Word Mark
`HOME CONCIERGE
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`Standard Character Mark
`No
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`Type of Marl:
`TRADEMARK
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`Register
`PRINCIPAL
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`Mark Drawing Code
`[1] TYPED DRAWING
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`Owner
`Alps Electric Co., Ltd. CORPORATION JAPAN l-7, Yukigaya-Otsuka-cho,
`Ota-ku Tokyo JAPAN l45—B50l
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`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
`Remote oontrols for radios, televisions, videos, stereos, and
`oomputers..
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`Filing Daie
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`Examining Attorney
`MARTIN,
`JENNIFER
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`Attorney of Record
`John T. Gabrielides
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