Extension of Time to File SOU

PTO Form 1581 (Rev 9/2005)

OMB No. 0651-0054 (Exp. 09/30/2011)

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PTO Form 1581 (Rev 9/2005)

OMB No. 0651-0054 (Exp. 09/30/2011)

SOU Extension Request
(15 U.S.C. Section 1051(d))

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: RAKUTEN
SERIAL NUMBER: 77643318

The applicant, Rakuten, Inc., having an address of
      4-12-3 Higashishinagawa, Shinagawa-ku
      Tokyo 140-0002,
      Japan
requests a six-month extension of time to file the Statement of Use under 37 C.F.R. Section 2.89 in this application.    The Notice of Allowance mailing date was 11/02/2010.

For International Class 009:
Current identification: Computer programs for electronic commerce, namely, computer e-commerce software to allow users to perform electronic business transactions via a global computer network; Telecommunication devices and apparatus, namely, telephones; Downloadable electronic publications, namely, newsletters sent via e-mail featuring information in the field of electronic commerce; Music, electronic video games, audiovisual recordings featuring animation, comic books and comic strips, books in the field of novels, business, learning techniques and music and motion pictures about animation, sports, drama and music, all downloadable via the Internet; Mobile phone straps equipped with a cloth for cleaning the screen of Mobile phones, and mobile phone straps; Mouse pads; Computer software for the collection of information related to credit card transactions; Electronic credit card payment terminals; Computer software for debt settlement and the authentication of debtor information, all conducted online via mobile terminals; Downloadable ring tones and graphics for Mobile phones; Mobile phones that communicate with Internet auction sites; Computer programs for operating Mobile phones that communicate with Internet auction sites; Computer programs for operating Internet servers for conducting Internet auctions; and Internet servers for conducting Internet auctions

This filing does not cover this specific class. This entire class is either to be permanently deleted from the application OR processed according to a separately filed Statement of Use and Request to Divide.


For International Class 016:
Current identification: Printed publications, namely, magazines in the fields of fashion and gourmet foods and drinks; Calendars; Stationery; Photographs; Ephemera, namely, autographs of famous individuals; Seals; Stickers; Portable magnetic white paper boards which are used when cheering in sports stadiums and concert halls; Greeting cards; and Printed magazines featuring information about jobs; and Benefits coupons and discount coupons, all used for advertising purposes; Printed materials, namely, advertising guides featuring the goods and services of other vendors; and Gift cards

The applicant has a continued bona fide intention to use or use through the applicant's related company or licensee the mark in commerce on or in connection with all of the goods and/or services listed in the Notice of Allowance or as subsequently modified for this specific class.


For International Class 035:
Current identification: Retail department store services; Retail convenience store services; Retail on-line department store services; Retail on-line convenience store services; Computerized on-line ordering featuring general merchandise and general consumer goods; Providing an on-line commercial information directory; Providing a searchable database in the field of business information available via a global computer network; Database management services; Dissemination of advertising for others via an on-line electronic communications network; Providing advertising space on the Internet, and providing information and consultancy thereon; Provision of advertising space by electronic means and global information networks; Providing a searchable on-line advertising guide featuring the goods and services of other on-line vendors; Auctioneering services, and providing information thereon; Market research services; Advertising services; Advertising agencies; Business advisory services, consultancy and information; Employment agencies; Goods import-export agencies; Mail order services featuring books, gifts, clothing, drinks and food, and providing information thereon; Sales promotion services through the provision of prizes, quizzes, questionnaires and games, and providing information thereon; Referrals for remodeling contractors; Telephone directory assistance services via the Internet; Compilation and systemization of information into computer databases; Providing information on advertising and consultancy thereon; Advertising services in the nature of e-mail blast campaigns for others; Consultancy concerning advertising by e-mail; Preparation and dissemination of advertising matter by e-mail; Commercial consultancy; Organization, management and arrangement of Internet auctions, and providing information thereon; Providing information on items being auctioned over the Internet; Consultancy concerning employment recruiting activities; Promoting the goods and services of others by means of the issuance of loyalty reward cards, and providing information thereon; and Providing consumer product information via the Internet, terminals, web sites, mobile phones and electronic bulletin boards; Providing travelers with information on customs clearance with regard to duty-free shops; Organizing and conducting job fairs; Providing information on recruitment techniques; Providing information about Internet auctions; Organizing and conducting presentations for products, namely, computer graphics and video game programs; Providing information on politics and economics and policies pertaining thereto; and Moving and relocation services, namely, planning and implementing moves of homes for others; Agencies providing on-track betting tickets via the Internet

This filing does not cover this specific class. This entire class is either to be permanently deleted from the application OR processed according to a separately filed Statement of Use and Request to Divide.


For International Class 036:
Current identification: Banking; Insurance agencies and brokerage; Financial evaluation for insurance purposes; Financial and investment services, namely, management and brokerage in the fields of stocks, bonds, options, commodities, futures and other securities, and the investment of funds of others; Issuing credit cards; Bill payment services; Capital investment services; Loan financing; Mortgage lending; Real estate agencies, and providing information thereon; Used automobiles appraisal; Electronic funds transfer; Financial services, namely, electronic remote funds deposits on cash cards of users; Cash card services; Debt settlement, and financial management of electronic funds; Electronic funds transfer by Integrated Circuit cards, and electronic funds transfer by other methods; Debit card services; Bill payment services; Collection agencies; Providing information on how to open bank accounts; Banking services, namely, opening of bank accounts for others; Providing information on credit-card charges; On-line claims adjustment for non-life insurance; On-line insurance premium rate computing, and other insurance premium rate computing; Consultancy concerning non-life insurance; Providing information on life insurance or non-life insurance on computer networks, Providing information on life insurance or non-life insurance; Consultancy concerning life insurance with a special contract; Insurance administration in the field of providing compensation for death, injury, hospitalization, home visit by a doctor and outpatient hospital visits by accident victims; Foreign exchange transactions; Home-purchase loan financing, and providing information thereon; and Mortgage banking, and providing information thereon

The applicant has a continued bona fide intention to use or use through the applicant's related company or licensee the mark in commerce on or in connection with all of the goods and/or services listed in the Notice of Allowance or as subsequently modified for this specific class.


For International Class 038:
Current identification: Communications by telephone; Providing electronic bulletin board for transmission of messages among users in the field of general interest, and providing information thereon; Electronic mail; Telecommunications services, namely, providing the connections of telecommunications devices, by computer terminals, to a global computer network, and providing information and consultancy thereon, namely, Internet service provider services and providing information and consultancy thereon; Providing electronic bulletin board for transmission of messages among users in the field of telecommunication; Transmission of sounds and images via computer communication networks; Transmission of electronic greeting cards via the Internet; Providing electronic bulletin board for transmission of messages among users in the field of Internet auctions; Rental of mobile phones that have communication functions with Internet auctions; Transmission of images and data to mobile phones which are used in connection with Internet auctions; Transmission of images, sounds and data, via computer terminals and the Internet; and Providing information on the rental of mobile phones that have communication functions with Internet auctions; Delivery of personalized greeting cards to other via e-mail; and Delivery of electronic greeting cards containing advertisements, to others via the Internet; and Transmission of images, music, sounds, motion pictures via the Internet and other communication networks for entertainment purposes

The applicant has a continued bona fide intention to use or use through the applicant's related company or licensee the mark in commerce on or in connection with all of the goods and/or services listed in the Notice of Allowance or as subsequently modified for this specific class.


For International Class 039:
Current identification: Delivery of goods, and providing information thereon; Storage of goods; Transport brokerage; Transportation information regarding railway, car, vessel, flight and bus; Providing a web site and web site links to geographic information, map images, and trip routing; Traffic information; Transport reservation services, and providing information thereon; Travel agency services, namely, making reservations and bookings for transportation, and providing information thereon; Providing information on vehicle rental; Travel and tour reservation ticket service; Providing information on schedules of railway, car, ship, flight via the Internet; Providing information on the status of booking of railway, car, ship, flight; Providing information on transportation expenses of railway, car, ship, flight via the Internet; Travel booking agencies, excluding lodging bookings, for bookings via the Internet; and travel booking agencies, excluding lodging bookings; Providing information via the Internet on arranging travel tours, excluding information on lodging; and providing information on arranging travel tours; Providing travel information on sightseeing locations; Travel information regarding the various destinations; Car rental; Car rental reservation services for others; and Travel agency services, namely, providing information on transportation expenses and fare discounting of railway, car, ship and flight; and Providing a web site featuring information in the field of postal codes

This filing does not cover this specific class. This entire class is either to be permanently deleted from the application OR processed according to a separately filed Statement of Use and Request to Divide.


For International Class 041:
Current identification: Organization of baseball games; Booking of golf facilities, namely, booking golf tee times and providing information thereon; Rental of Digital media, namely, CDs and DVDs; Amusements centers and parks; Entertainment information; Educational services, namely, providing seminars in the field of electronic commerce; Entertainment services, namely, providing on-line computer games; Booking of seats for shows; Education in the field of electronic commerce, rendered through correspondence courses; Presentation of live show performances; Entertainment, namely, party planning; Providing non-downloadable, on-line electronic publications, namely, newsletters via e-mail in the fields of and on the subjects of operating on-line department stores, operating mail order services, travel agencies, security systems, insurance, banking, investments, real estate, credit card debt, personal finances, operating auctions, operating gift registries, event ticket sales, horse racing, professional baseball, golf courses, catering, operating blogs, graduate school recruiting, career and job advice, entertainment, restaurants, photo printing services and marriage; Production of radio and television programs; Education information; On-line translation services; Providing on-line non-downloadable electronic dictionaries; Providing baseball fields; Organization of soccer games; Organization of horse races and providing information on horse races; Rental of records, sound-recorded magnetic tapes, image-recorded magnetic tapes, sound-recorded magnetic discs, image-recorded magnetic discs, sound-recorded optical discs, image-recorded optical discs and providing information thereon; Entertainment services, namely, providing computer games via the Internet; Conducting and administration of lotteries for others; Conducting and administration of lotteries via the Internet for others; Entertainment services, namely, organization of music concerts; Providing on-line, non-downloadable electronic publications, namely, comic books; Educational services, namely, conducting instructional courses in the field of employment examinations; Practice educational examination services for college students; Educational services, namely, conducting seminars in the field of employee recruitment techniques; Educational services, namely, conducting seminars, workshops, lectures in the field of Internet auctions; Entertainment and educational services, namely, providing a website that displays rankings in the field of entertainment, exclusively for non-business and non-commercial transactions and purposes; Providing information on television programs via the Internet; Providing information on amusement facilities, namely, museums, movie theaters, concert halls, theaters, sports stadiums, amusement parks and zoos, via the Internet and other communication networks; Providing information on entertainment celebrities; and Providing information on the publication of newspaper articles and magazine articles; Career counseling services; Providing information on internships for college students; and Entertainment services, namely, providing a web site featuring non-downloadable music, images and motion pictures that can be listened to and viewed via computer terminals and mobile phones; News agencies, namely, gathering and dissemination of news, and providing information thereon

The applicant has a continued bona fide intention to use or use through the applicant's related company or licensee the mark in commerce on or in connection with all of the goods and/or services listed in the Notice of Allowance or as subsequently modified for this specific class.


For International Class 042:
Current identification: Computer programming; Design, maintenance, development and updating of computer software; Design, analysis, consultancy of computer systems; Weather forecasting; Hosting of computer web sites; Rental of computer software; Technical research in the fields of computer hardware and software; Computer services, namely, providing search engines for obtaining data via the Internet; Computer services, namely, creating an on-line community for registered users to participate in discussions, get feedback from their peers, form virtual communities, and engage in social networking; Rental of web servers; Providing a web site that gives computer users the ability to upload, exchange and share photos, videos and video logs; Rental of web server for Electronic bulletin boards on the Internet; Rental of web servers; Rental of web servers for debt settlements; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer programs for electronic debt settlement system administration; Computer software design, computer programming, and maintenance of computer software for search engine marketing; Computer software design, computer programming, and maintenance of computer software for search engines using computer terminals; Providing non-downloadable computer programs for electronic bulletin board services; and Design, creation, development, maintenance of computer programs for retrieving common and relative data from databases on the Internet and web sites

This filing does not cover this specific class. This entire class is either to be permanently deleted from the application OR processed according to a separately filed Statement of Use and Request to Divide.


For International Class 043:
Current identification: Arranging temporary housing accommodations through reservations; Booking of boarding for animals; Bookings for others with regard to restaurants, cafés, cafeterias, self-service restaurants and snack-bars; Providing information in the field of restaurants, cafés, cafeterias, self-service restaurants and snack-bars; Internet order-taking services, namely, booking catering services for others; Providing information on temporary housing accommodations; Providing information on the status of booking of temporary housing accommodations; Providing information on the boarding for animals; Providing information relating to providing foods and beverages; Providing information on temporary housing accommodations via the Internet and providing information on temporary housing accommodations via other means; Travel agency services, namely, making reservations and bookings for hotels and boarding houses via the Internet and by other means; Providing information on discounted temporary housing accommodation fees; Providing information on discounted fees relating to foods and beverages; and Providing information on discounted fees relating to boarding for animals; and Providing information about facilities for holding weddings and banquets

This filing does not cover this specific class. This entire class is either to be permanently deleted from the application OR processed according to a separately filed Statement of Use and Request to Divide.


For International Class 044:
Current identification: Providing medical information; Providing on-line information via the Internet in the fields of animals and pets, relating to breeding, selection of the animals and pets, grooming, feeding and nutrition; Providing information on beauty; and providing information about the efficacy of medical treatments available in bath houses

The applicant has a continued bona fide intention to use or use through the applicant's related company or licensee the mark in commerce on or in connection with all of the goods and/or services listed in the Notice of Allowance or as subsequently modified for this specific class.


For International Class 045:
Current identification: Dating services; Marriage agencies, namely, marriage bureaus and marriage partner introduction services; Fortune-telling; Providing fashion information; On-line social networking services; Providing a selection of electronic greeting cards via the Internet; and providing information on immigration law

The applicant has a continued bona fide intention to use or use through the applicant's related company or licensee the mark in commerce on or in connection with all of the goods and/or services listed in the Notice of Allowance or as subsequently modified for this specific class.


The applicant has submitted a Request to Divide in paper or is filing a Request to Divide as part of the TEAS Allegation of Use form.

This is the first extension request.

A Statement of Use is being submitted along with the Extension request as evidence that applicant believes that it has made valid use of the mark in commerce.   If the USPTO finds the Statement of Use to be fatally defective, the applicant requests additional time to file an amended or substitute Statement of Use.


A fee payment in the amount of $900 will be submitted with the form, representing payment for 6 classes.


Declaration



Original PDF file:
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Converted PDF file(s) (2 pages)
Signature File1
Signature File2

Signatory's Name: Makoto Watanabe
Signatory's Position: Department Manager Legal Department

RAM Sale Number: 3508
RAM Accounting Date: 04/29/2011

Serial Number: 77643318
Internet Transmission Date: Thu Apr 28 16:40:55 EDT 2011
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/ESU-XXX.XXX.XXX.XX-201104281640557
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