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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 85608461 - COPYRIGHTNEWS - 0000.01-001
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`      APPLICATION SERIAL NO.      
`     MARK: COPYRIGHTNEWS                    
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`85608461
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`    CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
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`CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:
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`JOSEPH A. MANDOUR                   
`MANDOUR & ASSOCIATES, APC              
`SAN DIEGO, CA 92127-1678             
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`16870 W BERNARDO DR STE 400
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`       APPLICANT:        
`  Mandour & Associates, APC          CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO :           
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`0000.01-001            CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS:           
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`jmandour@mandourlaw.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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`ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 6/13/2012
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`The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney.  Applicant must respond timely and completely to
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`the issue(s) below.  15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62, 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
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`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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`Section 23 Refusal – Mark is Generic
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`The applicant seeks registration on the Supplemental Register for the mark COPYRIGHTNEWS for “Educational and entertainment services,
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`namely, providing on-line magazines in the field of intellectual property.”   
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`Registration is refused on the Supplemental Register because the applied-for mark is generic for applicant’s publication, and therefore is not
`capable of identifying applicant’s publication and distinguishing it from those of others.  Trademark Act Section 23, 15 U.S.C. §1091; see In re
`Kalmbach Publ’g Co. , 14 USPQ2d 1490, 1492 (TTAB 1989) (holding RADIO CONTROL BUYERS GUIDE generic for magazines); Yankee,
`Inc. v. Geiger, 216 USPQ 996, 999 (TTAB 1982) (holding FARMER’S ALMANAC generic for publications).
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`Generic terms are common names that the relevant purchasing public understands primarily as describing the genus of applicant’s goods and/or
`services.  In re Dial-A-Mattress Operating Corp., 240 F.3d 1341, 1344, 57 USPQ2d 1807, 1810 (Fed. Cir. 2001); H. Marvin Ginn Corp. v. Int’l
`Ass’n of Fire Chiefs, Inc. , 782 F.2d 987, 989-90, 228 USPQ 528, 530 (Fed. Cir. 1986); see TMEP §1209.01(c).  Generic terms are by definition
`incapable of indicating a particular source of goods and/or services, and cannot be registered as trademarks and/or service marks.  In re Merrill
`Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, & Smith, Inc., 828 F.2d 1567, 1569, 4 USPQ2d 1141, 1142 (Fed. Cir. 1987); see TMEP §1209.01(c).  Registering generic
`terms “would grant the owner of [a] mark a monopoly, since a competitor could not describe his goods as what they are.”  In re Merrill Lynch,
`Pierce, Fenner, & Smith, Inc., 828 F.2d at 1569, 4 USPQ2d at 1142.
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`Determining whether a mark is generic requires a two-step inquiry:
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`(1)       What is the genus of goods and/or services at issue?
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`(2)       Does the relevant public understand the designation primarily to refer to that genus of goods and/or services?
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`In re 1800Mattress.com IP, LLC, 586 F.3d 1359, 1363, 92 USPQ2d 1682, 1684 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (quoting H. Marvin Ginn Corp. v. Int’l Ass’n
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`of Fire Chiefs, Inc., 782 F.2d 987, 989-90, 228 USPQ 528, 530 (Fed. Cir. 1986)); TMEP §1209.01(c)(i).  
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`Regarding the first part of the inquiry, the genus of the goods and/or services is often defined by an applicant’s identification of goods and/or
`services.  See, e.g., In re Reed Elsevier Props. Inc., 482 F.3d 1376, 1379, 82 USPQ2d 1378, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2007); Magic Wand Inc. v. RDB Inc.,
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`940 F.2d 638, 640, 19 USPQ2d 1551, 1552 (Fed. Cir. 1991).  
`In the present case, the identification, and thus the genus, is “online [news] magazines in the field of intellectual property.”  
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`Regarding the second part of the inquiry, the attached evidence from the Merriam Webster Online Dictionary shows that the wording
`“COPYRIGHTNEWS” in the applied-for mark means “ a report of recent events” and/or “material reported in a newspaper or news
`periodical” related to “the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something (as a literary,
`musical, or artistic work)”; thus, this wording is essentially the apt or common name for the genus of the services.  (References retrieved June
`12, 2012 from the following:  http://www.onelook.com/.)  Accordingly, the relevant public would understand this designation to refer primarily
`to that genus of services because the applicant’s online magazines are clearly promoted as sources of intellectual property news generally and
`copyright news specifically, as shown in the specimen of use, directing viewers to “IP Magazines – click here to review the latest on-line issues
`of IntellectualPropertyNews Magazine, PatentNews Magazine, TrademarkNews Magazine, and CopyrightNews Magazine.”   (Excerpted from
`www.mandourlaw.com.)   Additional attached articles from such sources as Intellectual Property Today, World Patent and Trademark News, and
`Plagiarism Today confirms what the applicant’s own specimen indicates:   that the mark COPYRIGHTNEWS refers primarily and directly to
`the news magazine category of  intellectual property magazines.
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`Applicant cannot overcome this refusal by submitting a claim of acquired distinctiveness under Trademark Act Section 2(f).  See 15 U.S.C.
`§1052(f).  Such a claim would be insufficient because no amount of purported proof that a generic mark has acquired secondary meaning can
`transform it into a registrable trademark or service mark.  See In re Bongrain Int’l Corp. , 894 F.2d 1316, 1317 n.4, 13 USPQ2d 1727, 1728 n.4
`(Fed. Cir. 1990); H. Marvin Ginn Corp. v. Int’l Ass’n of Fire Chiefs , Inc., 782 F.2d 987, 989, 228 USPQ 528, 530 (Fed. Cir. 1986); TMEP
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`§1212.02(i).  A generic term cannot become a trademark or service mark under any circumstance.  
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`Although applicant’s mark has been refused registration, applicant may respond to the refusal by submitting evidence and arguments in support
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`/Heather D. Thompson/
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`Email:  heather.thompson1@uspto.gov
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`TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:   Go to http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp.   Please wait 48-72 hours from the
`issue/mailing date before using TEAS, to allow for necessary system updates of the application.  For technical assistance with online forms, e-
`mail TEAS@uspto.gov.  For questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney.   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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`All informal e-mail communications relevant to this application will be placed in the official application record.
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`WHO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE:  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).  If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the
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`response.  
`PERIODICALLY CHECK THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION:   To ensure that applicant does not miss crucial deadlines or official
`notices, check the status of the application every three to four months using Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) at
`http://tarr.uspto.gov/.   Please keep a copy of the complete TARR screen.   If TARR shows no change for more than six months, call
`1-800-786-9199.   For more information on checking status, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/status/.
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`TO UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS:  Use the TEAS form at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageE.htm.
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