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`Motherly Media, Inc. (michael.bevilacqua@wilmerhale.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 86632919 - MOTHERLY - 2211.613.121
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`8/31/2015 3:28:23 PM
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`ECOM104@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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`U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. (cid:160) 86632919
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`ARK: MOTHERLY
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`CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
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`(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) MICHAEL J. BEVILACQUA, ESQUIRE
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`(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale Dorr
`(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) 60 State St Ste 25
`(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) Boston, MA 02109-1816
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`APPLICANT: Motherly Media, Inc.
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`CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET
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`CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS
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`http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp
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`VIEW YOUR APPLICATION FILE
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`(cid:160) 2211.613.121
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`NO:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) michael.bevilacqua@wilmerhale.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: 8/31/2015
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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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`SEARCH RESULTS
`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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`UMMARY OF ISSUES that applicant must address:
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`Identification
`Multiple Class Requirements
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`The applicant must respond to the following requirements.
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`DENTIFICATION
`The wording “Providing a website featuring information and advice relating to family, relationships, children, parenting, care giving, beauty,
`fashion, employment, career, volunteering, culture, entertainment, recreation, fitness, exercise, health, sexuality, wellness, food and nutrition”
`describes services in several classes. Information services are classified according to the subject matter of the information provided.(cid:160) TMEP
`§1402.11(b).(cid:160) If the information is provided online or via a website, this information should also be included in the identification of services,
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`e.g., “providing online information in the field of health care information” in International Class 44.(cid:160) In some instances, the subject matter of the
`information should be further described in order to determine classification.(cid:160) See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.03.(cid:160) Additionally, the terms “advice”
`and “commentary” are treated similarly to “information”.
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`(cid:160) See TMEP §1402.01.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`The wording “providing a website featuring articles” and “photographs” and “videos” is indefinite and must be clarified to describe the
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`services by common commercial name.(cid:160) See TMEP §1402.01.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`The wording “providing a website featuring discussions” is indefinite and must be clarified to describe the services by common commercial
`name.(cid:160) See TMEP §1402.01.(cid:160) Additionally, the services are misclassified.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(7), 2.85; TMEP §§1401.02(a), 1401.03(b).
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`he wording “providing a website featuring social networking” is indefinite and must be clarified to describe the services by common
`commercial name.(cid:160) See TMEP §1402.01.(cid:160) Additionally, the services are misclassified.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(7), 2.85; TMEP §§1401.02(a),
`1401.03(b).
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`Applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate:
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`lass 35: Providing a website featuring information, advice, and commentary in the fields of employment and career, organizing and
`conducting volunteer programs and community service projects,
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`lass 41: Providing a website featuring information, advice, and commentary in the fields of parenting relating to the entertainment and
`education of children, entertainment, human culture, recreation, exercise and fitness, Providing a website featuring blogs, non-downloadable
`articles, photographs, and videos relating to family, relationships, children, parenting, care giving, beauty, fashion, employment, career,
`volunteering, culture, entertainment, recreation, fitness, exercise, health, sexuality, wellness, food, and nutrition
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`lass 42:(cid:160) Creating an on-line community for registered for the purpose of engaging in discussions in the fields of family, relationships,
`children, parenting, care giving, beauty, fashion, employment, career, volunteering, culture, entertainment, recreation, fitness, exercise, health,
`sexuality, wellness, food and nutrition
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`lass 43:(cid:160) Providing a website featuring information, advice, and commentary in the field of food preparation, recipes, and cooking
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`lass 44: Providing a website featuring information, advice, and commentary in the fields of child care services, parenting relating to the
`health of children, beauty, health, health in relation to sexuality, wellness, nutrition, and nutritional information about food
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`lass 45:(cid:160) Providing a website featuring information, advice, and commentary relating to interfamily relationships, personal relationships,
`parenting relating to interfamily relationships, personal care assistance of activities of daily living, such as bathing, grooming and
`personal mobility for mentally or physically challenged people, fashion, lifestyle related to sexuality; Providing social networking services
`via a website in the fields of family, relationships, children, parenting, care giving, beauty, fashion, employment, career, volunteering, culture,
`entertainment, recreation, fitness, exercise, health, sexuality, wellness, food and nutrition
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`ote that bolding, italics, and the like are used only to highlight suggested changes to the original language.
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`n applicant may only amend an identification to clarify or limit the goods and/or services, but not to add to or broaden the scope of the goods
`and/or services.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq., 1402.07.
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`or assistance with identifying and classifying goods and 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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`ULTIPLE – CLASS APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
`The application identifies goods and/or services in more than one international class; therefore, applicant must satisfy all the requirements below
`for each international class based on use in commerce under Section 1(a):
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`(1)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(2)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`List the goods and/or services by their international class number in consecutive numerical order, starting with the lowest
`numbered class.
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`Submit a filing fee for each international class not covered by the fee(s) already paid (view the USPTO’s current fee schedule at
`http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/tm_fee_info.jsp).(cid:160) The application identifies services that are classified in at
`least 6 classes;
`however, applicant submitted a fee sufficient for only 1 class.(cid:160) Applicant must either submit the filing fees for the classes not covered
`by the submitted fees or restrict the application to the number of classes covered by the fees already paid.
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`(3)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Submit verified dates of first use of the mark anywhere and in commerce for each international class.
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`(4)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Submit a specimen for each international class.(cid:160) The current specimen is acceptable for classes 35, 41, 43, 44, and 45; and
`applicant needs a specimen for class 42.
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`Examples of specimens for services include advertising and marketing materials, brochures, photographs of business signage and
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`billboards, and website printouts that show the mark used in the actual sale, rendering, or advertising of the services.(cid:160)(cid:160)
`Submit a verified statement that “ The specimen was in use in commerce on or in connection with the goods and/or services
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`(5)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`listed in the application at least as early as the filing date of the application.” (cid:160)(cid:160)
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`See 15 U.S.C. §§1051(a), 1112; 37 C.F.R. §§ 2.32(a)(6)-(7), 2.34(a)(1), 2.86(a); TMEP §§904, 1403.01, 1403.02(c).
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`or an overview of the requirements for a Section 1(a) multiple-class application and how to satisfy the requirements online using the Trademark
`Electronic Application System (TEAS) form, please go to http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/law/multiclass.jsp.
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`ESPONSE GUIDELINES(cid:160)
`For this application to proceed toward registration, applicant must explicitly address each refusal and/or requirement raised in this Office action.(cid:160)
`If the action includes a refusal, applicant may provide arguments and/or evidence as to why the refusal should be withdrawn and the mark should
`register.(cid:160) Applicant may also have other options for responding to a refusal and should consider such options carefully.(cid:160) To respond to
`requirements and certain refusal response options, applicant should set forth in writing the required changes or statements.
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`f applicant does not respond to this Office action within six months of the issue/mailing date, or responds by expressly abandoning the
`application, the application process will end, the trademark will fail to register, and the application fee will not be refunded.(cid:160) See 15 U.S.C.
`§1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.65(a), 2.68(a), 2.209(a); TMEP §§405.04, 718.01, 718.02.(cid:160) Where the application has been abandoned for failure to
`respond to an Office action, applicant’s only option would be to file a timely petition to revive the application, which, if granted, would allow
`the application to return to active status.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §2.66; TMEP §1714.(cid:160) There is a $100 fee for such petitions.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §§2.6,
`2.66(b)(1).
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`pplicant should include the following information on all correspondence with the Office:(cid:160) (1) the name and law office number of the trademark
`examining attorney, (2) the serial number and filing date of the application, (3) the date of issuance of this Office action, (4) applicant’s name,
`address, telephone number and e-mail address (if applicable), and (5) the mark.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.194(b)(1); TMEP §302.03(a).
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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. §§2.62(c), 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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`TEAS PLUS OR TEAS REDUCED FEE (TEAS RF) APPLICANTS – TO MAINTAIN LOWER FEE, ADDITIONAL
`REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET, INCLUDING SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS ONLINE:(cid:160) Applicants who filed their application
`online using the lower-fee TEAS Plus or TEAS RF application form must (1) file certain documents online using TEAS, including responses to
`Office actions (see TMEP §§819.02(b), 820.02(b) for a complete list of these documents); (2) maintain a valid e-mail correspondence address;
`and (3) agree to receive correspondence from the USPTO by e-mail throughout the prosecution of the application.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §§2.22(b),
`2.23(b); TMEP §§819, 820.(cid:160) TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants who do not meet these requirements must submit an additional processing fee of
`$50 per international class of goods and/or services.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(1)(v), 2.22(c), 2.23(c); TMEP §§819.04, 820.04.(cid:160) However, in certain
`situations, TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants may respond to an Office action by authorizing an examiner’s amendment by telephone without
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`incurring this additional fee.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`/Joanna M. Shanoski/
`Examining Attorney
`Law Office 104
`Phone: (571) 272-9707
`E-mail:(cid:160) Joanna.Shanoski@uspto.gov
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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
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`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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`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 an individual applicant or someone with legal authority to bind an
`applicant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint applicants).(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 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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`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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`Sent:
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`Sent As:
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`Attachments:
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`Motherly Media, Inc. (michael.bevilacqua@wilmerhale.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 86632919 - MOTHERLY - 2211.613.121
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`8/31/2015 3:28:24 PM
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`ECOM104@USPTO.GOV
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
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`IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING YOUR
`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`USPTO OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) HAS ISSUED
`ON 8/31/2015 FOR U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 86632919
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`Please follow the instructions below:
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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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`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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`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 8/31/2015 (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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`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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`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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`ailure to file the required response by the applicable response deadline will result in the ABANDONMENT of your application.(cid:160) For
`more information regarding abandonment, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/basics/abandon.jsp.
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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 that you pay
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`“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.
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