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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)

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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: 88757919

Filing Date: 01/14/2020

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: VOICE IT (Standard Characters, see mark)
The literal element of the mark consists of VOICE IT. The mark consists of standard characters, without claim to any particular font style, size, or color.
The applicant, block.one, a limited company (ltd.) legally organized under the laws of Cayman Islands, having an address of
      PO Box 309, Ugland House
      Grand Cayman KY1-1104
      Cayman Islands

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:  Downloadable and recorded computer software for tokens of value exchange transaction services; Downloadable and recorded computer software to enable building of applications on the blockchain, interaction with blockchain smart contracts, and asset and information exchange within a social network, social media platform or online content publishing environment; downloadable web and mobile application software for virtual community, social networking, photo sharing, electronic media sharing, and encrypted or otherwise secured messaging and media transmission; downloadable software for creating on-line virtual communities for users to organize groups and events, participate in discussions, and engage in social, business, and community networking; downloadable software for creating profiles and participating in a social network in the field of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies; downloadable software to enable or facilitate the encrypted or otherwise secured uploading, downloading, streaming, posting, displaying, blogging, linking, sharing or otherwise providing electronic media, data, transactions, or information over communication networks; Downloadable software application for transmission of electronic communications
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:  Administration of a rewards program through the issuance or awarding of virtual tokens that can be consumed, redeemed and exchanged for value, including for receiving target advertising; arranging and conducting incentive reward programs to promote the use of or interaction with advertising, publications, social media platforms, cryptocurrency, blockchain and distributed ledger platforms and tokens; Advertising services, namely, advertising content curation, for advertising on various media and advertising services within a virtual token based economy; advertising the published content of others; advertising and marketing; advertising services; online advertising and marketing services; business data analysis; promotional services, namely, marketing, promoting the goods and services of others by providing online coupons and distribution of advertising flyers, coupons, catalogs, and promotional items of others; Business networking; Online business service, namely, connecting social network users with businesses; business monitoring and consulting services, namely, providing strategy, insight, marketing guidance, and for analyzing, understanding and predicting consumer behavior and motivations, and market trends; Promoting the goods and services of others by arranging for sponsors to affiliate their goods and services with collections of electronic publication
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 036:  Issuance of virtual tokens of value or utility that can be consumed, redeemed and exchanged for value; Financial administration of a virtual token based economy; issuance of tokens of value or utility; Currency exchange services, namely, exchanging virtual tokens of value or utility; Electronic payment services involving electronic transmission of virtual tokens
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 038:  Providing an on-line forum for discussion of news, political, cultural, academic, and social matters, as well as other topics of general interest
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:  Open-access publishing services, namely, facilitating the publication of news, political, cultural, academic, and social matters, as well as other topics of general interest and other user-defined content within a social media platform; open-access publishing services, namely, facilitating the publication of news, political, cultural, academic, and social matters, as well as other topics of general interest and other user-defined content within a virtual token-based economy; electronic publishing services, namely, publication of news, political, cultural, academic, and social matters, as well as other topics of general interest and other user-defined content within a social media platform; electronic publishing services, namely, publication of news, political, cultural, academic, and social matters, as well as other topics of general interest and other user-defined content within a virtual token-based economy
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:  Application service provider (ASP) featuring software to enable building of applications on the blockchain, interaction with blockchain smart contracts, and asset and information exchange within a social media platform; Providing online nondownloadable software for exchanging tokens of value; providing online non-downloadable authentication, identification, and rewarding software for use in offering tokens of value to enable authentication, identification and rewarding of content and users; providing online non-downloadable software for offering tokens of value to enable rewarding and participation of users of a social media platform; providing temporary use of non-downloadable web and mobile application software for virtual community, social networking, photo sharing, electronic media sharing, and encrypted or otherwise secured messaging and media transmission; computer services, namely, creating on-line virtual communities for users to organize groups and events, participate in discussions, and engage in social, business, and community networking; hosting an interactive web site that allows users to create profiles and participate in a social network in the field of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies; providing an online community for registered users in the field of decentralized applications (DApps); application service provider (ASP) featuring software to enable or facilitate the encrypted or otherwise secured uploading, downloading, streaming, posting, displaying, blogging, linking, sharing or otherwise providing electronic media, data, transactions, or information over communication networks; Providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software application for transmission of electronic communications; application service provider (ASP) featuring software to enable building of applications on the blockchain, interacting with blockchain smart contracts, and blockchain commodities exchange within a social network; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for facilitating the use of a blockchain or distributed ledger to record and track transactions; Platform as a service (PAAS) featuring an e-commerce platform to allow users to perform digital asset transactions via a global computer network; Platform as a service (PAAS) featuring an e-commerce platform to allow users to perform digital asset transactions via a blockchain network; Platform as a service (PAAS) featuring computer software platforms for designing, developing and launching advertising and marketing materials and campaigns; Platform as a service (PAAS) services featuring computer software platforms for use in managing and tracking the sale, promotion and exchange of marketing and advertising data and measuring the success, efficiency and consumer experience of advertising and marketing campaigns; Platform as a service (PAAS) featuring computer software platforms for providing a library or repository of user-created content; platform as a service (PAAS) featuring computer software platforms for writing and executing blockchain-based smart contracts for transactions involving text or user-created content; providing temporary access to virtua blockchain connected computers for decentralized social networks and social media platforms; Providing a web hosting platform for the purpose of social media and social networking; Providing a web hosting platform for the purpose of content creation, publication, and monetization of content
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 045:  Online social networking services; Internet-based social networking services utilizing blockchain and distributed ledger technologies
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 hereby appoints Sarah E. Bro. Other appointed attorneys are all others of McDermott Will & Emery LLP. Sarah E. Bro of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, is a member of the XX bar, admitted to the bar in XXXX, bar membership no. XXX, and the attorney(s) is located at
      18565 Jamboree Rd., Suite 250
      Irvine, California 92612
      United States
      949-851-0633(phone)
      949-851-9348(fax)
      IPdocketOrangeCounty@mwe.com (authorized).
The attorney docket/reference number is 104466-0739.
Sarah E. Bro submitted the following statement: The attorney of record is an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, or any U.S. Commonwealth or territory.

The applicant hereby appoints Sarah E. Bro of McDermott Will & Emery LLP
      18565 Jamboree Rd., Suite 250
      Irvine California 92612
      United States
      949-851-0633(phone)
      949-851-9348(fax)
      IPdocketOrangeCounty@mwe.com
as applicant's representative upon whom notice or process in the proceedings affecting the mark may be served.

The applicant's current Correspondence Information:

Sarah E. Bro

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

18565 Jamboree Rd., Suite 250

Irvine, California 92612

949-851-0633(phone)

949-851-9348(fax)

IPDocketOrangeCounty@mwe.com; sbro@mwe.com; efarrahi@mwe.com; MWEIPdocket@mwe.com (authorized). Email Authorization: I authorize the USPTO to send email correspondence concerning the application to the applicant, the applicant's attorney, or the applicant's domestic representative at the email address provided in this application. I understand that a valid email 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 $1925 has been submitted with the application, representing payment for 7 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: /lee a. schneider/   Date: 01/14/2020
Signatory's Name: Lee A. Schneider
Signatory's Position: General Counsel
Payment Sale Number: 88757919
Payment Accounting Date: 01/14/2020

Serial Number: 88757919
Internet Transmission Date: Tue Jan 14 09:58:08 EST 2020
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XX.XX.XX.XX-202001140958083891
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