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Live / Registered — Registered — Sections 8 & 15 accepted and acknowledged (as of 22 Jan 2025)
What this means for you
Registered since 04 Sept 2018. 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 (next due by 04 Sept 2028: the §8 & §9 renewal).
Record
- Serial number
- 86217196
- Registration number
- 5555967
- Mark type
- Stylized text
- Filed
- 11 Mar 2014
- Published for opposition
- 21 Jul 2015
- Registered
- 04 Sept 2018
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 & §9 renewal, due by 04 Sept 2028 (grace period to 04 Mar 2029)
- Attorney of record
- Carrie L. Kiedrowski
Goods and services
- Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: Downloadable software providing access to an interactive, multilingual encyclopedia; downloadable mobile applications for accessing an interactive, multilingual encyclopedia
- Class 036 — Insurance and financial services: Charitable fundraising services; fundraising services, by means of raising funds for the support of free knowledge and the sharing of educational content; providing grants for the dissemination and promotion of free knowledge and educational content
- Class 038 — Telecommunications services: Electronic transmission of data and documents via the Internet and electronic devices; electronic transmission of messages and data; providing online electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among computer users concerning encyclopedia articles and the administration of an encyclopedia project; electronic mail and messaging services; providing access to databases featuring information requested via a visual code
- Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Providing an online publication in the nature of an interactive, multilingual encyclopedia in the fields of a wide variety of topics and subjects; providing online publications in the nature of articles, reference guides, brochures, and manuals on the use of and contribution to an interactive, multilingual encyclopedia; educational services, namely, conducting conferences and workshops about an interactive, multilingual encyclopedia; arranging and conducting contests and incentive award programs for educational purposes
- Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: Providing websites featuring open source technology that enables users to upload and share information on a wide variety of topics and subjects in an interactive, multilingual encyclopedia; computer services, namely, maintaining websites for others featuring an interactive, multilingual encyclopedia
Owner
- Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., San Francisco, CA, US
- Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., San Francisco, CA, US
- Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., San Francisco, CA, US
Prior registrations
Board proceedings on this mark
- Ex Parte Appeal No. 86217196 — Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., filed 15 Jun 2015 (Terminated)
The owner also pleads this mark in 1 other Board proceeding.
Prosecution history
- 22 Jan 2025 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED
- 22 Jan 2025 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
- 20 Jan 2025 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 28 Aug 2024 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED
- 04 Sept 2023 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED
- 06 Nov 2018 — CORRECTION UNDER SECTION 7 - PROCESSED
- 26 Sept 2018 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 14 Sept 2018 — TEAS SECTION 7 REQUEST RECEIVED
- 04 Sept 2018 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 03 Aug 2018 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF STATEMENT OF USE E-MAILED
- 02 Aug 2018 — ALLOWED PRINCIPAL REGISTER - SOU ACCEPTED
- 02 Aug 2018 — STATEMENT OF USE PROCESSING COMPLETE
- 30 Jul 2018 — USE AMENDMENT FILED
- 30 Jul 2018 — TEAS STATEMENT OF USE RECEIVED
- 16 Mar 2018 — NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED