Word

A AXEL AXEL SPRINGER AXEL A

Status

Registered

Status Code

700

Status Date

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Serial Number

88336667

Registration Number

6422724

Registration Date

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Mark Type

3000

Filing Date

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Published for Opposition

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Trademark Owner History

Axel Springer SE - Original Registrant

Classifications

9 Recorded sound, image and data carriers except unexposed films, namely, pre-recorded CDs, DVDs, video cassettes, video discs, and laser discs featuring films in the fields of current event reporting, daily news, business, sports, finance, financial investments, financial valuations, economics, general consumer merchandise, entertainment, games and gaming, automobiles, driving and racing, music, fashion, history, health, politics, travel and lifestyles; blank magnetic data carriers; computer programs and software, recorded and downloadable, that allows users to search for and obtain data on a global computer network; computer programs and software, recorded and downloadable, to enable uploading, downloading, accessing, posting, displaying, tagging, blogging, streaming, linking, sharing or otherwise providing electronic media or information via computer and communication networks; apparatus for recording, transmitting or reproduction of sounds, images or data; calculating machines; data processing equipment, computers, computer peripheral devices and computer accessories in the nature of computer keyboards, visual display units, external modems, computer printers, external computer hard drives, mouse pads, virtual reality glasses; 3-D glasses; sun glasses; computer game software recorded on data carriers; computer programs, in particular for gaming, namely, downloadable computer game software; electronic publications, downloadable, namely, books, e-books, magazines, periodicals, newspapers and catalogues in the field of current event reporting, daily news, business, sports, finance, financial investments, financial valuations, economics, general consumer merchandise, entertainment, games and gaming, automobiles, driving and racing, music, fashion, history, health, politics, travel and lifestyles; downloadable sound, images and data including being data files, namely, downloadable music, image and electronic data files, featuring films in the fields of current event reporting, daily news, business, sports, finance, financial investments, financial valuations, economics, general consumer merchandise, entertainment, games and gaming, automobiles, driving and racing, music, fashion, history, health, politics, travel and lifestyles; CDs, DVDs and other digital data carriers, namely, pre-recorded CDs, DVDs, video cassettes, video discs, and laser discs featuring films in the fields of current event reporting, daily news, business, sports, finance, financial investments, financial valuations, economics, general consumer merchandise, entertainment, games and gaming, automobiles, driving and racing, music, fashion, history, health, politics, travel and lifestyles; computer hardware for data processing; software for computer games and online games, mini games, namely, downloadable computer game software; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity; specially adapted bags, namely, computer bags, bags adapted for laptops, bags and cases specially adapted for holding or carrying portable telephones and telephone equipment and accessories; computer-readable data bases, namely, electronic databases in the field of sports and weather statistics and in the field of social, community, and local networking recorded on computer media; electronic data bases in the field of sports and weather statistics and in the field of social, community, and local networking recorded on computer media; recorded data carriers featuring media content in the nature of images, sound, and images with sound, videos, movies, pictures, text, photos, user-generated content, audio content, and related information for use with computers; mouses for computer; mouse pads; Apps, namely, downloadable applications for making and receiving telephone calls for smartphones, tablet PCs, e-readers and other mobile or stationary IT apparatus; Apps, namely, downloadable applications for smartphones, tablet PCs, e-readers and other mobile or stationary IT apparatus featuring a search engine and search platform to allow users to obtain data on a global computer network; Apps, namely, downloadable applications for smartphones, tablet PCs, e-readers and other mobile or stationary IT apparatus for use in connection with the review, purchase, and commenting in connection with general consumer merchandise; downloadable ring tones for mobile phones

16 Printed matter, in particular newspapers, periodicals in the field of current event reporting, daily news, business, sports, finance, financial investments, financial valuations, economics, general consumer merchandise, entertainment, games and gaming, automobiles, driving and racing, music, fashion, history, health, politics, travel and lifestyles and books in the field of current event reporting, daily news, business, sports, finance, financial investments, financial valuations, economics, general consumer merchandise, entertainment, games and gaming, automobiles, driving and racing, music, fashion, history, health, politics, travel and lifestyles; book-binding material; photographs; stationery; office requisites except furniture, namely, sealing stamps, inking pads, letter openers, hand-held paper knives, letter trays, paper weights, document files being stationery goods, desk pads, hand-operated punches, staplers, paper clips and staples, pencil sharpeners, electric or non-electric; plastic materials for packaging not included in other classes, namely, plastic sheets, films, bags and bubble packs; printers' type; printing blocks; paper and cardboard cartons; lithographic works of art and figurines of paper and cardboard, and architects' models; filtering materials of paper, namely, filter paper; bags and articles for packaging, wrapping and storage of paper, cardboard or plastics, namely, paper bags and paper pouches for packaging, plastic bags for wrapping, plastic bubble packs for wrapping, plastic films for wrapping, paper for wrapping and packaging, and boxes, cartons, storage containers, and packaging containers made of paper or cardboard; paper articles in the nature of writing paper, writing paper pads, envelopes, signboards of paper, blank paper notebooks, postcards and greeting cards, posters and placards made of paper, flags and pennants of paper, and stationery as well as printed teaching material in the field of, culture, entertainment, satire and humor, books and literature, art, dance, photography, music, design, creativity, nature, innovation, sports, history, food, science, travel, conservation, sustainability, health, fashion, lifestyles, character and perspective; disposable paper products, namely, handkerchiefs of paper, face towels of paper, hand towels of paper, table napkins of paper, table mats of paper, table linen of paper, paper doilies, paper cocktail parasols, table decorations of paper, paper bibs, drying towels of paper, kitchen paper, and paper refuse bags; postcards; posters; notebooks

35 Business management; business administration, namely, business administration assistance and consultancy; providing office functions; marketing services, market research; marketing analysis; market opinion polling; advertising services and consulting; sales planning; compilation of statistics; cost price analysis; rental of advertising space; auctioneering, including on the internet; arranging contracts, for others, for the buying and selling of goods and the providing of services, namely, negotiation of business contracts for others; arranging commercial transactions for third parties, also within the framework of ecommerce, namely, arranging of trading transactions and commercial contracts; presentation of goods and services, namely, promoting the goods and services of others, and providing television home shopping services in the field of general consumer merchandise; business management and organization consultancy; collating, maintenance and systematic ordering of data in computer databases; arranging advertising contracts, for others, namely, procuring of contracts for the purchase and sale of goods; employment agency services; devising advertising concepts; research services relating to advertising; advertising management services; distribution of products for advertising purposes; economic information, namely, providing information in the field of economics; sales promotion for others; dissemination of advertisements; arranging of subscription agreements, for others, for the broadcasting and dissemination of television programs, in particular in the form of pay-TV and video-on-demand; arranging of commercial and business contacts, namely, negotiation of business contracts for others; conducting of competitions and prize games for advertising purposes; production of lottery, television, radio and internet commercials; public relations services; consumer consultancy services, namely, providing purchase advisory and consulting services to consumers for the purchase of goods and services in the field of home electronics, household appliances, household goods, gardening goods, computer accessories, computers, software, sporting goods, printed matter, motorized vehicles, food, foodstuffs, beverages, textiles, skin care products, hair care products, cosmetics, consumer products; rental of advertising films; publication of publicity texts; searches in computer data files for others, namely, business research services; advertising services, namely, presentation of companies on the internet and other media; sponsoring in the form of advertising, namely, promotional advertising of products and services of third parties through sponsoring arrangements and license agreements relating to international sporting events, musical concerts, educational and entertainment competitions in the nature of talent shows and fashion shows and in the nature of talent contests and beauty contests; arranging of subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals, for others; publication of printed matter, including in electronic form, for advertising purposes; arranging and conducting of advertising events; production of promotional films; coupon procurement services for others; design and organization of customer loyalty schemes from an organizational perspective, namely, customer loyalty services and customer club services, for commercial, promotional and/or advertising purposes; business developing, namely, business development consulting services; dissemination of advertisements, in particular leaflets, prospectuses, printed matter, samples; demonstration of goods; marketing planning and organizational services; computerized file management

38 Telecommunication services, namely, local and long distance transmission of voice, data, graphics by means of telephone, cable and satellite transmissions; communication services, namely, electronic transmission of data and documents among users of computers; delivery of messages by electronic transmission; electronic transmission of messages and data; providing access portals on the internet, in particular blogs, forums, communities and social networks; video and audio streaming, namely, continuous real-time transmission of video and audio streams on computer networks; broadcasting and retransmitting in the nature of broadcasting of film, television, radio, videotext, teletext and internet-based television programs and transmissions; hotline telephone services; news agencies services for electronic transmission; arranging, namely, providing access to databases; broadcasting of teleshopping programs; providing telecommunication channels for teleshopping services; rental of telecommunication equipment; electronic exchange of messages via chat lines, chat rooms and internet forums, namely, electronic transmission of messages; electronic mail services, namely, electronic transmission of mail and messages; forwarding of messages of all kinds to internet addresses, namely, electronic transmission of messages; telecommunications, namely, electronic bulletin board services; providing access to e-commerce platforms on the internet; compilation and supply of news and general news information, including in electronic form, namely, news agencies services for electronic transmission, and broadcasting of TV and radio programs on the internet; television and radio broadcasting; providing access to information on the internet; providing user access to computer programs in data networks; providing user access to global computer networks; communications by computer terminals; rental of access time to global computer networks; computer aided transmission of messages and images; electronic transmission of messages

41 Education, namely, providing education courses in the fields of culture, entertainment, satire and humor, books and literature, art, dance, photography, music, design, creativity, nature, innovation, sports, history, food, science, travel, conservation, sustainability, health, fashion, lifestyles, character and perspective; educational services, namely, providing a learning and innovation center featuring fully customized leadership, motivational, educational, and brainstorming training; providing of training in the field of advertising, design and communication, in business, industry and information technology, computer education training; entertainment services, namely, production of television shows, radio shows, and interactive Internet programs featuring news, information, and commentary; entertainment services, namely, providing online non-downloadable electronic media content in the nature of images, sound, and images with sound, videos, movies, pictures, text, photos, user-generated content, audio content, and related information via the internet and other communications networks in the field of current events, culture, entertainment, satire and humor, books and literature, art, dance, photography, music, design, creativity, nature, innovation, sports, history, food, science, travel, conservation, sustainability, health, fashion, lifestyles, character and perspective via computer and communications networks; sporting and cultural activities, namely, organizing community sporting and cultural events; providing various facilities for an array of sporting events, sports and athletic competitions and awards programs; development, design in the nature of development and production of film programs, television programs, audio and video material for the internet and of radio programs and transmissions for educational, instructional and entertainment purposes, and of news broadcasts in the nature of ongoing television programs in the field of news; publication, including in electronic form, in particular of newspapers, periodicals and books, except for advertising purposes; providing electronic publications, not downloadable, in the nature of books, e-books, magazines, periodicals, newspapers and catalogues in the field of current event reporting, daily news, business, sports, finance, financial investments, financial valuations, economics, general consumer merchandise, entertainment, games and gaming, automobiles, driving and racing, music, fashion, history, health, politics, travel and lifestyles; film production, other than advertising films and recording studio services; photography; script writing services for non-advertising purposes; services of a publishing firm, except printing, namely, publishing of electronic publications and of publications in paper form; editing of written texts; news reporters services; photographic reporting; screenplay writing and publication of texts except publicity texts; entertainment information; production of audio and video material, other than for advertising purposes, for the internet, television and radio programs; booking of seats for shows; awarding of prizes for cultural, sporting and entertainment purposes, namely, providing recognition and incentives by the way of awards and contests to demonstrate excellence in the field of culture, entertainment, satire and humor, books and literature, art, dance, photography, music, design, creativity, nature, innovation, sports, history, food, science, travel, conservation, sustainability, health, fashion, lifestyles, character and perspective; personnel development by means of training and further training in the field of advertising, design and communication, in business, industry and information technology, computer education training; services in the field of entertainment, namely, development of television content, of television and live show concepts, of television and live show episodes; coaching in the field of sports, fashion and lifestyles

42 Preparation of data processing programs; design and development of computer hardware and software; programmable electronic internet, television and radio program guides, namely, providing a web site featuring technology that enables internet users to develop individual playlists that create personalized TV viewable channels from favorite web sites for independent or simultaneous viewing or sharing of channels; research in databases and on the internet for goods and services in the field of home electronics, household appliances, household goods, gardening goods, computer accessories, computers, software, sporting goods, printed matter, motorized vehicles, food, foodstuffs, beverages, textiles, skin care products, hair care products, cosmetics, consumer products, for scientific and research purposes; graphic arts design; design of advertising space on the internet, namely, designing websites for advertising purposes; electronic data security, namely, design and development of electronic data security systems; creation, care, rental, maintenance and installation of software; server administration being server hosting; providing or rental of electronic memory space on the internet, namely, providing and rental of server memory space; user management and authorization on computer networks, namely, computer security services in the nature of restricting access to and by computer networks to and of undesired web sites, media and individuals and facilities; hosting of internet sites; quality control and testing, namely, analysis and expertise relating to goods and services, research relating to goods and services, testing of goods and services, all of the foregoing being testing, analysis and evaluation of the goods and services of others to determine conformity with certification standards; hiring out data processing equipment; cosmetic research; quality testing of goods and services; provision of search engines for the internet; designing and creating homepages and internet pages; creating and maintaining web sites for others; installing web pages on the internet, for others; consultancy with regard to the design of homepages and internet pages; providing search platforms on the internet that allow users to search for the contend of websites and databases; electronic data storage

45 Licensing of industrial property rights and intellectual property in the field of copyright; management of industrial property rights and copyright; legal services; security services for the protection of property and individuals, namely, security guard services, monitoring of security alarm systems

The color(s) black and gray is/are claimed as a feature of the mark.
The mark consists of a motion mark. The mark consists of a lower case "A" in stylized black font followed by a cursor line formed by a rectangle in gray. The "A" then changes to "AXEL" in stylized font as though being typed out where "A" is in black and "XEL" is in gray, with "AXEL" followed by a gray rectangle. The word "AXEL" then changes to "AXEL SPRINGER" in stylized font as though being typed out where "A" is in black and "XEL SPRINGER" is in gray, with "AXEL SPRINGER" being followed by a gray rectangle. The word "AXEL SPRINGER" then changes back to "AXEL" in stylized font as though the letters were being backspaced where "A" is in black and "XEL" is in gray, with "AXEL" being followed by a gray rectangle. THe word "AXEL" then changes to "A" in stylized black font as though the letters were being backspaced, with "A" being followed by a gray rectangle. The color white represents background and is not claimed as a feature of the mark.

Trademark Events

Jul 20, 2021

Registered-Principal Register

May 4, 2021

Official Gazette Publication Confirmation E-Mailed

May 4, 2021

Published For Opposition

Apr 14, 2021

Notification Of Notice Of Publication E-Mailed

Mar 29, 2021

Law Office Publication Review Completed

Mar 22, 2021

Approved For Pub - Principal Register

Mar 22, 2021

Examiner's Amendment Entered

Mar 22, 2021

Notification Of Examiners Amendment E-Mailed

Mar 22, 2021

Examiners Amendment E-Mailed

Mar 22, 2021

Examiners Amendment -Written

Mar 22, 2021

Previous Allowance Count Withdrawn

Mar 16, 2021

Withdrawn From Pub - Og Review Query

Mar 4, 2021

Exparte Appeal Terminated

Mar 4, 2021

Approved For Pub - Principal Register

Mar 4, 2021

Teas/Email Correspondence Entered

Mar 4, 2021

Correspondence Received In Law Office

Mar 1, 2021

Teas Request For Reconsideration Received

Mar 1, 2021

Ex Parte Appeal-Instituted

Mar 1, 2021

Jurisdiction Restored To Examining Attorney

Mar 1, 2021

Exparte Appeal Received At Ttab

Sep 1, 2020

Notification Of Final Refusal Emailed

Sep 1, 2020

Final Refusal E-Mailed

Sep 1, 2020

Final Refusal Written

Aug 12, 2020

Teas/Email Correspondence Entered

Aug 12, 2020

Correspondence Received In Law Office

Aug 10, 2020

Teas Response To Office Action Received

Jul 8, 2020

Notification Of Non-Final Action E-Mailed

Jul 8, 2020

Non-Final Action E-Mailed

Jul 8, 2020

Non-Final Action Written

Jun 25, 2020

Teas/Email Correspondence Entered

Jun 25, 2020

Correspondence Received In Law Office

Jun 23, 2020

Teas Response To Office Action Received

Dec 23, 2019

Notification Of Non-Final Action E-Mailed

Dec 23, 2019

Non-Final Action E-Mailed

Dec 23, 2019

Non-Final Action Written

Nov 25, 2019

Teas/Email Correspondence Entered

Nov 25, 2019

Correspondence Received In Law Office

Nov 22, 2019

Assigned To Lie

Nov 18, 2019

Teas Response To Office Action Received

May 20, 2019

Notification Of Non-Final Action E-Mailed

May 20, 2019

Non-Final Action E-Mailed

May 20, 2019

Non-Final Action Written

May 7, 2019

Assigned To Examiner

Apr 1, 2019

Assigned To Examiner

Mar 30, 2019

Notice Of Design Search Code E-Mailed

Mar 29, 2019

New Application Office Supplied Data Entered In Tram

Mar 15, 2019

New Application Entered In Tram