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`VOOZ CHARACTER SYSTEM (RKL@RKLPATLAW.COM)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 85204123 - PUCCA - MR3615-24
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`8/14/2012 4:34:40 PM
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`ECOM111@USPTO.GOV
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
`OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
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`MORTON J. ROSENBERG(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)
`ROSENBERG, KLEIN & LEE(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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`*85204123*
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`CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:
`http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp
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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)(cid:160)(cid:160) MARK: PUCCA(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)
`ELLICOTT CITY MD 21043(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) (cid:160)
`VOOZ CHARACTER SYSTEM(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) 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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`MR3615-24(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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`3458 ELLICOTT CENTER DRIVE-SUITE 101
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`RKL@RKLPATLAW.COM
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`STRICT DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER
`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: 8/14/2012
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`The Office has reassigned this application to the undersigned trademark examining attorney.
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`The statement of use has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney.(cid:160) Applicant must respond timely and completely to the
`issue(s) below.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62, 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
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`PECIMEN DOES NOT SHOW MARK IN CONNECTION WITH SERVICES
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`or Class 35, the specimen is not acceptable because it does not show the applied-for mark used in connection with any of the services specified
`in the statement of use.(cid:160) A statement of use must include a specimen showing the applied-for mark in use in commerce for each class of goods
`and/or services specified in the statement of use.(cid:160) Trademark Act Sections 1 and 45, 15 U.S.C. §§1051, 1127; 37 C.F.R. §§2.56(a), 2.88(b)(2);
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`TMEP §§904, 1109.09(b).(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`In this case, the specimen refers to AliExpress, and refers to “Wholesale Pucca Doll-Buy Pucca Doll lots.”(cid:160) The specimen does not show the
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`mark PUCCA used to identify a retail store service or an on-line retail store service.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`A service mark specimen must show use of the mark “in the sale or advertising of services.”(cid:160) 15 U.S.C. §1127; 37 C.F.R. §2.56.(cid:160) Indeed,
`“[w]hile the nature of the services does not need to be specified in the specimens, there must be something which creates in the mind of the
`purchaser an association between the mark and the service activity.”(cid:160) In re Adair, 45 USPQ2d 1211, 1215 (TTAB 1997) (quoting In re Johnson
`Controls Inc., 33 USPQ2d 1318, 1320 (TTAB 1994)).(cid:160) There must be sufficient reference to the services in the specimen to create this
`association.(cid:160) In re Monograms Am., Inc., 51 USPQ2d 1317, 1318 (TTAB 1999); TMEP §§1301.04 et seq.
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`herefore, applicant must submit the following:
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`(1)(cid:160) A substitute specimen showing the mark in use in commerce for each class of goods and/or services specified in the statement of use;
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`(2)(cid:160) The following statement, verified with an affidavit or signed declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20:(cid:160) “ The substitute specimen was
`in use in commerce prior to the expiration of the deadline for filing the statement of use.”(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.59(b)(2); TMEP §904.05;
`see 37 C.F.R. §2.193(e)(1).(cid:160) If submitting a substitute specimen requires an amendment to the dates of use, applicant must also verify the
`amended dates.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.71(c); TMEP §904.05.
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`Examples of specimens for services are signs, photographs, brochures, website printouts or advertisements that show the mark used in the actual
`sale or advertising of the services.(cid:160) See TMEP §§1301.04 et seq.
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`ECLARATION
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`The following is a properly worded declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20.(cid:160) Applicant should add this declaration to the end of its response, properly
`signed and dated by a person authorized under 37 C.F.R. §2.33(a).(cid:160) TMEP §804.01(b).
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`The undersigned being warned that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C.
`§1001, and that such willful false statements and the like may jeopardize the validity of the application or document or any registration
`resulting therefrom, declares that all statements made of his/her own knowledge are true; and all statements made on information and
`belief are believed to be true.
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`_____________________________
`(Signature)
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`_____________________________
`(Print or Type Name and Position)
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`_____________________________
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`Pending receipt of a proper response, registration is refused because the specimen does not show the applied-for mark in use in commerce as a
`trademark and/or service mark for the identified goods and/or services.(cid:160) Trademark Act Sections 1 and 45, 15 U.S.C. §§1051, 1127; 37 C.F.R.
`§§2.56(a), 2.88(b)(2); TMEP §§904, 904.07(a).
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`pplicant may not withdraw the statement of use.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.88(g); TMEP §1109.17.
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`ANY QUESTIONS?
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`f applicant has questions regarding this Office action, please telephone or e-mail the assigned trademark examining attorney.(cid:160) All relevant e-mail
`communications will be placed in the official application record; however, an e-mail communication will not be accepted as a response to this
`Office action and will not extend the deadline for filing a proper response.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05.(cid:160) Further,
`although the trademark examining attorney may provide additional explanation pertaining to the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in this Office
`action, the trademark examining attorney may not provide legal advice or statements about applicant’s rights.(cid:160) See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06.
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`/Esther A. Belenker/
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 111
`(571) 272-9125
`Fax:(cid:160) (571) 273-9125
`esther.belenker@uspto.gov
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`TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: (cid:160)Go to http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp. (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.(cid:160) For(cid:160)questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney.(cid:160)(cid:160) E-mail
`communications will not be accepted as responses to Office actions; therefore, do not respond to this Office action by e-mail.
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`ll informal e-mail communications relevant to this application will be placed in the official application record.
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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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`To:
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`Subject:
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`Attachments:
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`VOOZ CHARACTER SYSTEM (RKL@RKLPATLAW.COM)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 85204123 - PUCCA - MR3615-24
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`8/14/2012 4:34:41 PM
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`ECOM111@USPTO.GOV
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`IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING YOUR
`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`USPTO OFFICE ACTION HAS ISSUED ON 8/14/2012 FOR
`SERIAL NO. 85204123
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`lease follow the instructions below to continue the prosecution of your application:
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`TO READ OFFICE ACTION: Click on this link or go to http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow and enter the application serial
`number to access the Office action.
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`LEASE NOTE: The Office action may not be immediately available but will be viewable within 24 hours of this e-mail notification.
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`ESPONSE(cid:160)IS REQUIRED: You should carefully review the Office action to determine (1) how to respond; and (2) the applicable
`response time period. Your response deadline will be calculated from 8/14/2012 (or sooner if specified in the office action).
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`o NOT hit “Reply” to this e-mail notification, or otherwise attempt to e-mail your response, as the USPTO does NOT accept e-mailed
`responses.(cid:160) Instead, the USPTO recommends that you respond online using the Trademark Electronic Application System Response
`Form.
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`ELP: For technical assistance in accessing the Office action, please e-mail
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`TDR@uspto.gov.(cid:160) Please contact the assigned examining attorney with questions about the Office action.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) WARNING
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`ailure to file the required response by the applicable deadline will result in the ABANDONMENT of your
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