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`Subject:
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`ONE MANHATTAN REAL ESTATE LLC (trademarks@mshtechlaw.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 85714603 - ONE MANHATTAN
`REAL ESTATE - N/A
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`Sent:
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`12/21/2012 4:31:22 PM
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`Sent As:
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`ECOM110@USPTO.GOV
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`Attachments: Attachment - 1
`Attachment - 2
`Attachment - 3
`Attachment - 4
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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:
`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160) MARCUS STEPHEN HARRIS
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160) MARCUS STEPHEN HARRIS LLC
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) 10 S LASALLE ST STE 3500
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CHICAGO, IL 60603
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`*85714603*
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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) U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 85714603
`(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) MARK: ONE MANHATTAN REAL ESTATE
`(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) APPLICANT: ONE MANHATTAN REAL ESTATE LLC
`(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)(cid:160)
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`(cid:160) (cid:160) N/A
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`(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)
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`(cid:160) (cid:160) trademarks@mshtechlaw.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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`(cid:160)I
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`SSUE/MAILING DATE: 12/21/2012
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`The referenced application 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(a),
`2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
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`(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)
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`(cid:160)S
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`UMMARY OF ISSUES that applicant must address:
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`Identification & Classification of Services
`Disclaimer
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`Identification & Classification of services(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) TMEP §1402.11.
`Applicant has submitted the following identification of services:
`(cid:160)(cid:160) Real estate brokerage services; On-line computer database in the field of real estate
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`(cid:160)T
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`he wording “ On-line computer database in the field of real estate” in the identification of services is
`unacceptable as indefinite.(cid:160) Applicant must specify the type(s) real estate services/topics that are covered
`by the database; this will determine the classification.
`For example, if accurate, the applicant may amend this wording to:
`Providing an on-line computer database in the field of real estate marketing services, namely on-line
`services featuring tours of residential and commercial real estate, in International Class 035;
`Providing on-line computer database in the field of real estate listings, in International Class 036
`Providing on-line computer database in the field of real estate regarding selling and purchasing of
`real estate for others, in International Class 036;
`Providing on-line computer database in the field of real estate development, in International Class
`037
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`(cid:160)A
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`n applicant may amend an identification of services only to clarify or limit the services; adding to or
`broadening the scope of the services is not permitted.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq.,
`1402.07 et seq.
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`(cid:160)F
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`or assistance with identifying and classifying goods and/or services in trademark applications, please see
`the USPTO’s online searchable U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual at
`http://tess2.uspto.gov/netahtml/tidm.html. (cid:160) See TMEP §1402.04.
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`(cid:160)M
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`ulti-Class Application – Use Based – Information
`For an application with more than one international class, called a “multiple-class application,” an
`applicant must meet all the requirements below for those international classes based on use in commerce:
`
`List goods and/or services by international class:(cid:160) Applicant must list the goods and/or
`(1)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`services by international class.
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`Provide fees for all international classes:(cid:160) Applicant must submit an application filing
`(2)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`fee for each international class of goods and/or services not covered by the fee(s) already paid
`(confirm current fee information at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/tm_fee_info.jsp).
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`Submit required statements and evidence:(cid:160) For each international class of goods and/or
`(3)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`services, applicant must also submit the following:
`
`Dates of use:(cid:160) Dates of first use of the mark anywhere and dates of first use of the
`(a)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`mark in commerce, or a statement that the dates of use in the initial application apply to
`
`(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)
`(cid:160)
`(cid:160)
`(cid:160)
`
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`that class.(cid:160) 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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`Specimen:(cid:160) One specimen showing the mark in use in commerce for each
`(b)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`international class of services.(cid:160) Applicant must have used the specimen in commerce at
`least as early as the filing date of the application.(cid:160) If a single specimen supports multiple
`international classes, applicant should indicate which classes the specimen supports.(cid:160)
`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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`Statement:(cid:160) The following statement:(cid:160) “ The specimen was in use in commerce on
`(c)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`or in connection with the services listed in the application at least as early as the filing
`date of the application.”
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`Verification:(cid:160) Applicant must verify the statements in 3(a) and 3(c) (above) in an
`(d)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`affidavit or signed declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20.(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, and (2) the original specimens are acceptable for the
`added class(es).
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`(cid:160)S
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`ee 15 U.S.C. §§1051(a), 1112, 1127; 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(5), 2.34(a)(1), 2.56(a), 2.71(c), 2.86(a),
`2.193(e)(1); TMEP §§1403.01, 1403.02(c).
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`(cid:160)W
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`ith respect to the specimen requirement in 3(b) above in which a specimen is required for each
`international class of services, the specimen(s) of record is acceptable for International Classes 035 and
`036 only.(cid:160) Applicant must submit additional specimens if different international classes are added to the
`application.
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`(cid:160)D
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`isclaimer
`Applicant must disclaim the geographically descriptive wording “ MANHATTAN” and the descriptive
`wording “ REAL ESTATE” apart from the mark as shown because it merely describes an ingredient,
`quality, characteristic, function, feature, purpose, or use of applicant’s goods and/or services. (cid:160) See 15
`U.S.C. §§1052(e)(1), 1056(a); DuoProSS Meditech Corp. v. Inviro Med. Devices, Ltd., ___ F.3d ___, 103
`USPQ2d 1753, 1755 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (quoting In re Oppedahl & Larson LLP, 373 F.3d 1171, 1173, 71
`USPQ2d 1370, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2004)); In re Steelbuilding.com, 415 F.3d 1293, 1297, 75 USPQ2d 1420,
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`1421 (Fed. Cir. 2005); TMEP §§1213, 1213.03(a).(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Applicant’s services include various real estate services that cover the Manhattan borough of New York
`City
`See attached website, http://www.onemanhattanre.com/
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`(cid:160)A
`
` “disclaimer” is a statement in the application record that applicant does not claim exclusive rights to an
`unregistrable component of a mark; a disclaimer does not affect the appearance of the mark or physically
`remove disclaimed matter from the mark.(cid:160) TMEP §§1213, 1213.10.(cid:160) An unregistrable component of a
`mark includes wording and designs that are merely descriptive/generic/deceptively misdescriptive,
`primarily geographically descriptive of an applicant’s goods and/or services. (cid:160) 15 U.S.C. §1052(e); see
`TMEP §§1209.03(f), 1213.03 et seq.(cid:160) Such words or designs need to be freely available for other
`businesses to market comparable goods or services and should not become the proprietary domain of any
`
`(cid:160)
`(cid:160)
`(cid:160)
`
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`one party.(cid:160) See Dena Corp. v. Belvedere Int’l, Inc. , 950 F.2d 1555, 1560, 21 USPQ2d 1047, 1051 (Fed.
`Cir. 1991); In re Aug. Storck KG, 218 USPQ 823, 825 (TTAB 1983).
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`(cid:160)A
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`pplicant may submit the following standardized format for a disclaimer:
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`No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “ MANHATTAN REAL ESTATE” apart from the
`mark as shown.
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`(cid:160)T
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`MEP §1213.08(a)(i); see In re Owatonna Tool Co., 231 USPQ 493 (Comm’r Pats. 1983).
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`Search
`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).
`
`/Linda E. Blohm/
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 110
`linda.blohm@uspto.gov
`phone: 571.272.9129
`Fax: 571.273.9110
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`(cid:160)T
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`O 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 the Trademark Electronic Application System
`(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 questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned
`trademark examining attorney.(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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`(cid:160)A
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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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`(cid:160)W
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`HO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE:(cid:160) It must be personally signed by an individual applicant or
`someone with legal authority to bind an applicant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint
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`applicants).(cid:160) If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the 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 the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system at http://tsdr.uspto.gov/. (cid:160) Please keep
`a copy of the TSDR status screen. (cid:160) If the status shows no change for more than six months, contact the
`Trademark Assistance Center by e-mail at TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov or 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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`(cid:160)T
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`O UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160) Use the TEAS form at
`http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.
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`To:
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`Subject:
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`ONE MANHATTAN REAL ESTATE LLC (trademarks@mshtechlaw.com)
`
`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 85714603 - ONE MANHATTAN
`REAL ESTATE - N/A
`
`Sent:
`
`12/21/2012 4:31:23 PM
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`Sent As:
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`ECOM110@USPTO.GOV
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`Attachments:
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
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`IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING YOUR
`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION
`
`USPTO OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) HAS ISSUED
`ON 12/21/2012 FOR U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 85714603
`
`Please follow the instructions below:
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`(cid:160)(
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`1)(cid:160) TO READ THE LETTER:(cid:160) Click on this link or go to http://tsdr.uspto.gov, enter the U.S.
`application serial number, and click on “Documents.”
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`(cid:160)T
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`he Office action may not be immediately viewable, to allow for necessary system updates of the
`application, but will be available within 24 hours of this e-mail notification.
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`(cid:160)(
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`2)(cid:160) TIMELY RESPONSE IS REQUIRED:(cid:160) Please carefully review the Office action to determine (1)
`how to respond, and (2) the applicable response time period.(cid:160) Your response deadline will be calculated
`from 12/21/2012 (or sooner if specified in the Office action).(cid:160) For information regarding response time
`periods, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/status/responsetime.jsp.
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`(cid:160)D
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`o NOT hit “Reply” to this e-mail notification, or otherwise e-mail your response because the
`USPTO does NOT accept e-mails as responses to Office actions.(cid:160) Instead, the USPTO recommends that
`you respond online using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) response form located at
`http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp.
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`(cid:160)(
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`3)(cid:160) QUESTIONS:(cid:160) For questions about the contents of the Office action itself, please contact the
`assigned trademark examining attorney.(cid:160) For technical assistance in accessing or viewing the Office action
`in the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system, please e-mail TSDR@uspto.gov.
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`WARNING
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`(cid:160)F
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`ailure to file the required response by the applicable response deadline will result in the
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)
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`(cid:160)
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`ABANDONMENT of your application.(cid:160)
`For more information regarding abandonment,
`http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/basics/abandon.jsp.
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`see
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`PRIVATE COMPANY SOLICITATIONS REGARDING YOUR APPLICATION:(cid:160)
`Private
`companies not associated with the USPTO are using information provided in trademark applications to
`mail or e-mail trademark-related solicitations.(cid:160) These companies often use names that closely resemble the
`USPTO and their solicitations may look like an official government document.(cid:160) Many solicitations require
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`that you pay “fees.” (cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Please carefully review all correspondence you receive regarding this application to make sure that you are
`responding to an official document from the USPTO rather than a private company solicitation.(cid:160) All
`official USPTO correspondence will be mailed only from the “United States Patent and Trademark
`Office” in Alexandria, VA; or sent by e-mail from the domain “@uspto.gov.” (cid:160) For more information on
`how
`to
`handle
`private
`company
`solicitations,
`see
`http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/solicitation_warnings.jsp.
`
`(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)