PROVISIONAL REFUSAL OF PROTECTION
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`IDENTIFICATION SECTION
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`INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION NUMBER
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`1045029
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`OFFICE REFERENCE
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`ORIGINAL LANGUAGE CODE
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`FILE SECTION
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`79085015
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`ENGLISH
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`FILE SPECIFICATION OF THE DOCUMENT
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`\\TICRS\EXPORT11\IMAGEOUT11\790\850\79085015\xml5\MOC0002.xml
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`GOODS AND SERVICES SECTION
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`ALL GOODS AND SERVICES INDICATOR
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`Protection has been refused for all the goods and services.
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`INSTRUCTIONS SECTION
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`FREE TEXT PROCESSING INSTRUCTIONS
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`U. S. designated on 20100514; Non-final examiner action
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`MAIL DATE
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`09/03/2010
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
`OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`79085015
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`*79085015*
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`CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm
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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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`RU-117556 Moscow
`RUSSIAN FED.
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`(cid:160) Obschestvo s ogranichennoi
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`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) APPLICATION SERIAL NO.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MARK: ÉPISODE(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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`Alexander P. Dvornikov(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`P.O. Box 33(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)
`otvetstvennos ETC.(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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`N/A(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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`OFFICE ACTION
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`STRICT DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER(cid:160)
`TO AVOID ABANDONMENT OF APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION, THE USPTO MUST RECEIVE APPLICANT’S COMPLETE
`RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE BELOW.
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`SSUE/MAILING DATE:
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`NTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION NO. 1045029
`This is a PROVISIONAL FULL REFUSAL of the trademark and/or service mark in the above-referenced U.S. application.(cid:160) See 15 U.S.C.
`§1141h(c).
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`HO IS PERMITTED TO RESPOND TO THIS PROVISIONAL FULL REFUSAL:
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`pplicant may respond directly to this provisional refusal Office action if applicant is not represented by an authorized attorney.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R.
`(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §2.193(e)(2)(i).(cid:160) However, the
`§2.193(e)(2)(ii).(cid:160) Otherwise, applicant’s authorized attorney must respond on applicant’s behalf.
`only attorneys who are authorized to sign responses and practice before the USPTO in trademark matters are as follows:
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`(1)(cid:160) Attorneys in good standing with a bar of the highest court of any U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other
`federal territories and possessions of the United States; and
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`(2)(cid:160) Canadian agents/attorneys who represent applicants located in Canada and (a) are registered with the USPTO and in good standing
`as patent agents or (b) have been granted reciprocal recognition by the USPTO.
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`ee 37 C.F.R. §§2.17(e), 2.62(b), 11.1, 11.5(b)(2), 11.14(a), (c); TMEP §§602, 712.03.
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`oreign attorneys, other than authorized Canadian attorneys, are not permitted to represent applicants before the USPTO.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R.
`§§2.17(e), 11.14(c), (e); TMEP §602.03-.03(b).(cid:160) That is, foreign attorneys may not file written communications, authorize an amendment to an
`application, or submit legal arguments in response to a requirement or refusal, among other things.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §11.5(b)(2); TMEP
`§§602.03(c), 608.01.(cid:160) If applicant is represented by such a foreign attorney, applicant must respond directly to this provisional refusal Office
`action.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §2.193(e)(2)(ii).
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`HE APPLICATION HAS BEEN PROVISIONALLY REFUSED AS FOLLOWS:
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`EARCH OF OFFICE’S DATABASE OF MARKS
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`The trademark examining attorney has searched the Office’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no conflicting marks that
`would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d).(cid:160) TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).
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`ENTITY DESIGNATION
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`pplicant must specify its form of business or type of legal entity and its national citizenship or foreign country of organization or incorporation.(cid:160)
`See 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(3)(i)-(ii), 7.25(a)-(b); TMEP §§803.03, 803.04, 1904.02(a).(cid:160) This information is required in all U.S. trademark
`applications, including those filed under Trademark Act Section 66(a) (also known as “requests for extension of protection of an international
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`registration to the U.S.”). (cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(3)(i)-(ii), 7.25(a)-(b); TMEP §§803.03, 803.04, 1904.02(a).(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Acceptable entity types include an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a joint venture, or the foreign equivalent thereof.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R.
`§2.32(a)(3)(i)-(ii); TMEP §§803.03 et seq.
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`f applicant’s entity type is an individual, applicant must indicate his or her national citizenship for the record. (cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(3)(i); TMEP
`§803.04.(cid:160) If applicant’s entity type is a corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, or the foreign equivalent, applicant must set forth the
`foreign country under whose laws applicant is organized or incorporated.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(3)(ii); TMEP §§803.03(b)-(c), 803.04.(cid:160) For an
`association, applicant must also specify whether the association is incorporated or unincorporated.(cid:160) TMEP §803.03(c).
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`f applicant is organized under the laws of a foreign province or geographical region, applicant should specify both the foreign province or
`geographical region and the foreign country in which the province or region is located.(cid:160) See TMEP §803.04.(cid:160) To provide this information online
`via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) response form, applicant must (1) locate the “Entity Type” heading and select
`“Other;” (2) locate the “Specify Entity Type” heading and select “Other” under the Foreign Entity option, and enter in the free-text field below
`both applicant’s entity type and the foreign province or geographical region of its organization (e.g., partnership of Victoria); and (3) locate the
`“State or Country Where Legally Organized” heading and select the appropriate foreign country (e.g., Australia) under the Non-U.S. Entity
`option.(cid:160) See id.
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`DENTIFICATION OF GOODS
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`nternational Class 30:
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`he wording “preparations made from cereals” in the identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified because the type of preparation
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`is not set forth.(cid:160) See TMEP §1402.01.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160) The wording “confectionery” in the identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified. (cid:160) See TMEP §1402.01.(cid:160) Applicant may substitute
`(cid:160)(cid:160) The wording “ices” in the identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified. (cid:160) See TMEP §1402.01.(cid:160) Applicant may substitute the
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`the following wording, if accurate:(cid:160) “frozen confectionery” or “confectionery made of sugar.”
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`following wording, if accurate:(cid:160) “fruit ices” or “flavored ices”.
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`he wording “sauces (condiments)” in the identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified. (cid:160) See TMEP §1402.01.(cid:160) Applicant may
`amend to the following if accurate:(cid:160) “condiments namely sauces.”
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`nternational Class 35:
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`he applicant should amend the identification of services to clarify that the applicant is performing an activity for others.. The applicant may
`amend “office functions” to “providing office functions”.
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`nternational Class 43:
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`he applicant should amend the identification of services to clarify that the applicant is performing an activity for others. The applicant may
`amend the services as follows: Providing of food and drink; providing temporary accommodation.
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`/Teresa Rupp/
`Trademark Senior Attorney
`Law Office 106
`Phone - 571-272-9329
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`TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: (cid:160) Use the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) response form at
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`http://teasroa.uspto.gov/roa/.(cid:160) Please wait 48-72 hours from the issue/mailing date before using TEAS, to allow for necessary system updates of
`the application.(cid:160) For technical assistance with online forms, e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov.
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`HO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE:(cid:160) It must be personally signed by(cid:160)an individual applicant or(cid:160)someone with legal authority to bind an
`applicant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint applicants).(cid:160)(cid:160)If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the
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`response.(cid:160)(cid:160)
`PERIODICALLY CHECK THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION: (cid:160) To ensure that applicant does not miss crucial deadlines or official
`notices, check the status of the application every three to four months using Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) at
`http://tarr.uspto.gov/. (cid:160) Please keep a copy of the complete TARR screen. (cid:160) If TARR shows no change for more than six months, call
`1-800-786-9199. (cid:160) For more information on checking status, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/status/.
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`O UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160) Use the TEAS form at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageE.htm.
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