UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
`OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`ARK: SPACE PLAYER
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`U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. (cid:160) 79154059
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`CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
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`(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) SAMEJIMA Mutsumi
`(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) AOYAMA & PARTNERS,
`(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Umeda Hankyu Bldg. Office Tower,
`(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) Osaka 530-0017
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`APPLICANT: Panasonic Corporation
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION NO. 1220825
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`STRICT DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER
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`STRICT DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTIFICATION:(cid:160) TO AVOID ABANDONMENT OF THE REQUEST FOR
`EXTENSION OF PROTECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION, THE USPTO MUST RECEIVE A COMPLETE RESPONSE
`TO THIS PROVISIONAL FULL REFUSAL NOTIFICATION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE “DATE ON WHICH THE NOTIFICATION
`WAS SENT TO WIPO (MAILING DATE)” LOCATED ON THE WIPO COVER LETTER ACCOMPANYING THIS NOTIFICATION.
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`n addition to the Mailing Date appearing on the WIPO cover letter, a holder (hereafter “applicant”) may confirm this Mailing Date using the
`USPTO’s Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system at http://tsdr.uspto.gov/.(cid:160) To do so, enter the U.S. application serial
`number for this application and then select “Documents.” (cid:160) The Mailing Date used to calculate the response deadline for this provisional full
`refusal is the “Create/Mail Date” of the “IB-1rst Refusal Note.”
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`his is a PROVISIONAL FULL REFUSAL of the request for extension of protection of the mark in the above-referenced U.S. application.(cid:160)
`See 15 U.S.C. §1141h(c).(cid:160) See below in this notification (hereafter “Office action”) for details regarding the provisional full refusal.
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`he referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney.(cid:160) Applicant must respond timely and completely to
`the issue(s) below.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
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`SUMMARY OF ISSUES
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`• (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) DISCLAIMER
`IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS
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`ISCLAIMER
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`pplicant must disclaim PLAYER because it merely describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature, purpose, or use of
`applicant’s goods and/or services, and thus is an unregistrable component of the mark.(cid:160) See 15 U.S.C. §§1052(e)(1), 1056(a); DuoProSS
`Meditech Corp. v. Inviro Med. Devices, Ltd., 695 F.3d 1247, 1251, 103 USPQ2d 1753, 1755 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (quoting In re Oppedahl & Larson
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`LLP, 373 F.3d 1171, 1173, 71 USPQ2d 1370, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2004)); TMEP §§1213, 1213.03(a).(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Player is described as a device in which different forms of media are played. Applicant is providing goods that are used on or in connection with
`multiple “players”. [See attachements]. Accordingly, the wording is descriptive and should be disclaimed.
`An applicant may not claim exclusive rights to terms that others may need to use to describe their goods and/or services in the marketplace.(cid:160) See
`Dena Corp. v. Belvedere Int’l, Inc., 950 F.2d 1555, 1560, 21 USPQ2d 1047, 1051 (Fed. Cir. 1991); In re Aug. Storck KG, 218 USPQ 823, 825
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`(TTAB 1983).(cid:160) A disclaimer of unregistrable matter does not affect the appearance of the mark; that is, a disclaimer does not physically remove
`the disclaimed matter from the mark.(cid:160) See Schwarzkopf v. John H. Breck, Inc., 340 F.2d 978, 978, 144 USPQ 433, 433 (C.C.P.A. 1965); TMEP
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`§1213.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`If applicant does not provide the required disclaimer, the USPTO may refuse to register the entire mark.(cid:160) See In re Stereotaxis Inc., 429 F.3d
`1039, 1040-41, 77 USPQ2d 1087, 1088-89 (Fed. Cir. 2005); TMEP §1213.01(b).
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`pplicant should submit a disclaimer in the following standardized format:
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`No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “PLAYER ” apart from the mark as shown.
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`or an overview of disclaimers and instructions on how to satisfy this disclaimer requirement online using the Trademark Electronic Application
`System (TEAS) form, please go to http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/law/disclaimer.jsp.
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`DENTIFICATION OF GOODS
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`he identification of goods and/or services contains parentheses. Generally, parentheses and brackets should not be used in identifications
`because the USPTO generally uses these punctuation marks to indicate goods and/or services that have been deleted from registrations.(cid:160) See
`TMEP §1402.12.(cid:160) Parenthetical or bracketed information is permitted in identifications only if it serves to explain or translate the matter
`immediately preceding the parenthetical phrase in such a way that it does not affect the clarity of the identification, e.g., “obi (Japanese sash).” (cid:160)
`Id. In addition, some of the wording is overbroad.
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`herefore, applicant must remove the parentheses from the identification of goods and/or services and incorporate any parenthetical or bracketed
`information into the description.
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`Game programs for arcade video game machines; photographic machines and apparatus, namely, __________[indicate specific goods];
`cinematographic machines and apparatus; optical machines and apparatus, namely, _____[indicate goods, namely, magnifying lenses]; measuring
`or testing machines and instruments, namely, ____[indicate specific goods]; temperature sensors; acceleration sensors; thermal sensors; infrared
`sensors; motion sensors; heat sensors; illumination sensors; distance measuring sensors; electric light dimmers; lighting control apparatus; digital
`projectors; apparatus for broadcasting, recording, transmission or reproduction of sound, data or images; computer software for organizing and
`viewing digital images and photographs; power distribution or control machines and apparatus; rotary converters; phase modifiers;
`telecommunication machines and apparatus; electronic machines for _______[indicate goods], industrial X-ray machines and apparatus, not for
`medical use, industrial betatrons, not for medical use, magnetic prospecting machines, magnetic object detectors, seismic exploration machines
`and apparatus, hydrophone machines and apparatus, echo sounders, ultrasonic flaw detectors, ultrasonic sensors, electronic door closing systems
`and electron microscopes; electron tubes; semi-conductor elements; electronic circuits, not including those recorded with computer programs;
`computer game programs; computer programs for [indicate purpose]; computers; computer peripherals; multi-functional projectors with lighting
`function; stands for digital projectors; stands for multi-functional projectors with lighting function. International Class 9.
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`lectric lamps and other lighting apparatus; lighting apparatus, namely, lighting installations; spot lights; multi-functional lighting apparatus with
`projecting function; parts and fittings for lighting apparatus and installations. International Class 11.
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`n applicant may only amend an identification to clarify or limit the goods and/or services, but not to add to or broaden the scope of the goods
`and/or services.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §1904.02(c)(iv).(cid:160) In an application filed under Trademark Act Section 66(a), the scope of the
`identification for purposes of permissible amendments is limited by the international class assigned by the International Bureau of the World
`Intellectual Property Organization (International Bureau).(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.85(f); TMEP §§1402.07(a), 1904.02(c).(cid:160)
`If an applicant amends an
`identification to a class other than that assigned by the International Bureau, the amendment will not be accepted because it will exceed the scope
`and those goods and/or services will no longer have a basis for registration under U.S. law.(cid:160) TMEP §§1402.01(c), 1904.02(c).
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`n addition, in a Section 66(a) application, an applicant may not change the classification of goods and/or services from that assigned by the
`International Bureau in the corresponding international registration.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.85(d); TMEP §§1401.03(d), 1402.01(c).(cid:160) Further, in a
`multiple-class Section 66(a) application, an applicant may not transfer goods and/or services from one existing international class to another.(cid:160) 37
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`C.F.R. §2.85(d); TMEP §§1401.03(d), 1402.01(c).(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Applicant is encouraged to telephone or e-mail the assigned trademark examining attorney to resolve the issues raised in this Office action by
`examiner’s amendment.(cid:160) Although a formal response may never be submitted by e-mail, an applicant may communicate informally by phone or
`e-mail with the trademark examining attorney to agree to a proposed amendment to the application that will immediately place the application in
`condition for publication for opposition, issuance of a registration, or suspension.(cid:160) See TMEP §707.
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`SEARCH FOR CONFLICTING MARKS
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`he trademark examining attorney has searched the Office’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no conflicting marks that
`would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d).(cid:160) TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).
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`WHO IS PERMITTED TO RESPOND TO THIS PROVISIONAL FULL REFUSAL:(cid:160) Any response to this provisional refusal must be
`personally signed by an individual applicant, all joint applicants, or someone with legal authority to bind a juristic applicant (e.g., a corporate
`officer or general partner).(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(b), 2.193(e)(2)(ii); TMEP §712.01.(cid:160) If applicant hires a qualified U.S. attorney to respond on his or
`her behalf, then the attorney must sign the response.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §§2.193(e)(2)(i), 11.18(a); TMEP §§611.03(b), 712.01.(cid:160) Qualified U.S. attorneys
`include those in good standing with a bar of the highest court of any U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other federal
`territories and possessions of the United States.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §§2.17(a), 2.62(b), 11.1, 11.14(a); TMEP §§602, 712.01.(cid:160) Additionally, for all
`responses, the proper signatory must personally sign the document or personally enter his or her electronic signature on the electronic filing.(cid:160) See
`37 C.F.R. §2.193(a); TMEP §§611.01(b), 611.02.(cid:160) The name of the signatory must also be printed or typed immediately below or adjacent to the
`signature, or identified elsewhere in the filing.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.193(d); TMEP §611.01(b).
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`n general, foreign attorneys are not permitted to represent applicants before the USPTO (e.g., file written communications, authorize an
`amendment to an application, or submit legal arguments in response to a requirement or refusal).(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §11.14(c), (e); TMEP §§602.03-
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`DESIGNATION OF DOMESTIC REPRESENTATIVE:(cid:160) The USPTO encourages applicants who do not reside in the United States to
`designate a domestic representative upon whom any notice or process may be served.(cid:160) TMEP §610; see 15 U.S.C. §§1051(e), 1141h(d); 37
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`C.F.R. §2.24(a)(1)-(2).(cid:160) Such designations may be filed online at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`/Dezmona J. Mizelle-Howard/
`Dezmona J. Mizelle-Howard
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 110
`571.272.9368
`Dezmona.Mizelle@Uspto.Gov
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`O RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: (cid:160) Go to http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp. (cid:160) Please wait 48-72 hours from the
`issue/mailing date before using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), to allow for necessary system updates of the application.(cid:160)
`For technical assistance with online forms, e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov.(cid:160) For questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned
`trademark examining attorney.(cid:160) E-mail communications will not be accepted as responses to Office actions; therefore, do not respond to
`this Office action by e-mail.
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`ll informal e-mail communications relevant to this application will be placed in the official application record.
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`HO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE:(cid:160) It must be personally signed by an individual applicant or someone with legal authority to bind an
`applicant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint applicants).(cid:160) If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the
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`response.(cid:160)(cid:160)
`PERIODICALLY CHECK THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION: (cid:160) To ensure that applicant does not miss crucial deadlines or official
`notices, check the status of the application every three to four months using the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system at
`http://tsdr.uspto.gov/. (cid:160) Please keep a copy of the TSDR status screen. (cid:160) If the status shows no change for more than six months, contact the
`Trademark Assistance Center by e-mail at TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov or call 1-800-786-9199. (cid:160) For more information on checking
`status, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/status/.
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`O UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160) Use the TEAS form at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.
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