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`PANASONIC CORPORATION (trademark@hsml.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 86416292 - TECHNICS - 8279.1749US0
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`8/8/2016 8:09:10 AM
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`ECOM110@USPTO.GOV
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
`OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`*86416292*
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`CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:
`http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp
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`VIEW YOUR APPLICATION FILE
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`U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. (cid:160) 86416292
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`ARK: TECHNICS
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`CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
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`(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) CURTIS B. HAMRE
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`(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
`(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) 45 South Seventh Street, Suite 2700
`(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) Minneapolis MN 55402
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`APPLICANT: PANASONIC CORPORATION
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`CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO :(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(cid:160) 8279.1749US0
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`trademark@hsml.com
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`STRICT DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER
`TO AVOID ABANDONMENT OF APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION, THE USPTO MUST RECEIVE APPLICANT’S
`COMPLETE RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE BELOW.
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`SSUE/MAILING DATE: 8/8/2016
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`ON FINAL ACTION
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`he refusal based on Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act is maintained. The response to the inquiry is noted.
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`ECITATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES
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`ith respect to the INTERNATIONAL CLASS 9:
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`he identification of goods and/or services contains parentheses.(cid:160) Generally, applicants should not use parentheses and brackets in
`identifications in their applications so as to avoid confusion with the USPTO’s practice of using parentheses in registrations to indicate goods
`and/or services that have been deleted from registrations.(cid:160) See TMEP §1402.12.(cid:160) The only exception is that parenthetical information is permitted
`in identifications in an application 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.
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`adios; Digital audio hard disc players and recorders designed to read and store audio contents from and in IC memories; compact disc players
`equipped with radios; Portable audio players; MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3) players; Cases for portable audio players; Speakers (audio
`equipment); Stereo tuners; Amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Power amplifiers for automotive audio system; Microphones; Slip mats for turntable
`for record players; IC recorders (voice recorders); Digital sound processors; Headphones; Cordless headphones; Earphones; Stereo components;
`Audio mixers; Audio equipment cleaners; Optical fiber cables; Audio cables/video cables; Wireless microphone system consisting of wireless
`microphones, wireless transmitters, wireless powered speaker, wireless receivers, wireless amplifiers, diversity tuners; Digital multi equalizers;
`Digital multi processors; Car audio apparatus; Audio-visual equipment for automotive audio-visual systems including radios, DVD players, CD
`players, televisions, displays, monitors for rearview camera systems; speakers for automotive audio systems; Subwoofers for automotive audio-
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`visual systems; Audio cables for use with DVD/CD changer; Television receivers; Plasma television receivers; Plasma displays; Plasma display
`panels; Stands for plasma display panels or plasma television receivers; Wall mount bracket for plasma display panels or plasma television
`receivers; LCD television receivers; Liquid crystal displays; Liquid crystal display panels; LCD video monitors; Wireless displays; 3D (three
`dimensional) television apparatus; Combined television receivers incorporating disc/video tape players; Video tuners; LCD (liquid crystal
`display) projectors; DVD video recorders; DVD video players; Video display terminals; Color image large-scale display apparatus; Switching
`device for live image production; Digital audiovisual mixers; Table racks for televisions; Digital photograph players to be connected with
`television apparatus; Video monitors; Home theater systems, namely, comprising DVD players, audio amplifiers and audio speakers; Antennas
`for television receivers; Optical disc drives; Optical disc recorders; Optical disc players; Optical disc changers; Optical disc cartridges; Optical
`disc players/recorders/drives and parts thereof; Lens cleaning discs for optical disc players; Smartphones; Accessories for cellular phones,
`namely, battery packs, cases, chargers, holders, power supply adapters, headsets, earphones and microphones; Hands free kits for mobile-
`phones; IP telephones; Car navigation equipment; Hand held navigation apparatus for assistance of travels; Protection films for use on screens of
`navigation apparatus; Remote controllers for navigation apparatus; Stands for navigation apparatus; Cables for navigation apparatus; Computers;
`Computer peripheral devices; Tablet computers; Mobile computers; Hard disc drives; USB cables; Monitors (computer hardware); Multimedia
`tablet computers; Computer networks; Computer servers; External data storage media; Blank optical discs; SD (secure digital) memory cards;
`Semi-conductors; Semiconductor memory devices; Integrated circuits; Speaker components; Noise filter; Carrying cases, holders, protective
`cases and stands for use with handheld digital electronic devices, namely, Tablet PC, Computers and Cell Phones; Smart watch phones; Control
`system for the remote operation of audio-visual apparatus, comprising computers, computer terminals, software, and electromechanical controls;
`Electronic apparatus for the remote control of audio-visual apparatus; Computer programs for the remote control of audio-visual apparatus;
`Computer terminals; Digital audio players; Audio electronic components, namely, surround sound systems; Audio mixers; Digital audio
`recorders; Record turntables; Mobile phones; Audio equipment for vehicles, namely, digital audio players, speakers, amplifiers; Navigation
`apparatus for vehicles; personal digital assistants; Electronic organizers; Electronic notepads; Computer and electronic games; Audio receivers
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`herefore, applicant must remove the parentheses from the identification and incorporate any parenthetical or bracketed information into the
`description of the goods and/or services.
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`ITH RESPECT TO INTERNATIONAL CLASS 41
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`Education and entertainment services, namely, providing a website featuring audio clips, video clips, musical performances, musical videos, film
`clips, photographs, other multimedia materials, and information in the field of [indicate the field of use/subject matter of the audio clips….] audio
`clips, video clips, musical performances, musical videos, film clips, photographs, and other multimedia materials; Blogs featuring information in
`the field of [indicate field or subject matter of blogs] audio clips, video clips, musical performances, musical videos, film clips, photographs, and
`other multimedia materials. International Class 41.
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`Applicant’s goods and/or services may be clarified or limited, but may not be expanded beyond those originally itemized in the application or as
`acceptably amended.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.(cid:160) Applicant may clarify or limit the identification by inserting qualifying
`language or deleting items to result in a more specific identification; however, applicant may not substitute different goods and/or services or
`add goods and/or services not found or encompassed by those in the original application or as acceptably amended.(cid:160) See TMEP §1402.06(a)-(b).(cid:160)
`The scope of the goods and/or services sets the outer limit for any changes to the identification and is generally determined by the ordinary
`meaning of the wording in the identification.(cid:160) TMEP §§1402.06(b), 1402.07(a)-(b).(cid:160) Any acceptable changes to the goods and/or services will
`further limit scope, and once goods and/or services are deleted, they are not permitted to be reinserted.(cid:160) TMEP §1402.07(e).
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`ESPONSE GUIDELINES
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`f applicant has questions regarding this Office action, please telephone or e-mail the assigned trademark examining attorney. All relevant e-mail
`communications will be placed in the official application record; however, an e-mail communication will not be accepted as a response to this
`Office action and will not extend the deadline for filing a proper response. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05.
`Further, although the trademark examining attorney may provide additional explanation pertaining to the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in this
`Office action, the trademark examining attorney may not provide legal advice or statements about applicant’s rights. See TMEP §§705.02,
`709.06.
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`/Dezmona J. Mizelle-Howard/
`Dezmona J. Mizelle-Howard
`Dezmona.Mizelle@uspto.gov
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
`Ph: 571.272.9368
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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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`To:
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`Subject:
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`Sent:
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`Attachments:
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`PANASONIC CORPORATION (trademark@hsml.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 86416292 - TECHNICS - 8279.1749US0
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`8/8/2016 8:09:12 AM
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`ECOM110@USPTO.GOV
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
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`IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING YOUR
`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`USPTO OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) HAS ISSUED
`ON 8/8/2016 FOR U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 86416292
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`Please follow the instructions below:
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`1)(cid:160) TO READ THE LETTER:(cid:160) Click on this link or go to http://tsdr.uspto.gov, enter the U.S. application serial number, and click on
`“Documents.”
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`he Office action may not be immediately viewable, to allow for necessary system updates of the application, but will be available within 24
`hours of this e-mail notification.
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`2)(cid:160) TIMELY RESPONSE IS REQUIRED:(cid:160) Please carefully review the Office action to determine (1) how to respond, and (2) the applicable
`response time period.(cid:160) Your response deadline will be calculated from 8/8/2016 (or sooner if specified in the Office action).(cid:160) For information
`regarding response time periods, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/status/responsetime.jsp.
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`o NOT hit “Reply” to this e-mail notification, or otherwise e-mail your response because the USPTO does NOT accept e-mails as
`responses to Office actions.(cid:160)
`Instead, the USPTO recommends that you respond online using the Trademark Electronic Application System
`(TEAS) response form located at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp.
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`3)(cid:160) QUESTIONS:(cid:160) For questions about the contents of the Office action itself, please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney.(cid:160) For
`technical assistance in accessing or viewing the Office action in the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system, please e-mail
`TSDR@uspto.gov.
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`WARNING
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`ailure to file the required response by the applicable response deadline will result in the ABANDONMENT of your application.(cid:160) For
`more information regarding abandonment, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/basics/abandon.jsp.
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`PRIVATE COMPANY SOLICITATIONS REGARDING YOUR APPLICATION:(cid:160) Private companies not associated with the USPTO are
`using information provided in trademark applications to mail or e-mail trademark-related solicitations.(cid:160) These companies often use names that
`closely resemble the USPTO and their solicitations may look like an official government document.(cid:160) Many solicitations require that you pay
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`“fees.” (cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Please carefully review all correspondence you receive regarding this application to make sure that you are responding to an official document
`from the USPTO rather than a private company solicitation.(cid:160) All official USPTO correspondence will be mailed only from the “United States
`Patent and Trademark Office” in Alexandria, VA; or sent by e-mail from the domain “@uspto.gov.” (cid:160) For more information on how to handle
`private company solicitations, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/solicitation_warnings.jsp.
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