Preliminary Amendment

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OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp 09/20/2020)

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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 1966 (Rev 10/2011)

OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp 09/20/2020)

Voluntary Amendment

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

Application serial no. 88649986 LEADER(Standard Characters, see http://uspto.report/TM/88649986/mark.png) has been amended as follows:

MARK
Applicant proposes to amend the mark as follows:
Current: LEADER(Standard Characters, see http://uspto.report/TM/88649986/mark.png)
Proposed: LEADER (Stylized and/or with Design, see mark)
The color(s) burnt orange is/are claimed as a feature of the mark.
The mark consists of 26.15.01 - Polygons as carriers or as single or multiple line borders 26.17.01 - Bars, straight; Lines, straight; Bands, straight; Straight line(s), band(s) or bar(s) 26.17.06 - Bands, diagonal; Bars, diagonal; Diagonal line(s), band(s) or bar(s); Lines, diagonal.

CLASSIFICATION AND LISTING OF GOODS/SERVICES

Applicant proposes to amend the following class of goods/services in the application:
Current: Class 009 for Computer software for interactive audio, image, video, graphics, and data transfer for use in telecommunications; computer software for use in prepaid licensures that may be downloaded from a global computer network
Original Filing Basis:
Filing Basis: Section 1(a), Use in Commerce: The applicant is using the mark in commerce, or the applicant's related company or licensee is using the mark in commerce, on or in connection with the identified goods and/or services. 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(a), as amended. The mark was first used at least as early as 08/31/2000 and first used in commerce at least as early as 08/31/2000 , and is now in use in such commerce.

Proposed: Class 009 for Computer software for interactive audio, image, video, graphics, and data transfer for use in telecommunications; computer software for use in prepaid licensures that may be downloaded from a global computer network
Filing Basis: Section 1(a), Use in Commerce: The applicant is using the mark in commerce, or the applicant's related company or licensee is using the mark in commerce, on or in connection with the identified goods and/or services. 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(a), as amended. The date of first use of the mark anywhere has been deleted. The date of first use of the mark in commerce has been deleted.
Applicant hereby submits one(or more) specimen(s) for Class 009 . Specimen File1

Applicant proposes to amend the following class of goods/services in the application:
Current: Class 038 for Telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, graphics, images, audio and video by means of telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, and the Internet
Original Filing Basis:
Filing Basis: Section 1(a), Use in Commerce: The applicant is using the mark in commerce, or the applicant's related company or licensee is using the mark in commerce, on or in connection with the identified goods and/or services. 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(a), as amended. The mark was first used at least as early as 08/31/2000 and first used in commerce at least as early as 08/31/2000 , and is now in use in such commerce.

Proposed: Class 038 for Telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, graphics, images, audio and video by means of telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, and the Internet
Filing Basis: Section 1(a), Use in Commerce: The applicant is using the mark in commerce, or the applicant's related company or licensee is using the mark in commerce, on or in connection with the identified goods and/or services. 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(a), as amended. The date of first use of the mark anywhere has been deleted. The date of first use of the mark in commerce has been deleted.
Applicant hereby submits one(or more) specimen(s) for Class 038 . Specimen File1

Applicant proposes to amend the following class of goods/services in the application:
Current: Class 042 for Computer services, namely, providing an online non-downloadable suite of computer software for use in telecommunications that enables collaboration through tracking, context, and storage components of technology within a web-based system; enables management of tasks; enables management of communications, namely, tracking of incoming and outgoing written, electronic, and telephonic communications; enables file transfers; enables use of user-defined tools, namely, news interfaces, and escalations of alert notification that enhance the productivity of the user, enables teamwork among the users, enables access to user-generated data, and enables the user to leverage enterprise knowledge; application service provider (ASP) featuring software to enable or facilitate the uploading, downloading, streaming, posting, displaying, blogging, linking, sharing or otherwise providing electronic media or information over communication networks; providing a web site featuring technology that enables online users to create personal profiles featuring social networking information and to transfer and share such information among multiple website servers to others
Original Filing Basis:
Filing Basis: Section 1(a), Use in Commerce: The applicant is using the mark in commerce, or the applicant's related company or licensee is using the mark in commerce, on or in connection with the identified goods and/or services. 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(a), as amended. The mark was first used at least as early as 08/31/2000 and first used in commerce at least as early as 08/31/2000 , and is now in use in such commerce.

Proposed: Class 042 for Computer services, namely, providing an online non-downloadable suite of computer software for use in telecommunications that enables collaboration through tracking, context, and storage components of technology within a web-based system; enables management of tasks; enables management of communications, namely, tracking of incoming and outgoing written, electronic, and telephonic communications; enables file transfers; enables use of user-defined tools, namely, news interfaces, and escalations of alert notification that enhance the productivity of the user, enables teamwork among the users, enables access to user-generated data, and enables the user to leverage enterprise knowledge; application service provider (ASP) featuring software to enable or facilitate the uploading, downloading, streaming, posting, displaying, blogging, linking, sharing or otherwise providing electronic media or information over communication networks; providing a web site featuring technology that enables online users to create personal profiles featuring social networking information and to transfer and share such information among multiple website servers to others
Filing Basis: Section 1(a), Use in Commerce: The applicant is using the mark in commerce, or the applicant's related company or licensee is using the mark in commerce, on or in connection with the identified goods and/or services. 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(a), as amended. The date of first use of the mark anywhere has been deleted. The date of first use of the mark in commerce has been deleted.
Applicant hereby submits one(or more) specimen(s) for Class 042 . Specimen File1

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
Disclaimer
No claim is made to the exclusive right to use Leader apart from the mark as shown.


Claim of Active Prior Registration(s)
The applicant claims ownership of active prior U.S. Registration Number(s) 4214713 and 4214677.


Significance of wording, letter(s), or numeral(s)
Leader appearing in the mark means or signifies or is a term of art for Leader Technologies, Incorporated in the relevant trade or industry or as used in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization listed in the application. Leader appearing in the mark has no significance nor is it a term of art in the relevant trade or industry or as used in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization listed in the application, or any geographical significance. The word(s) Leader has no meaning in a foreign language.


Miscellaneous Statement
The specimens did not load, and no provision for logo design description was presented on the prior form, necessitating the need to upload the information using this form. This information is appended as if fully written in the initial online application form.


SECTION 2(f) Claim of Acquired Distinctiveness, based on Five or More Years' Use
The mark has become distinctive of the goods/services through the applicant's substantially exclusive and continuous use of the mark in commerce that the U.S. Congress may lawfully regulate for at least the five years immediately before the date of this statement.


SIGNATURE(S)
Declaration Signature

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 registration resulting therefrom, declares that, if the applicant submitted the application or allegation of use (AOU) unsigned, all statements in the application or AOU and this submission based on the signatory's own knowledge are true, and all statements in the application or AOU and this submission made on information and belief are believed to be true.

STATEMENTS FOR UNSIGNED SECTION 1(a) APPLICATION/AOU: If the applicant filed an unsigned application under 15 U.S.C. §1051(a) or AOU under 15 U.S.C. §1051(c), the signatory additionally believes that: the applicant is the owner of the mark sought to be registered; the mark is in use in commerce and was in use in commerce as of the filing date of the application or AOU on or in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization in the application or AOU; the original specimen(s), if applicable, shows the mark in use in commerce as of the filing date of the application or AOU on or in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization in the application or AOU; for a collective trademark, collective service mark, collective membership mark application, or certification mark application, the applicant is exercising legitimate control over the use of the mark in commerce and was exercising legitimate control over the use of the mark in commerce as of the filing date of the application or AOU; for a certification mark application, the applicant is not engaged in the production or marketing of the goods/services to which the mark is applied, except to advertise or promote recognition of the certification program or of the goods/services that meet the certification standards of the applicant. To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, no other persons, except, if applicable, authorized users, members, and/or 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.

STATEMENTS FOR UNSIGNED SECTION 1(b)/SECTION 44 APPLICATION AND FOR SECTION 66(a) COLLECTIVE/CERTIFICATION MARK APPLICATION: If the applicant filed an unsigned application under 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051(b), 1126(d), and/or 1126(e), or filed a collective/certification mark application under 15 U.S.C. §1141f(a), the signatory additionally believes that: for a trademark or service mark application, the applicant is entitled to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services specified in the application; the applicant has a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce and had a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce as of the application filing date; for a collective trademark, collective service mark, collective membership mark, or certification mark application, the applicant has a bona fide intention, and is entitled, to exercise legitimate control over the use of the mark in commerce and had a bona fide intention, and was entitled, to exercise legitimate control over the use of the mark in commerce as of the application filing date; the signatory is properly authorized to execute the declaration on behalf of the applicant; for a certification mark application, the applicant will not engage in the production or marketing of the goods/services to which the mark is applied, except to advertise or promote recognition of the certification program or of the goods/services that meet the certification standards of the applicant. To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, no other persons, except, if applicable, authorized users, members, and/or 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.

Signature: /Michael T. McKibben/      Date: 10/17/2019
Signatory's Name: Michael T. McKibben
Signatory's Position: Holder
Signatory's Phone Number: 614-890-1986


Voluntary Amendment Signature
Signature: /Michael T. McKibben/     Date: 10/17/2019
Signatory's Name: Michael T. McKibben
Signatory's Position: Holder

Signatory's Phone Number: 614-890-1986

The signatory has confirmed that he/she is not represented by an authorized attorney, and that he/she is either: (1) the owner/holder ; or (2) a person or persons with legal authority to bind the owner/holder; and if he/she had previously been represented by an attorney in this matter, either he/she revoked their power of attorney by filing a signed revocation with the USPTO or the USPTO has granted this attorney's withdrawal request.

        
Serial Number: 88649986
Internet Transmission Date: Thu Oct 17 14:44:53 EDT 2019
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/PRA-XXX.XX.XXX.XXX-201910171444538
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