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`Boing! Designs, LLC (billh@ellihay.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77587775 - SMALL GREETING, BIG - N/A
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`1/15/2009 4:24:18 PM
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`ECOM113@USPTO.GOV
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`(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) MARK: SMALL GREETING, BIG (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)
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`BOING! DESIGNS, LLC(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)
`25159 NE BUTTEVILLE RD(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)(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)(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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`N/A(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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`*77587775*
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`RESPOND TO THIS ACTION:
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm
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`ENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION:
`http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
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`77/587775
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
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`AURORA, OR 97002-8534
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(cid:160) Boing! Designs, LLC
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`billh@ellihay.com
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`O AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS
`OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE.
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`SSUE/MAILING DATE: 1/15/2009
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`The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney.(cid:160) (cid:160) The examining attorney has also reviewed
`applicant’s preliminary response of November 24, 2008. (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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`O CONFLICTING MARKS FOUND
`The Office records have been searched and there are no similar registered or pending marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act
`Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02.
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`RAWING OF THE MARK
`The drawing shows the mark as “Small Greeting, Big Meaning,” however, the specimen of use displays the mark as “Small Greeting Big
`Meaning.” (cid:160) The mark on the specimen disagrees with the mark on the drawing because there is no comma between “greeting” and “big.”
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`he mark on the drawing must be a substantially exact representation of the mark as used on or in connection with the goods and/or services, as
`shown by the specimen.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.51(a); TMEP §807.12(a); see 37 C.F.R. §2.72(a)(1).
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`herefore, applicant must submit one of the following:
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`(1)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) A new drawing of the mark that agrees with the mark on the specimen but does not materially alter the original mark.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R.
`§2.72(a); TMEP §§807.12(a), 807.14 et seq.; or
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`(2)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) A substitute specimen showing use in commerce of the mark on the drawing, and the following statement, verified with an affidavit or
`signed declaration under 37 C.F.R. §§2.20, 2.33:(cid:160) “The substitute specimen was in use in commerce at least as early as the filing
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`date of the application.”(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §2.59(a); TMEP §§807.12(a), 904.05.(cid:160) A properly worded declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20,
`with a supporting statement for a substitute specimen, is attached below.(cid:160) If submitting a 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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`f applicant cannot satisfy one of the above requirements, applicant may amend the application from a use in commerce basis under Trademark
`Act Section 1(a) to an intent to use basis under Section 1(b), for which no specimen is required.(cid:160) See TMEP §806.03(c).(cid:160) However, if applicant
`amends the basis to Section 1(b), registration will not be granted until applicant later amends the application back to use in commerce by filing
`an acceptable allegation of use with a proper specimen.(cid:160) See 15 U.S.C. §1051(c)-(d); 37 C.F.R. §§2.76, 2.88; TMEP §1103.
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`o amend to Section 1(b), applicant must submit the following statement, verified with an affidavit or signed declaration under 37 C.F.R.
`§§2.20, 2.33:(cid:160) “Applicant has had a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods or services listed
`in the application as of the filing date of the application.” (cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(2); TMEP §806.01(b); see 15 U.S.C. §1051(b); 37 C.F.R.
`§2.35(b)(1).
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`APPLICANT’S SUBSTITUTE SPECIMEN
`The substitute specimen submitted with applicant’s preliminary response on November 24, 2008 contained the statement “The substitute
`specimen(s) was in use in commerce prior to the filing of the Amendment to Allege Use (AAU).” (cid:160) However, a statement in support of substitute
`specimens for a use-based application under Section 1(a) must indicate that the substitute specimen was in use in commerce at least as early as
`the filing date of the application.
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`ecause applicant’s original application was filed as a use-based application under Trademark Act Section 1(a), the substitute specimen
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`previously submitted was not properly supported and cannot be accepted into the application record.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.59(a); TMEP §904.05.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Additionally, applicant’s mark is SMALL GREETING, BIG MEANING. (cid:160) However, the substitute specimen of use submitted with applicant’s
`preliminary response of November 24, 2008 displays the mark as “SMALL GREETING BIG MEANING.” (cid:160) The mark on applicant’s substitute
`specimen of use disagrees with the mark on the drawing because there is no comma between “greeting” and “big.”
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`s explained above, the mark on the drawing must be a substantially exact representation of the mark as used on or in connection with the goods
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`and/or services, as shown by the specimen.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.51(a); TMEP §807.12(a); see 37 C.F.R. §2.72(a)(1).(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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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 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).
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`/Amy L. Kertgate/
`Law Office 113
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Office: 571-272-1943
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`RESPOND TO THIS ACTION:(cid:160)Applicant should file a response to this Office action(cid:160)online using the form at
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm, waiting 48-72 hours if applicant received notification of the Office action via e-mail.(cid:160)(cid:160)For
`technical assistance with the form, please e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov.(cid:160) For(cid:160)questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned
`examining attorney.(cid:160)(cid:160) Do not respond to this Office action by e-mail;(cid:160)the USPTO does not accept e-mailed responses .
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`f responding by paper mail, please include the following information: the application serial number, the mark, the filing date and the name,
`title/position, telephone number and e-mail address of the person signing the response.(cid:160) Please use the following address: Commissioner for
`Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451.
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`TATUS CHECK: Check the status of the application at least once every six months from the initial filing date using the USPTO Trademark
`Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) online system at http://tarr.uspto.gov.(cid:160) When conducting an online status check, print and
`maintain a copy of the complete TARR screen.(cid:160) If the status of your application has not changed for more than six months, please contact the
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`assigned examining attorney.
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`DECLARATION
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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 there from, declares that the substitute specimen was in use in commerce at least as early as the filing date of the application; 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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`(Print or Type Name and Position)
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`____________________________
`(Date)
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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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`Boing! Designs, LLC (billh@ellihay.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77587775 - SMALL GREETING, BIG - N/A
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`1/15/2009 4:24:20 PM
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`ECOM113@USPTO.GOV
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`IMPORTANT NOTICE
`USPTO OFFICE ACTION HAS ISSUED ON 1/15/2009 FOR
`APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 77587775
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`lease follow the instructions below to continue the prosecution of your application:
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`ACTION:
`OFFICE
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`http://tmportal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow?DDA=Y&serial_number=77587775&doc_type=OOA&mail_date=20090115 (or copy and
`paste this URL into the address field of your browser), or visit http://tmportal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow and enter the application
`serial number to access the Office action.
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`LEASE NOTE: The(cid:160)Office action may not be(cid:160)immediately available but will be(cid:160)viewable within(cid:160)24 hours of this notification.
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`ESPONSE(cid:160)MAY BE REQUIRED: You should carefully review the Office action to determine (1) if a response is required; (2) how to
`respond; and (3) the applicable response time period. Your response deadline will be calculated from 1/15/2009.
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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
`at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm.
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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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`1. The USPTO will NOT send a separate e-mail with the Office action attached.
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`. Failure to file any required response by the applicable deadline will result in the ABANDONMENT of your
`application.
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