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OMB No. 0651-0009 (Exp 02/28/2021)

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Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. PTO Form 1478 (Rev 09/2006)

OMB No. 0651-0009 (Exp 02/28/2021)

Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register

Serial Number: 88386845

Filing Date: 04/15/2019

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: TWITCH (Standard Characters, see mark)
The literal element of the mark consists of TWITCH.
The mark consists of standard characters, without claim to any particular font style, size, or color.

The applicant, Twitch Interactive, Inc., a corporation of Delaware, having an address of
      350 Bush Street, 2nd Floor
      San Francisco, California 94104
      United States

requests registration of the trademark/service mark identified above in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the Principal Register established by the Act of July 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. Section 1051 et seq.), as amended, for the following:

       International Class 009:  Computer software for broadcasting, transmitting, receiving, accessing, viewing, uploading, downloading, sharing, integrating, encoding, decoding, displaying, formatting, organizing, storing, caching, transferring and streaming of movies; computer software for encoding, decoding, and caching data, text, games, game content, digital media, images, music, audio, video, and animations; application programming interface (API) software for broadcasting, transmitting, receiving, accessing, viewing, uploading, downloading, sharing, integrating, encoding, decoding, displaying, formatting, organizing, storing, caching, transferring and streaming of movies; application programming interface (API) software for encoding, decoding, and caching data, text, games, game content, digital media, images, music, audio, video, and animations; computer software for electronic mail; computer software for creating emoticons; software development kits (SDK's) for developing software for broadcasting, transmitting, receiving, accessing, viewing, uploading, downloading, sharing, integrating, encoding, decoding, displaying, formatting, organizing, storing, caching, transferring and streaming of data, text, games, game content, digital media, images, music, audio, video, movies and animations; software for television (TV) programming; electronic game, music and movie streaming devices; computer hardware; computer hardware with specialized features for enhanced game playing; game consoles and controllers; character and voice recognition software; computer software for creating, placing, transmitting and measuring the effectiveness of advertisements; software for filtering internet searches; software, namely, parental control software for use in restricting access to online videos and games; video recordings featuring sports, e-sports, games, video games, video game playing, video game players, video game competitions, action, adventure, animation, art, biography, children's programming, comedy, crime, drama, family, fantasy, film-noir, history, horror, martial arts, music, mystery, religion, romance, science fiction, suspense, technology, thrillers, war, westerns and young adult programming; downloadable music files; downloadable movies and documentaries featuring sports, e-sports, games, video games, video game playing, video game players and video game competitions; downloadable movies in the fields of action, adventure, animation, art, biography, children's programming, comedy, crime, drama, family, fantasy, film-noir, history, horror, martial arts, music, mystery, religion, romance, science fiction, suspense, technology, thrillers, war, westerns and young adult programming; electronic publications, namely, books, magazines, newspapers, periodicals, newsletters, journals and manuals featuring e-sports, video gaming, video games and video game players recorded on computer media
Intent to Use: The applicant has a bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods/services.

       International Class 035:  Retail store services featuring books and magazines; online retail store services featuring books and magazines; retail store services featuring gaming videos, gaming hardware and game software; retail store services featuring downloadable audio, video, multimedia, emoticons, badges, images and chat colors; retail store services featuring virtual goods and merchandise for use by members of an online community in connection with a designated website featuring streaming video games and related content; retail store services featuring game software enhancements and components; retail store services featuring consumers electronics, computer and communications hardware and software, and electronic publications; arranging sponsorships for others; administration and coordination of team leagues in the field of video gaming; administration and coordination of recreational opportunities for individuals who wish to participate in team leagues
Intent to Use: The applicant has a bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods/services.

       International Class 041:  Entertainment services, namely, providing a web site where users can access and view gaming-related movies; music production and publishing; organizing video gaming leagues; publishing of game software; publishing of books, electronic books, magazines, periodicals, literary works, visual works, audio works, and audiovisual works; publishing of online works of others featuring user-generated text, audio, video, and graphics; providing online publications in the nature of books, magazines, periodicals in the field of e-sports, video gaming, video games and video game players; entertainment services, namely, providing online non-downloadable music tailored to viewer's programming preferences; entertainment services, namely, providing non-downloadable movies and documentaries; entertainment services, namely, providing online, non-downloadable virtual clothing, colors, badges, tools and weapons for use in virtual environments created for entertainment purposes; providing educational training, namely, online tutorials in the field of video gaming and video games
Intent to Use: The applicant has a bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods/services.

       International Class 042:  Providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software and software as a service featuring software for encoding, decoding, and caching data, text, games, game content, digital media, images, music, audio, video and animations; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software and software as a service featuring software for electronic mail; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software and software as a service featuring software for creating emoticons; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software and software as a service featuring software for television (TV) programming; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software and software as a service featuring software for character and voice recognition; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software and software as a service featuring software for creating, placing, transmitting and measuring the effectiveness of advertisements; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software and software as a service featuring software for filtering internet searches; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software and software as a service featuring software for parental control enabling access to games, including electronic, computer and video games; computer software consulting services in the field of gaming technology and graphics software; computer programming services; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for enhancing computer performance, for operation of integrated circuits, semiconductors, computer chipsets and micro-processors; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for computer graphics; platform as a service (PaaS) featuring computer software platforms for graphic design; providing virtual computer systems and virtual computer environments through cloud computing; providing cloud computing services; computer services, namely, cloud hosting provider services; providing virtual computer systems, graphics processing units (GPUs), and virtual computer environments through cloud computing; design and development of computer hardware, software and peripherals for others; hosting of third party digital content in the nature of photos, games, and web sites; computer hardware, software, application, and network consulting services; digital and electronic file data transfer from one computer format to another; provision of Internet and computer network search engines; graphic design services; software maintenance, installation and update services; software as a service that allows gamers to live broadcast their games from a gaming console
Intent to Use: The applicant has a bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods/services.


The applicant's current Attorney Information:
      James F. Struthers and David Diamond, Molly Richard of Richard Law Group      13355 Noel Rd Ste 1350
      Dallas, Texas 75240
      United States
      214-206-4300(phone)
      214-206-4330(fax)
      clarissa@richardlawgroup.com (authorized)
The attorney docket/reference number is TMKM28282.

The applicant's current Correspondence Information:

James F. Struthers

Richard Law Group

13355 Noel Rd Ste 1350

Dallas, Texas 75240

214-206-4300(phone)

214-206-4330(fax)

clarissa@richardlawgroup.com;docket@amazon.com;jim@richardlawgroup.com (authorized) E-mail Authorization: I authorize the USPTO to send e-mail correspondence concerning the application to the applicant, the applicant's attorney, or the applicant's domestic representative at the e-mail address provided in this application. I understand that a valid e-mail address must be maintained and that the applicant or the applicant's attorney must file the relevant subsequent application-related submissions via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). Failure to do so will result in the loss of TEAS Reduced Fee status and a requirement to submit an additional processing fee of $125 per international class of goods/services.

A fee payment in the amount of $1100 has been submitted with the application, representing payment for 4 class(es).

Declaration

	Basis: If the applicant is filing the application based on use in commerce under 15 U.S.C. § 1051(a): The signatory believes that the applicant is the owner of the trademark/service mark sought to be registered; The mark is in use in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; The specimen(s) shows the mark as used on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; and To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, the facts recited in the application are accurate. And/Or If the applicant is filing the application based on an intent to use the mark in commerce under 15 U.S.C. § 1051(b), § 1126(d), and/or § 1126(e): The signatory believes that the applicant is entitled to use the mark in commerce; The applicant has a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; and To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, the facts recited in the application are accurate.
	To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, no other persons, except, if applicable, 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 of such other persons, to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive.
	To the best of the signatory's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances, the allegations and other factual contentions made above have evidentiary support.
	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 registration resulting therefrom, declares that all statements made of his/her own knowledge are true and all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.

Declaration Signature

Signature: /Mark F. Hoffman/   Date: 04/15/2019
Signatory's Name: /Mark F. Hoffman/
Signatory's Position: Director
Payment Sale Number: 88386845
Payment Accounting Date: 04/16/2019

Serial Number: 88386845
Internet Transmission Date: Mon Apr 15 20:55:51 EDT 2019
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XX.XX.XXX.XX-20190415205551452
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