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) MARK: APPLE TV(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)
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`THOMAS R. LA PERLE(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)
`APPLE INC.(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)
`CUPERTINO, CA 95014-2083(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)
`(cid:160) Apple Inc.(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)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`TM 10064(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`*77152380*
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`RESPOND TO THIS ACTION:
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm
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`(cid:160)G
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`ENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION:
`http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
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`77/152380
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
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`1 INFINITE LOOP
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`O AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS
`OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE.
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`SSUE/MAILING DATE:
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`The assigned trademark examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and has determined the following:
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`(cid:160)S
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`earch Results
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`he Office records have been searched and no similar registered or pending 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.
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`(cid:160)D
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`isclaimer Required
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`he Office can require an applicant to disclaim an unregistrable part of a mark consisting of particular wording, symbols, numbers, design
`elements or combinations thereof.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C. §1056(a).(cid:160) Under Section 2(e) of the Trademark Act, the Office can refuse registration of an entire
`mark if the entire mark is merely descriptive, deceptively misdescriptive, or primarily geographically descriptive of the goods.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C.
`§1052(e).(cid:160) Thus, the Office may require an applicant to disclaim a portion of a mark that, when used in connection with the goods or services, is
`merely descriptive, deceptively misdescriptive, primarily geographically descriptive, or otherwise unregistrable (e.g., generic).(cid:160) TMEP
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`§1213.03(a).(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Failure to comply with a disclaimer requirement can result in a refusal to register the entire mark.(cid:160) TMEP §1213.01(b).
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`(cid:160)A
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` “disclaimer” is a statement that applicant does not claim exclusive rights to an unregistrable component of a mark. (cid:160) A disclaimer does not
`affect the appearance of the applied-for mark.
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`(cid:160)A
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` disclaimer does not physically remove the disclaimed matter from the mark, but rather is a written statement that applicant does not claim
`exclusive rights to the disclaimed wording and/or design separate and apart from the mark as shown in the drawing.
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`(cid:160)A
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`pplicant must disclaim the descriptive wording “TV” apart from the mark as shown because it merely describes a characteristic of the
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`applicant’s goods. (cid:160) Trademark Act Section 6, 15 U.S.C. §1056; TMEP §§1213 and 1213.03(a).(cid:160) See Exhibit A.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`The 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 “TV” apart from the mark as shown.
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`(cid:160)S
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`ee In re Owatonna Tool Co., 231 USPQ 493 (Comm’r Pats. 1983).
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`(cid:160)A
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`pplication Pursuant to Sections 1(a) and 44(d)
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`he application specifies both use in commerce under Section 1(a) and a claim of priority under Section 44(d) based on a foreign application.(cid:160) 15
`U.S.C. §§1051(a) and 1126(d).(cid:160) When an application is filed pursuant to Section 44(d), the USPTO presumes, unless otherwise indicated, that
`applicant intends to rely upon the resulting foreign registration as a basis for registration in the U.S.(cid:160) TMEP §§806.02(f) and 1003.03.(cid:160) Under
`such circumstances, the application will not be approved for publication until a copy of the foreign registration and, if appropriate, an English
`translation signed by the translator, have been filed.(cid:160) TMEP §1004.01(b).
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`his application is otherwise in condition for publication.(cid:160) Therefore, action on this application is SUSPENDED pending receipt of the foreign
`registration and, if appropriate, an English translation signed by the translator.(cid:160) TMEP §§806.02(f) and 1003.04.
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`(cid:160)I
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`f applicant wishes to proceed relying solely on use in commerce as the basis for registration, applicant may submit an amendment to delete the
`Section 44(d) basis and request that the mark be approved for publication based solely on the Section 1(a) basis.(cid:160) If applicant does so, the
`application will retain the priority claim under Section 44(d).(cid:160) TMEP §§806.02(f) and 806.04(b).
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`esponse
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`f applicant has questions about its application or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned trademark
`examining attorney directly at the number below.
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`o expedite prosecution of this application, applicant is encouraged to file its response to this Office action through the Trademark Electronic
`Application System (TEAS), available at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html.
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`/Angela Gaw/
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 104
`Phone:(cid:160) (571) 272-1347
`Fax:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(571) 273-9104
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)
`RESPOND TO THIS ACTION: If there are any questions about the Office action, please contact the assigned examining attorney. A response
`to this Office Action should be filed using the Office’s Response to Office action form available at
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm.(cid:160) If notification of this Office action was received via e-mail, no response using this form may be
`filed for 72 hours after receipt of the notification.(cid:160) Do not attempt to respond by e-mail as the USPTO does not accept e-mailed responses.
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`(cid:160)I
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`f responding by paper mail, please include the following information: the application serial number, the mark, the filing date and the name,
`title/position, telephone number and e-mail address of the person signing the response.(cid:160) Please use the following address: Commissioner for
`Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451.
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`(cid:160)S
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`TATUS CHECK: Check the status of the application at least once every six months from the initial filing date using the USPTO Trademark
`Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) online system at http://tarr.uspto.gov.(cid:160) When conducting an online status check, print and
`maintain a copy of the complete TARR screen.(cid:160) If the status of your application has not changed for more than six months, please contact the
`assigned examining attorney.
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