To:
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`Subject:
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`Sent:
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`The EDGE Interactive Media Inc (uspto@edgegames.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78807446 - GAMER'S EDGE - N/A
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`3/13/2007 3:45:12 PM
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`Sent As:
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`ECOM109@USPTO.GOV
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`Attachments:
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`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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`78/807446
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`The EDGE Interactive Media Inc
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`*78807446*
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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) THE EDGE INTERACTIVE MEDIA INC
`(cid:160) 530 S LAKE AVE STE 171
`(cid:160) PASADENA, CA 91101-3515
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`GAMER'S EDGE
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`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MARK:(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) N/A
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160) uspto@edgegames.com
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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
`address.
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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-
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`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) 78/807446
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`HIS IS A FINAL ACTION
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`This letter responds to the applicant's communication filed on February 1, 2007.
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`FINAL ACTION
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`In the office action dated August 2, 2006, the examining attorney required the applicant to amend the
`identification of goods, clarify its claim of acquired distinctiveness, and submit a disclaimer of
`“GAMER’S.”
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`n its response, the applicant amended the identification, removed its 2(f) claim and submitted the required
`disclaimer.(cid:160) The disclaimer is accepted and added to the record.(cid:160) The amended identification remains
`unacceptable.(cid:160) For the reasons below, the requirement for an acceptable amendment to the identification of
`goods is maintained and made FINAL.
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`dentification of Goods
`In the first Office Action, the examining attorney advised the applicant that the applicant must clarify the
`identification of goods by specifying the types of plug-in computer boards; computer accessories; video
`game hardware; video game consoles; video game accessories; and video game peripherals.
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`he applicant's proposed amendment to the identification of goods is:
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`“Computers; computer hardware; computer peripherals; computer games software; plug-on
`computer interface boards; computer accessories, namely keyboards, mice, game controllers,
`memory sticks, headphones, augmented reality headsets, virtual reality headsets, storage disc
`cases, video display and capture cards, audio cards, audio speakers, web-cameras, backpacks,
`carrying cases and bags, all for carrying portable computers or computer accessories; video
`game software; video game consoles, namely video game machines for use with televisions
`and video monitors; video game accessories, namely, joysticks made for video games, video
`game interactive control floor pads and mats, and video game interactive remove control units;
`video game peripherals, namely external hard drives and other storage devices, and video
`adapters; set top boxes, cable modems, dsl modems.”
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`he wording remains unacceptable because game controllers, augmented reality headsets, virtual reality
`headsets, external hard drives, other storage devices and video adapters are all still indefinite.(cid:160) TMEP
`§1402.01.(cid:160) Additionally, “memory sticks” is a registered trademark and cannot be used in an
`identification.(cid:160) Applicant must amend the identification of goods by deleting the wording “memory
`sticks” and substituting the common commercial or generic name for the goods. (cid:160) Registered marks are not
`to be used in the application to describe applicant's goods.(cid:160) TMEP §1402.09.
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`he applicant may amend the identification of goods to the following, if accurate.(cid:160) Applicant should note
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`that “backpacks” are properly classified in Class 18. (cid:160)(cid:160)
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`“Computers; computer hardware; computer peripherals; computer games software; plug-on
`computer interface boards; computer accessories, namely keyboards, mice, PLAYER-
`OPERATED ELECTRONIC game controllers FOR ELECTRONIC VIDEO GAME
`MACHINES, COMPUTER MEMORIES, headphones, augmented reality headsets FOR USE
`WITH COMPUTERS, virtual reality headsets FOR USE WITH COMPUTERS, storage disc
`cases, video display and capture cards, SOUND cards, audio speakers, web-cameras, carrying
`cases and bags, all for carrying portable computers or computer accessories; video game
`software; video game consoles, namely video game machines for use with televisions and
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`video monitors; video game accessories, namely, joysticks made for video games, video game
`interactive control floor pads and mats, and video game interactive remove control units; video
`game peripherals, namely external hard drives FOR COMPUTERS and other storage devices
`IN THE NATURE OF _________{specify the other storage devices by their common
`commercial name}, and video adapters IN THE NATURE OF _________{specify by their
`common commercial name}; set top boxes, cable modems, dsl modems” in International Class
`009.
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`Backpacks for carrying portable computers or computer accessories” in International Class
`018.
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`MEP §1402.01.
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`ultiple Class Requirements
`If applicant prosecutes this application as a combined, or multiple-class application, then applicant must
`comply with each of the requirements below for those goods and/or services based on actual use in
`commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(a):
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`(1)(cid:160)(cid:160) Applicant must list the goods/services by international class with the classes listed in
`ascending numerical order;
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`(2)(cid:160)(cid:160) Applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of goods and/or services not
`covered by the fee already paid (current fee information should be confirmed at
`http://www.uspto.gov); and
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`(3)(cid:160)(cid:160) For each additional class of goods and/or services, applicant must submit:
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`(a)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) dates of first use of the mark anywhere and dates of first use of the mark in commerce, or a
`statement that the dates of use in the initial application apply to that class; the dates of use, both
`anywhere and in commerce, must be at least as early as the filing date of the application;
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`(b)(cid:160)(cid:160) one specimen showing use of the mark for each class of goods and/or services; the specimen
`must have been in use in commerce at least as early as the filing date of the application;
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`(c)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) a statement that “the specimen was in use in commerce on or in connection with the goods
`and/or services listed in the application at least as early as the filing date of the application;” and
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`(d)(cid:160)(cid:160) verification of the statements in 3(a) and 3(c) in an affidavit or a signed declaration under 37
`C.F.R. §2.20.(cid:160) (NOTE:(cid:160) Verification is not required where (1) the dates of use for the added class
`are stated to be the same as the dates of use specified in the initial application, or (2) the original
`specimens are acceptable for the added class.)
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`7 C.F.R. §§2.6, 2.34(a), 2.59, 2.71(c), and 2.86(a); TMEP §§810, 904.09, 1403.01 and 1403.02(c).
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`lease note that the specimen of record is acceptable for class 9 only.
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`pplicant has paid the filing fee for ONE Class.
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`For the reasons set forth above, the requirement for an acceptable amendment to the identification of
`goods and services is maintained and made FINAL.
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`Options
`If the applicant fails to respond to this final action within six months of the mailing date, the application
`will be abandoned.(cid:160) 15(cid:160)U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a). (cid:160) The applicant may respond to this final
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`action by:(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`1)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) submitting a response that fully satisfies all outstanding requirements, if feasible (37
`C.F.R. §2.64(a)); or
`2)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`filing an appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, with an appeal fee of $100 per
`class (37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(18) and 2.64(a); TMEP §§715.01 and 1501 et seq.; TBMP Chapter
`1200).
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`In certain circumstances, a petition to the Director may be filed to review a final action that is limited to
`procedural issues, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(2).(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.64(a).(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §2.146(b), TMEP
`§1704, and TBMP Chapter 1201.05 for an explanation of petitionable matter.(cid:160) The petition fee is $100.(cid:160) 37
`C.F.R. §2.6(a)(15).
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`If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone
`the assigned examining attorney.
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`/Robert J. Struck/
`Robert J. Struck
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 109
`Phone - (571) 272-1513
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`HOW 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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`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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