Extension of Time to File SOU

PTO- 1581

Approved for use through 03/31/2024. OMB 0651-0054

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PTO- 1581

Approved for use through 03/31/2024. OMB 0651-0054

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it contains a valid OMB control number

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

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: SONY (stylized and/or with design, see http://uspto.report/TM/88053809/mark.png)
SERIAL NUMBER: 88053809

OWNER AND/OR ENTITY INFORMATION
The owner proposes to amend the following:
Current: Sony Corporation, having an address of
      1-7-1 Konan, Mintao-ku
      Tokyo, 108-0075
      Japan
      Email: XXXX
Proposed: Sony Corporation, having an address of
      1-7-1 Konan, Mintao-ku
      Tokyo, 108-0075
      Japan
      Phone:
      Fax:
      Email: XXXX

The owner 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 07/07/2020.

For International Class 035:
Current identification: Distribution for others in the field of blank optical discs and pre-recorded optical discs featuring sound, video and data, namely, fulfilling and processing orders received from customers; order fulfillment services including receiving and putaway processing; inventory management in the nature of operating a distribution center or warehousing facility containing distribution inventory; inventory management, shipping and transportation management, namely, shipment processing and preparing shipping documents and invoices for business purposes; arranging the transportation of goods for others; providing transportation documents for others; transportation logistics management in the field of blank optical discs, and pre-recorded optical discs featuring sound, video and data; providing customer service management for others; invoicing; return management in the nature of management and processing of returned blank optical discs and pre-recorded optical discs featuring sound, video and data; business consultancy services via the internet

For a trademark/service mark: The applicant has a continued bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with all of the goods/services listed in the Notice of Allowance or as subsequently modified for this specific class; for a collective/certification mark: the applicant has a continued bona fide intention, and is entitled, to exercise legitimate control over the use of the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization listed in the Notice of Allowance, or as subsequently modified for this specific class.


For International Class 038:
Current identification: Streaming of audio and video material, namely, audiovisual works, motion pictures, trailers, television programming, music, and games via the internet

For a trademark/service mark: The applicant has a continued bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with all of the goods/services listed in the Notice of Allowance or as subsequently modified for this specific class; for a collective/certification mark: the applicant has a continued bona fide intention, and is entitled, to exercise legitimate control over the use of the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization listed in the Notice of Allowance, or as subsequently modified for this specific class.


For International Class 039:
Current identification: Transport, delivery, packaging, and storage of optical discs; packaging services, namely, packaging of optical discs and repackaging of optical discs to the order and specification of others

For a trademark/service mark: The applicant has a continued bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with all of the goods/services listed in the Notice of Allowance or as subsequently modified for this specific class; for a collective/certification mark: the applicant has a continued bona fide intention, and is entitled, to exercise legitimate control over the use of the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization listed in the Notice of Allowance, or as subsequently modified for this specific class.


For International Class 041:
Current identification: Audio mastering; film mastering services; record mastering; video mastering services; video and audio mastering of optical discs; production of master optical discs recorded with music and video; providing non-downloadable entertainment content in the nature of audiovisual works, namely, motion pictures, movie trailers, television programs featuring action, adventure, animation, anime, biography, classics, comedy, crime, documentaries, drama, faith, family, fantasy, film-noir, games, history, horror, international, musicals, music, mystery, romance, science fiction, sports, thrillers, war, and westerns, by means of an interactive global computer and communications networks; entertainment services, namely, providing non-downloadable prerecorded music, information in the field of music, and commentary and articles about music, all on-line via a global computer network; providing on-line videos, not downloadable, featuring audio-visual works, namely, movies, television programming featuring action, adventure, animation, anime, biography, classics, comedy, crime, documentaries, drama, faith, family, fantasy, film-noir, games, history, horror, international, musicals, music, mystery, romance, science fiction, sports, thrillers, war, and westerns; providing on-line videos featuring motion pictures, movies and television programs in the fields of action, adventure, animation, anime, biography, classics, comedy, crime, documentary, drama, faith, family, fantasy, film-noir, games, history, horror, international, musicals, music, mystery, romance, science fiction, sports, thrillers, war, and westerns, not downloadable; providing films and television programs featuring action, adventure, animation, anime, biography, classics, comedy, crime, documentary, drama, faith, family, fantasy, film-noir, games, history, horror, international, musicals, music, mystery, romance, science fiction, sports, thrillers, war, and westerns, not downloadable, via video-on-demand transmission services; providing on-line music, not downloadable; entertainment services, namely, a multimedia program series featuring comedy, action and adventure distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; digital video, audio, and multimedia publishing services; multimedia publishing of books, magazines, journals, software, games, music, and electronic publications; providing non-downloadable electronic publications, namely, electronic magazine, newsletter and brochures in the field of entertainment; providing on-line computer games

For a trademark/service mark: The applicant has a continued bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with all of the goods/services listed in the Notice of Allowance or as subsequently modified for this specific class; for a collective/certification mark: the applicant has a continued bona fide intention, and is entitled, to exercise legitimate control over the use of the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization listed in the Notice of Allowance, or as subsequently modified for this specific class.


This is the second extension request. The applicant has made the following ongoing efforts to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with each of those goods/services covered by the extension request: The applicant believes that it has made valid use of the mark in commerce, and is in the process of preparing (or is concurrently filing) a Statement of Use (SOU), but that if the USPTO finds the SOU to be fatally defective, the applicant will need additional time to file a new SOU

Correspondence Information (current):
      Robert B.G. Horowitz, Esq.
      PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: bhipdocket@bakerlaw.com
      SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): rhorowitz@bakerlaw.com; sborrero@bakerlaw.com; nsamad@bakerlaw.com

Correspondence Information (proposed):
      Robert B.G. Horowitz, Esq.
      PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: bhipdocket@bakerlaw.com
      SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): rhorowitz@bakerlaw.com; sborrero@bakerlaw.com; nsamad@bakerlaw.com


Requirement for Email and Electronic Filing: I understand that a valid email address must be maintained by the owner/holder and the owner's/holder's attorney, if appointed, and that all official trademark correspondence must be submitted via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).





A fee payment in the amount of $500 will be submitted with the form, representing payment for 4 classes.


Declaration

STATEMENTS: The signatory believes that: the applicant has a continued bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with all the goods/services under Section 1(b) in the notice of allowance or as subsequently modified, or, if applicable, the applicant has a continued bona fide intention, and is entitled, to exercise legitimate control over the use of the mark in commerce on or in connection with all the goods/services/collective membership organization under Section 1(b) in the notice of allowance or as subsequently modified; and that to the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, no other persons, except, if applicable, members and concurrent users, have the right to use the mark in commerce, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization of such other persons, to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive.

DECLARATION: The signatory being warned that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. §1001, and that such willful false statements and the like may jeopardize the validity of the application or submission or any resulting registration, declares that all statements made of his/her own knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.


Signature: /Robert B.G. Horowitz/      Date Signed: 04/14/2021
Signatory's Name: Robert B.G. Horowitz
Signatory's Position: Attorney for Applicant, a New York State Bar member
Signatory's Phone: 212 589-4200
Signature method: Signed directly within the form

PAYMENT: 88053809
PAYMENT DATE: 04/14/2021

Serial Number: 88053809
Internet Transmission Date: Wed Apr 14 11:45:20 ET 2021
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/ESU-XX.XXX.XXX.XX-2021041411452017
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