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)
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`Apple Corps Limited
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`78/430230
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`*78430230*
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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) Brian J. McNamara
`(cid:160) Foley & Lardner LLP
`(cid:160) Suite 500 Washington Harbour(cid:160) 3000 K Str
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`(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
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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
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Law Office number.
`4. Your
`telephone number and e-mail
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`ESPONSE TIME LIMIT:(cid:160) TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE
`ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE.(cid:160)(cid:160)
`MAILING/E-MAILING DATE INFORMATION:(cid:160) If the mailing or e-mailing date of this Office action does not appear above, this
`information can be obtained by visiting the USPTO website at http://tarr.uspto.gov/, inserting the application serial number, and viewing the
`prosecution history for the mailing date of the most recently issued Office communication.
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`erial Number(cid:160) 78/430230
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`tatus of Application
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`The herein application was returned to the examining attorney for review because it appears from the record that the applicant has not yet
`submitted the renewal foreign registration certificate from its home country.(cid:160) Thus, registration is being refused.
`INFORMALITY
`FOREIGN REGISTRATION EXPIRED:
`The foreign registration on which this application is based expired(cid:160) on 4/1/06.(cid:160) Applicant must submit evidence that the foreign registration will
`be in force at the time of issuance of the United States registration.(cid:160) This evidence must consist of a true copy, photocopy, certification or
`certified copy of the certificate of registration showing that the foreign registration has been renewed, accompanied by an English translation of
`such documents.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(3)(iii); TMEP §1004.01(a).(cid:160)(cid:160) Please note the following section in the TMEP regarding the status:
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`1004.01(a) Status of the Foreign Registration
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`The foreign registration must be in force at the time the United States issues the registration based on that foreign registration. In re Societe D'Exploitation
`de la Marque Le Fouquet's, 67 USPQ2d 1784 (TTAB 2003); Marie Claire Album S.A. v. Kruger GmbH & Co. KG, 29 USPQ2d 1792 (TTAB 1993);
`Fioravanti v. Fioravanti Corrado S.R.L., 230 USPQ 36 (TTAB 1986), recon denied 1 USPQ2d 1304 (TTAB 1986).(cid:160) of this manual lists the terms
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`registration in various foreign countries.
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`If the record indicates that the foreign registration will expire before the United States registration will issue, the examining attorney must require that
`applicant submit a copy of the foreign registration that shows that the foreign registration has been renewed and will be in force at the time the
`registration
`issues in the United States. 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(3)(iii). If the applicant states that renewal is pending in the foreign country, the examining attorney should
`suspend the application pending receipt of proof of renewal.
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`If an applicant submits a certified copy or certification of the foreign registration that is certified by the foreign government agency that issued the
`registration, the examining attorney should inquire concerning renewal only if the certified copy of the foreign registration indicates that the registration will
`expire after the date on which the foreign government agency issued the certified copy or certification of the foreign registration. For example, if a
`certified
`copy of a foreign registration was issued by the trademark agency in the foreign country on January 5, 2005, and the certified copy indicates that
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`registration expired on June 1, 2004, no inquiry is necessary. The Office presumes that the foreign country would not have issued a certified copy of
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`registration unless the registration had been renewed. This applies only to a certified copy or certification issued by the foreign trademark agency. If
`copy of the registration is not certified by the foreign trademark agency, and the record indicates that the foreign registration will expire before the United
`States registration will issue, the examining attorney must require that the applicant submit a copy of the foreign registration showing that that
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`registration has been renewed.
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`If the examining attorney determines that the foreign registration is not in force, the examining attorney will refuse registration under §44(e). The
`may amend the application to claim another basis. See et seq. regarding amendments to the basis.
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`applicant
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`For information about recent changes in the term of registration in a foreign country, examining attorneys may consult sources such as Trademarks
`Throughout the World (J. M. Politi) and World Trademark Law and Practice (Ethan Horwitz), available to Office employees in the Trademark Law Library.
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`/Darryl M. Spruill/
`Trademark Attorney
`Law Office 112
`(571) 272-9418 (office)
`(571) 273-9418 (fax)
`darryl.spruill@uspto.gov
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`NOTICE OF NEW PROCEDURE FOR E-MAILED OFFICE ACTIONS:(cid:160) In late spring 2007, for any applicant who authorizes e-mail
`communication with the USPTO, the USPTO will no longer directly e-mail the actual Office action to the applicant.(cid:160) Instead, upon issuance of an
`Office action, the USPTO will e-mail the applicant a notice with a link/web address to access the Office action using Trademark Document
`Retrieval (TDR),(cid:160)which is located on the USPTO website at http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow.(cid:160) The Office action will not be attached to
`the e-mail notice.(cid:160) Upon receipt of the notice, the applicant can then view and print the actual Office action and any evidentiary attachments
`using the provided link/web address.(cid:160) TDR is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays and weekends.(cid:160) This new process
`is intended to eliminate problems associated with e-mailed Office actions that contain numerous attachments.
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`OW TO RESPOND TO THIS OFFICE ACTION:
`ONLINE RESPONSE:(cid:160) You may respond using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Office action
`form available on our website at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html.(cid:160) If the Office action issued via e-mail, you must wait 72 hours
`after receipt of the Office action to respond via TEAS.(cid:160) NOTE:(cid:160) Do not respond by e-mail.(cid:160) THE USPTO WILL NOT ACCEPT AN
`E-MAILED RESPONSE.
`REGULAR MAIL RESPONSE:(cid:160) To respond by regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing return address above, and
`include the serial number, law office number, and examining attorney’s name. (cid:160) NOTE:(cid:160) The filing date of the response will be the date
`of receipt in the Office, not the postmarked date.(cid:160) To ensure your response is timely, use a certificate of mailing.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.197.
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`TATUS OF APPLICATION: To check the status of your application, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval
`(TARR) system at http://tarr.uspto.gov.
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`IEW APPLICATION DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Documents in the electronic file for pending applications can be viewed and downloaded
`online at http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow.
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`ENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: For general information about trademarks, please visit the Office’s website at
`http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
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`OR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING
`ATTORNEY SPECIFIED ABOVE.
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