To:
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`Subject:
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`Harper, Christian C. (webmaster@landoverbaptist.org)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77060070 - LANDOVER BAPTIST
`CHURCH - N/A
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`Sent:
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`4/13/2007 11:12:47 AM
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`Sent As:
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`ECOM108@USPTO.GOV
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`Attachments: Attachment - 1
`Attachment - 2
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) 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)(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)
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`77/060070
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`Harper, Christian C.
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`*77060070*
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`RETURN ADDRESS:(cid:160)
`Commissioner for Trademarks
`P.O. Box 1451
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`(cid:160) HARPER, CHRISTIAN C.
`(cid:160) 2237 LOVEDALE LN APT B
`(cid:160) RESTON, VA 20191-2365
`(cid:160)
`(cid:160)
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`LANDOVER BAPTIST CHURCH
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`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MARK:(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) N/A
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160) webmaster@landoverbaptist.org
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`Please provide in all correspondence:
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`(cid:160)1
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`.(cid:160) Filing date, serial number, mark and
`applicant's name.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`2.(cid:160) Date of this Office Action.
`3.(cid:160) Examining Attorney's name and
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Law Office number.
`4. Your
`telephone number and e-mail
`address.
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`(cid:160)R
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`ESPONSE TIME LIMIT:(cid:160) TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A
`PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE MAILING OR E-
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`MAILING DATE.(cid:160)(cid:160)
`MAILING/E-MAILING DATE INFORMATION:(cid:160) If the mailing or e-mailing date of this Office
`action does not appear above, this information can be obtained by visiting the USPTO website at
`http://tarr.uspto.gov/, inserting the application serial number, and viewing the prosecution history for the
`mailing date of the most recently issued Office communication.
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`(cid:160)S
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`erial Number(cid:160) 77/060070
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`he assigned trademark examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and has determined
`the following:
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`(cid:160)S
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`earch Results
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`he Office records have been searched and no similar registered or pending mark has been found that
`would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).(cid:160) TMEP §704.02.
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`(cid:160)I
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`nformalities
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`(cid:160) D
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`isclaimer
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`he Office can require an applicant to disclaim an unregistrable part of a mark consisting of particular
`wording, symbols, numbers, design elements or combinations thereof.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C. §1056(a).(cid:160) Under
`Section 2(e) of the Trademark Act, the Office can refuse registration of an entire mark if the entire mark
`is merely descriptive, deceptively misdescriptive, or primarily geographically descriptive of the goods.(cid:160)
`15 U.S.C. §1052(e).(cid:160) Thus, the Office may require an applicant to disclaim a portion of a mark that, when
`used in connection with the goods or services, is merely descriptive, deceptively misdescriptive, primarily
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`geographically descriptive, or otherwise unregistrable (e.g., generic).(cid:160) TMEP §1213.03(a).(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Failure to comply with a disclaimer requirement can result in a refusal to register the entire mark.(cid:160) TMEP
`§1213.01(b).
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`(cid:160)A
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` “disclaimer” is a statement that applicant does not claim exclusive rights to an unregistrable
`component of a mark.(cid:160) A disclaimer does not affect the appearance of the applied-for mark.
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`(cid:160)A
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`pplicant must insert a disclaimer of BAPTIST CHURCH in the application because it merely describes
`a characteristic of the goods and services, namely that they involve a parody of BAPTIST CHURCH
`teaching and philosophy.(cid:160) Trademark Act Section 6, 15 U.S.C. §1056; TMEP §§1213 and 1213.08(a)(i).(cid:160)
`Please see attached definition defining BAPTIST as “a member of a Protestant Christian denomination
`believing that baptism should be by total immersion and of adult believers only,” and CHURCH defined
`as “a building used for public Christian worship.”
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`he following is the accepted standard format for a disclaimer:
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`No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “BAPTIST CHURCH” apart from the mark as shown.
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`(cid:160)S
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`ee In re Owatonna Tool Co., 231 USPQ 493 (Comm’r Pats. 1983).
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`TEAS PLUS APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT DOCUMENTS ELECTRONICALLY OR SUBMIT FEE:(cid:160)
`TEAS Plus applicants should submit the following documents using the Trademark Electronic Application
`System (TEAS) at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html:(cid:160) (1) written responses to Office actions; (2)
`preliminary amendments; (3) changes of correspondence address; (4) changes of owner’s address; (5)
`appointments and revocations of attorney; (6) amendments to allege use; (7) statements of use; (8)
`requests for extension of time to file a statement of use, and (9) requests to delete a §1(b) basis.(cid:160) If any of
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`these documents are filed on paper, they must be accompanied by a $50 per class fee.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R.
`§§2.6(a)(1)(iv) and 2.23(a)(i).(cid:160) Telephone responses will not incur an additional fee.(cid:160) NOTE:(cid:160) In addition
`to the above, applicant must also continue to accept correspondence from the Office via e-mail
`throughout the examination process in order to avoid the additional fee.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.23(a)(2).
`
`/Kapil K. Bhanot/
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 108
`Phone - (571) 270-1516
`Fax No. (571) 270-2516
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`NOTICE OF NEW PROCEDURE FOR E-MAILED OFFICE ACTIONS:(cid:160) In late spring 2007, for
`any applicant who authorizes e-mail communication with the USPTO, the USPTO will no longer directly
`e-mail the actual Office action to the applicant.(cid:160) Instead, upon issuance of an Office action, the USPTO
`will e-mail the applicant a notice with a link/web address to access the Office action using Trademark
`Document Retrieval (TDR),(cid:160)which is located on the USPTO website at
`http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow.(cid:160) The Office action will not be attached to the e-mail notice.(cid:160)
`Upon receipt of the notice, the applicant can then view and print the actual Office action and any
`evidentiary attachments using the provided link/web address.(cid:160) TDR is available 24 hours a day, seven
`days a week, including holidays and weekends.(cid:160) This new process is intended to eliminate problems
`associated with e-mailed Office actions that contain numerous attachments.
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`OW TO RESPOND TO THIS OFFICE ACTION:
`ONLINE RESPONSE:(cid:160) You may respond using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application
`System (TEAS) Response to Office action form available on our website at
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html.(cid:160) If the Office action issued via e-mail, you must wait 72
`hours after receipt of the Office action to respond via TEAS.(cid:160) NOTE:(cid:160) Do not respond by e-mail.(cid:160)
`THE USPTO WILL NOT ACCEPT AN E-MAILED RESPONSE.
`REGULAR MAIL RESPONSE:(cid:160) To respond by regular mail, your response should be sent to the
`mailing return address above, and include the serial number, law office number, and examining
`attorney’s name. (cid:160) NOTE:(cid:160) The filing date of the response will be the date of receipt in the
`Office, not the postmarked date.(cid:160) To ensure your response is timely, use a certificate of mailing.(cid:160) 37
`C.F.R. §2.197.
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`(cid:160)S
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`TATUS OF APPLICATION: To check the status of your application, visit the Office’s Trademark
`Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at http://tarr.uspto.gov.
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`(cid:160)V
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`IEW APPLICATION DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Documents in the electronic file for pending
`applications can be viewed and downloaded online at http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow.
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`(cid:160)G
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`ENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: For general information about trademarks, please visit
`the Office’s website at http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE
`ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY SPECIFIED ABOVE.
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`FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE
`ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY SPECIFIED ABOVE.
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`(cid:160)
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