Application

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: 88933605

Filing Date: 05/26/020

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: CLARO (Standard Characters, see mark)
The literal element of the mark consists of CLARO. The mark consists of standard characters, without claim to any particular font style, size, or color.
The applicant, CTF Technologies Ltd., a private limited company legally organized under the laws of United Kingdom, having an address of
      240 Blackfriars Road
      London SE18NW
      United Kingdom
      XXXX

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:  Software and downloadable software applications relating to personal finance, personal financial management, investment and wealth management; software and downloadable software applications for the provision of access to financial and monetary services, financial investment services, financial management services, fund investment services, portfolio management services, financial and monetary transfers and transactions, currency trading and foreign exchange services, securities and commodities trading services; software and downloadable software applications that facilitates the provision of information, peer-to-peer interaction and transactions relating to personal finance, personal financial management, investment and wealth management; downloadable and electronic publications relating to personal finance, personal financial management, investment and wealth management; downloadable educational media relating to personal finance, personal financial management, investment and wealth management; downloadable video clips, audio clips, multimedia clips, newsletters, journals, blogs, recorded interviews, vlogs, podcasts, webcasts and interactive discussions, all relating to personal finance, personal financial management, investment and wealth management

Priority based on foreign filing: 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 and asserts a claim of priority based on European Union Trademark - EUTM application number 18243194, filed 05/21/2020.
INTENT TO PERFECT 44(d) : At this time, the applicant intends to rely on Section 44(e) as a basis for registration and requests that the application be suspended to await the submission of the foreign registration. If ultimately the applicant does not rely on §44(e) as a basis for registration, a valid claim of priority may be retained.


International Class 035:  Advertising, marketing and promotional services; provision of business information; appraisals, rating and scoring of business values and of environmental, social, corporate and ethical governance criteria; collection and processing of statistical data; data management; database management; conducting of opinion polls; rating of businesses and organisations according to environmental, social, corporate and ethical governance criteria; economic forecasts; affiliate marketing; promoting the sale of third-party consumer products and services by offering rewards, discounts, and promotions; providing access to the services of affiliates and partner organisations to enable customers to obtain specialist input; providing recommendations of personal finance service providers to consumers for commercial purposes; price comparison services; all of the aforesaid relating to personal finance, personal financial management, investment and wealth management; advice, planning, information and consultancy services relating to all of the aforesaid services

Priority based on foreign filing: 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 and asserts a claim of priority based on European Union Trademark - EUTM application number 18243194, filed 05/21/2020.
INTENT TO PERFECT 44(d) : At this time, the applicant intends to rely on Section 44(e) as a basis for registration and requests that the application be suspended to await the submission of the foreign registration. If ultimately the applicant does not rely on §44(e) as a basis for registration, a valid claim of priority may be retained.


International Class 036:  Personal finance, personal financial management, investment and wealth management services; financial and investment research and analysis; finance and investment portfolio management services; financial and investment risk profiling, scoring and analysis; financial and investment information, evaluation, planning, advice, consulting and management; identifying, compiling and presenting tailored investment and stock portfolios; investment database services relating to stocks and shares; arranging and managing of investments; management and administration of stocks and shares; fund investment services; financial and investment brokerage; stock trading; savings services; pension fund services, pension planning, consultancy and advisory services, pension fund administration and management, pension investment management; credit scoring, assessment, rating and reports; financial transfers and transactions; currency trading and foreign exchange services, securities and commodities trading services; all of the aforesaid relating to personal finance, personal financial management, investment and wealth management; advice, planning, information and consultancy services relating to all of the aforesaid services

Priority based on foreign filing: 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 and asserts a claim of priority based on European Union Trademark - EUTM application number 18243194, filed 05/21/2020.
INTENT TO PERFECT 44(d) : At this time, the applicant intends to rely on Section 44(e) as a basis for registration and requests that the application be suspended to await the submission of the foreign registration. If ultimately the applicant does not rely on §44(e) as a basis for registration, a valid claim of priority may be retained.


International Class 038:  Electronic communications; chatroom services; chatroom services for social networking; online chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards; online chatrooms for the transmission of messages, comments and multimedia content among users; electronic exchange of messages via chat lines, chatrooms and internet forums; providing of email and other electronic notifications; providing an online notification centre; providing user access to a portal for contributing and sharing views, opinions, ratings and information; electronic transmission of information; electronic transmission of news; electronic news agency services; all of the aforesaid relating to finance, financial management, investment and wealth management; advice, planning, information and consultancy services relating to all of the aforesaid services

Priority based on foreign filing: 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 and asserts a claim of priority based on European Union Trademark - EUTM application number 18243194, filed 05/21/2020.
INTENT TO PERFECT 44(d) : At this time, the applicant intends to rely on Section 44(e) as a basis for registration and requests that the application be suspended to await the submission of the foreign registration. If ultimately the applicant does not rely on §44(e) as a basis for registration, a valid claim of priority may be retained.


International Class 041:  Education services; educational research; providing electronic publications; non-downloadable electronic publications; publishing of electronic publications; online video clips, audio clips, multimedia clips, newsletters, journals, blogs, recorded interviews, vlogs, podcasts, webcasts and interactive discussions, all relating to finance and investment; all of the aforesaid relating to personal finance, personal financial management, investment and wealth management; advice, planning, information and consultancy services relating to all of the aforesaid services

Priority based on foreign filing: 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 and asserts a claim of priority based on European Union Trademark - EUTM application number 18243194, filed 05/21/2020.
INTENT TO PERFECT 44(d) : At this time, the applicant intends to rely on Section 44(e) as a basis for registration and requests that the application be suspended to await the submission of the foreign registration. If ultimately the applicant does not rely on §44(e) as a basis for registration, a valid claim of priority may be retained.


International Class 042:  Design, development and customisation of websites and computer software relating to finance and investment; hosting and maintaining websites; providing and maintaining a search platform to enable users to select investment funds and execute the purchase thereof; providing temporary use of non-downloadable, web-based, and cloud-based software and software platforms relating to personal finance, personal financial management, investment and wealth management; software as a service (SAAS) and platform as a service (PAAS) services relating to personal finance, personal financial management, investment and wealth management; providing an online non-downloadable, web-based, and cloud-based connected software platform that facilitates the provision of information, peer-to-peer interaction and transactions relating to personal finance, personal financial management, investment and wealth management; all of the aforesaid relating to personal finance, personal financial management, investment and wealth management; advice, planning, information and consultancy services relating to all of the aforesaid services

Priority based on foreign filing: 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 and asserts a claim of priority based on European Union Trademark - EUTM application number 18243194, filed 05/21/2020.
INTENT TO PERFECT 44(d) : At this time, the applicant intends to rely on Section 44(e) as a basis for registration and requests that the application be suspended to await the submission of the foreign registration. If ultimately the applicant does not rely on §44(e) as a basis for registration, a valid claim of priority may be retained.


International Class 045:  Online social networking services; internet-based social networking services; all of the aforesaid relating to personal finance, personal financial management, investment and wealth management; information and consultancy relating to all of the aforesaid services

Priority based on foreign filing: 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 and asserts a claim of priority based on European Union Trademark - EUTM application number 18243194, filed 05/21/2020.
INTENT TO PERFECT 44(d) : At this time, the applicant intends to rely on Section 44(e) as a basis for registration and requests that the application be suspended to await the submission of the foreign registration. If ultimately the applicant does not rely on §44(e) as a basis for registration, a valid claim of priority may be retained.




The owner's/holder's proposed attorney information: Patrick J. Jennings. Patrick J. Jennings of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP, is a member of the XX bar, admitted to the bar in XXXX, bar membership no. XXX, is located at
      1200 Seventeenth Street, NW
      Washington, District of Columbia 20036
      United States
      202-663-8918(phone)
      dctm@pillsburylaw.com
The docket/reference number is 6770-512846.
Patrick J. Jennings 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 Patrick J. Jennings of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
      1200 Seventeenth Street, NW
      Washington District of Columbia 20036
      United States
      202-663-8918(phone)
      dctm@pillsburylaw.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:

Patrick J. Jennings

PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: dctm@pillsburylaw.com       SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): NOT PROVIDED Requirement for Email and Electronic Filing: I understand that a valid email address must be maintained by the applicant owner/holder and the applicant 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 $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 and was in use in commerce as of the filing date of the application 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 was used on or in connection with the goods/services in the application as of the application filing date; 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 and had a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce as of the application filing date 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: /Pat Jennings/   Date: 05/26/2020
Signatory's Name: Patrick J. Jennings
Signatory's Position: Attorney of Record, DC Bar Member
Payment Sale Number: 88933605
Payment Accounting Date: 05/26/2020

Serial Number: 88933605
Internet Transmission Date: Tue May 26 16:52:18 ET 2020
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XXX.XXX.XXX.X-2020052616521864
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