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Timestamp: 2018-11-15 15:01:14
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Matched Legal Cases: ['APPLICATION NO. 78359312', '§1052', '§704', '§1402', '§2', '§1402', '§2', '§810', '§2', '§1403', '§2', '§810']

From: ECom116 [mailto:Ecom116@USPTO.GOV]
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 8:35 AM
To: fxs@infodomini.com
Subject: TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78359312 - WSOP - N/A
SERIAL NO: 78/359312
APPLICANT: Federico Schiavio
*78359312*
MARK: WSOP
CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: N/A
CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:
fxs@infodomini.com
Please provide in all correspondence:
1. Filing date, serial number, mark and
2. Date of this Office Action.
3. Examining Attorney's name and
Law Office number.
4. Your telephone number and e-mail address.
TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, WE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF OUR MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE.
Serial Number 78/359312
The examining attorney has searched the Office records and has found no similar registered or pending mark which would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02.
Identification of Goods/Recitation of Services
The identification is unacceptable as indefinite because the nature of the goods and/or services is unclear. TMEP §1402.01. Specifically, the wording “poker tournaments” appears to possibly refer to services, while the indefinite wording “games” refers to goods in class 28 The applicant must amend the identification to clearly explain the nature of the services and to specify the type of games. Applicant must reclassify the goods and/or services and add a class, as appropriate. Applicant may adopt the following identification of goods and services, if accurate:
Cards games (which are classified in international class 28)
Equipment sold as a unit for playing card games (classified in international class 28)
Entertainment services in the nature of poker tournaments (in international class 41).
For further assistance regarding an acceptable listing of goods and/or services, please see the online searchable Manual of Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services, at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/doc/gsmanual/.
Please note that, while an application may be amended to clarify or limit the identification, additions to the identification are not permitted. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06. Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any goods or services that are not within the scope of the goods and services recited in the present identification.
The application identifies goods and/or services that may be classified in several international classes. Therefore, the applicant must either: (1) restrict the application to the number of class (es) covered by the fee already paid, or (2) pay the required fee for each additional class (es). 37 C.F.R. §2.86(a)(2); TMEP §§810.01, 1401.04, 1401.04(b) and 1403.01.
Effective January 1, 2003, the fee for filing a trademark application is $335 for each class. This applies to classes added to pending applications as well as to new applications filed on or after that date. 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(1).
If the applicant prosecutes this application as a combined, or multipleclass, application, the applicant must comply with each of the following.
(1) The applicant must list the goods/services by international class with the classes listed in ascending numerical order. TMEP §1403.01.
(2) The applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of goods/services not covered by the fee already paid. 37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(1) and 2.86(a); TMEP §§810.01 and 1403.01. Effective January 1, 2003, the fee for filing a trademark application is $335 for each class. This applies to classes added to pending applications as well as to new applications filed on or after that date.
No set form is required for response to this Office action. The applicant must respond to each point raised. The applicant should simply set forth the required changes or statements and request that the Office enter them. The applicant must sign the response. In addition to the identifying information required at the beginning of this letter, the applicant should provide a telephone number to speed up further processing.
NOTICE: TRADEMARK OPERATION RELOCATING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2004
The Trademark Operation is relocating to Alexandria, Virginia, in October and November 2004. Effective October 4, 2004, all Trademark-related paper mail (except documents sent to the Assignment Services Division for recordation, certain documents filed under the Madrid Protocol, and requests for copies of trademark documents) must be sent to:
Applicants, registration owners, attorneys and other Trademark customers are strongly encouraged to correspond with the USPTO online via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), at www.uspto.gov.
My Law Office will move on October 18, 2004. To reach me by phone after that date call (571) 272-9135. To submit a fax to this Office after that date, please send it to the Law Office fax number, namely (571) 273-9135.
/Nora Buchanan Will/
Trademark Attorney, Law Office 116
current phone no.: 703-306-7915
phone no. as of 10/18/04: 571-272-9135
How to respond to this Office Action:
To respond formally using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), visit http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html and follow the instructions.
To respond formally via regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing Return Address listed above and include the serial number, law office and examining attorney’s name on the upper right corner of each page of your response.
To check the status of your application at any time, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at http://tarr.uspto.gov/
For general and other useful information about trademarks, you are encouraged to visit the Office’s web site at http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.