FIRST ADVANTAGE
Live / Registered — Registered and renewed (as of 05 Dec 2015)
What this means for you
Registered since 24 Oct 2006. The owner can stop confusingly similar uses in the classes it covers; it stays on the register as long as the owner keeps up the maintenance filings (the §8 & §9 renewal was filed 09 Oct 2026 and is awaiting the USPTO's acceptance).
Record
- Serial number
- 78434668
- Registration number
- 3161546
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 14 Jun 2004
- Published for opposition
- 04 Jul 2006
- Registered
- 24 Oct 2006
- Current term from
- 24 Oct 2016
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 & §9 renewal, filed 09 Oct 2026 — awaiting the USPTO's acceptance
- Attorney of record
- Mindi M. Richter
Goods and services
- Class 035 — Advertising and business services: management of drug testing programs for others
- Class 036 — Insurance and financial services: [ credit inquiry and consultation; financial investigation of potential tenants ]
- Class 045 — Legal and security services: background investigation services, namely, conducting pre-employment background investigations, personnel investigations, criminal record investigation, driving record investigation, motor vehicle records reporting, reference verification, education verification and license and certification verification
Owner
- FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION, ATLANTA, GA, US
- FIRST ADVANTAGE U.S., LLC, ST. PETERSBURG, FL, US
- STG-FAIRWAY U.S., LLC, ST. PETERSBURG, FL, US
- STG-FAIRWAY US, INC., PALO ALTO, CA, US
- STG-FAIRWAY HOLDINGS, LLC, PALO ALTO, CA, US
- First Advantage Corporation, St. Petersburg, FL, US
- First Advantage Corporation, St. Petersburg, FL, US
- First Advantage Corporation, St. Petersburg, FL, US
Board proceedings on this mark
- Extension of Time to Oppose No. 78434668 — Dart Transit Company v. First Advantage Corporation, filed 21 Jul 2006 (Terminated)
Prosecution history
- 09 Oct 2026 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 21 Sept 2026 — NOTICE OF SUIT
- 24 Oct 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 20 Apr 2022 — AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP
- 05 May 2021 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 18 Jun 2020 — AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP
- 26 Feb 2020 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 12 Feb 2020 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 05 Dec 2015 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 05 Dec 2015 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FIRST RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 05 Dec 2015 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 30 Nov 2015 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 24 Oct 2015 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 15 Jul 2015 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 26 Feb 2014 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY