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) MARK: WORDS WITH FRIENDS
`(cid:160) (cid:160)
`DYAN M. HOUSE(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)
`MUNCK CARTER, LLP(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)
`DALLAS, TX 75380-0889(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)
`(cid:160) NewToy, Inc.(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)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`NEWT02-00007(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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`*77820321*
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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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`77/820321
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`PO BOX 800889
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`(cid:160)T
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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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`(cid:160)I
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`SSUE/MAILING DATE:
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`Prior Pending Application
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`(cid:160)A
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`lthough the examining attorney has searched the Office records and has found no similar registered mark which would bar registration under
`Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(d), the examining attorney encloses information regarding pending Application Serial No.
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`78946241. 37 C.F.R. Section 2.83.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`There may be a likelihood of confusion between the applicant's mark and the mark in the above noted application under Section 2(d) of the Act.(cid:160)
`The filing date of the referenced application precedes the applicant's filing date.(cid:160) If the earlier‑filed application matures into a registration, the
`examining attorney may refuse registration under Section 2(d).
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`(cid:160)A
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`ction on this application will be suspended pending the disposition of the prior pending application, upon receipt of the applicant's
`response resolving the following informalities.
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`(cid:160)D
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`ISCLAIMER
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`(cid:160)A
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`pplicant must disclaim the descriptive wording “WORDS” apart from the mark as shown because it merely describes a feature of the goods.
`The goods are game software for playing word games as evidenced by the applicant’s specimens. (cid:160) See 15 U.S.C. §1056(a); TMEP §§1213,
`1213.03(a).
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`(cid:160)T
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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 “WORDS” apart from the mark as shown.
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`(cid:160)T
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`MEP §1213.08(a)(i); see In re Owatonna Tool Co., 231 USPQ 493 (Comm’r Pats. 1983).
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`(cid:160)I
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`f the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
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`(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`/rebecca smith/
`Rebecca Smith
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
`Law Office 110
`(571) 272-9223
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`RESPOND TO THIS ACTION:(cid:160)Applicant should file a response to this Office action(cid:160)online using the form at
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm, waiting 48-72 hours if applicant received notification of the Office action via e-mail.(cid:160)(cid:160)For
`technical assistance with the form, please e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov.(cid:160) For(cid:160)questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned
`examining attorney.(cid:160)(cid:160) Do not respond to this Office action by e-mail;(cid:160)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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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Print: Dec 3, 20119
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`1'89-I-G24-1
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`DESIGN MARK
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`Serial Number
`18946241
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`Status
`EoURTH EXTENSION — GRANTED
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`Word Mark
`WORDERIENDS
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`Standard Character Mark
`Yes
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`Type of Marl:
`TRADEMARK
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`Register
`PRINCIPAL
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`Mark Drawing Code
`[43 STANEARE CHARACTER MARK
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`Owner
`Word World, LLC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY NEW YORK 265 Canal St., 2nd
`Floor New York NEW YORK 10013
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`Goodafservices
`G & S:
`O21 O23 O26 O36 038.
`US
`IC 009.
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
`laser discs, video discs,
`Prerecorded video tapes, audio tapes,
`compact discs, CD—ROMs, DVDs, and floppy discs featuring entertainment
`and educational programming for children; oomputer and video game
`software, downloadable computer and video game software, computer and
`Video game cartridges, computer and video game programs, decorative
`magnets, cameras, ca_culators, computer game discs, electric switch
`plates, mouse pads.
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`Filing Date
`zooexoaxov
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`Examining Attnmey
`CASTRO , GIANCARLD
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`Attorney of Record
`Edward H. Rosenthal
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`WORDFRIENDS