UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`(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)(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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`Apple Corps Limited
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`RETURN ADDRESS:(cid:160)
`Commissioner for Trademarks
`P.O. Box 1451
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Brian J. McNamara
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Foley & Lardner LLP
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Suite 500
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Washington Harbour, 3000 K Street, N.W.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Washington, DC 20007-5101
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`APPLE
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`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO :(cid:160)(cid:160) 016787/0257
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Please provide in all correspondence:
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`.(cid:160) Filing date, serial number, mark and
`applicant's name.
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`2.(cid:160) Date of this Office Action.
`3.(cid:160) Examining Attorney's name and
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`4. Your
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`O AVOID ABANDONMENT, WE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS
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`OF OUR MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Serial Number(cid:160) 78/430230
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`The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
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`he examining attorney has searched the Office records 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.
`The applicant must provide a response resolving the following informalities.
`INFORMALITIES(cid:160)
`1.(cid:160)(cid:160) CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION REQUIRED:
`Applicant must submit a copy of the foreign registration.(cid:160) If the foreign certificate of registration is not written in English, then applicant must
`provide an English translation signed by the translator.(cid:160) See TMEP §§1004.01 and 1004.01(b).
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`he application does not presently contain a copy of the foreign registration.(cid:160) An application filed under Trademark Act Section 44(e), 15 U.S.C.
`§1126(e), must include a true copy, photocopy, certification or certified copy of a foreign registration from the applicant’s country of origin.(cid:160)
`Applicant’s country of origin must either be a party to a convention or treaty relating to trademarks to which the United States is also a party, or
`must extend reciprocal registration rights to nationals of the United States by law.(cid:160) See TMEP §§1002.01 and 1004.
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`.(cid:160)(cid:160) IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS-UNACCEPTABLE:
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`identification of goods is indefinite because the applicant does not specify the subject matter of the goods. The identification of goods must
`be specific. The applicant must amend the identification to specify the common commercial name of the goods or to indicate their nature.(cid:160) The
`identification must be all‑inclusive. The applicant should amend the identification to replace this wording with "namely." The applicant may
`amend the identification to substitute the following wording, if accurate:(cid:160) “ Musical sound records, video records featuring [specify subject
`matter], cinematographic films; musical sound recordings; musical video recordings; audio and visual recordings featuring or relating to music,
`entertainment and films; pre-recorded compact discs, audio tapes, gramophone records, video tapes, video discs, DVDs, CD-ROMs and
`interactive compact discs, all featuring or relating to music and films; digitally recorded sound and video records featuring [specify subject
`matter]; downloadable musical sound and video records; downloadable sound and video records featuring or relating to music, entertainment
`and films,” in International Class 009. (cid:160)(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. Section 2.71(a); TMEP sections 1402.01 and 1402.03 et seq. [1]
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`Please note that, while the identification of goods may be amended to clarify or limit the goods, adding to the goods or broadening the scope of
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`the goods is not permitted.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.(cid:160) Therefore, applicant may not amend the identification to include goods that are
`not within the scope of the goods set forth in the present identification.
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`NOTICE:(cid:160) FEE CHANGE(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)
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`Effective January 31, 2005 and pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, Pub. L. 108-447, the following are the fees that will be
`charged for filing a trademark application:
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`(1) $325 per international class if filed electronically using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS); or(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(2)(cid:160)(cid:160) $375 per international class if filed on paper
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`hese fees will be charged not only when a new application is filed, but also when payments are made to add classes to an existing application.
`If such payments are submitted with a TEAS response, the fee will be(cid:160) $325 per class, and if such payments are made with a paper response, the
`fee will be $375 per class.
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`he new fee requirements will apply to any fees filed on or after January 31, 2005.
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`OTICE:(cid:160) TRADEMARK OPERATION RELOCATION
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`he Trademark Operation has relocated to Alexandria, Virginia.(cid:160) Effective October 4, 2004, all Trademark-related paper mail (except documents
`sent to the Assignment Services Division for recordation, certain documents filed under the Madrid Protocol, and requests for copies of
`trademark documents) must be sent to:
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`Commissioner for Trademarks
`P.O. Box 1451
`Alexandria, VA(cid:160) 22313-1451
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`pplicants, attorneys and other Trademark customers are strongly encouraged to correspond with the USPTO online via the Trademark
`Electronic Application System (TEAS), at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html.
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`Darryl M. Spruill
`Trademark Attorney
`Law Office 112
`(571) 272-9418
`darryl.spruill@uspto.gov
`/Darryl M. Spruill/
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`How to respond to this Office Action:
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`ou may respond formally using the Office's Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Office Action form (visit
`http://eteas.uspto.gov/V2.0/oa242/WIZARD.htm and follow the instructions therein, but you must wait until at least 72 hours after receipt if the
`office action issued via e-mail).(cid:160) PLEASE NOTE: Responses to Office Actions on applications filed under the Madrid Protocol (Section 66(a))
`CANNOT currently be filed via TEAS.
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`o respond formally via regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing Return Address listed above and include the serial number, law
`office and examining attorney’s name on the upper right corner of each page of your response.
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`o check the status of your application at any time, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at
`http://tarr.uspto.gov/
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`OR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING
`ATTORNEY.
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`[1] Please note that the recommended recitation of services/identification of goods is not exhaustive.(cid:160)(cid:160) The applicant is directed to the Office’s searchable database
`of the Manual of Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services.(cid:160) The address for this is: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/doc/gsmanual/.
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