Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register
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PTO Form 1478 (Rev 09/2006)
OMB No. 0651-0009 (Exp 02/28/2021)
Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register
The color(s) black, white and cyan is/are claimed as a feature of the mark.
*DESCRIPTION OF THE MARK
(and Color Location, if applicable)
The mark consists of a black crest outlined in cyan with the words MLS in white in the upper left corner of the crest and the letters NE and T in
white outlined in black with a cyan star with four points between the letters E and T.
PIXEL COUNT ACCEPTABLE
YES
PIXEL COUNT
600 x 600
REGISTER
Principal
APPLICANT INFORMATION
*OWNER OF MARK
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER, L.L.C.
*MAILING ADDRESS
420 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor
*CITY
New York
*STATE
(Required for U.S. applicants)
New York
*COUNTRY/REGION/JURISDICTION/U.S. TERRITORY
United States
*ZIP/POSTAL CODE
(Required for U.S. and certain international addresses)
10018
*EMAIL ADDRESS
XXXX
LEGAL ENTITY INFORMATION
TYPE
limited liability company
STATE/COUNTRY/REGION/JURISDICTION/U.S. TERRITORY WHERE LEGALLY ORGANIZED
Delaware
GOODS AND/OR SERVICES AND BASIS INFORMATION
INTERNATIONAL CLASS
009
*IDENTIFICATION
Downloadable software for youth development soccer platform, with components for training, registration, and membership for soccer leagues;
fitted plastic films known as skins for covering and providing a scratch proof barrier or protection for electronic devices, namely, MP3 players, mobile telephones, smart telephones, PC tablets,
laptops, and wireless speakers; computer and video game software and programs; downloadable image files containing artwork, text, audio, video, games, Internet Web links in the field of soccer;
downloadable video clips from soccer games; downloadable video game software; video game devices and video game consoles
FILING BASIS
SECTION 1(b)
INTERNATIONAL CLASS
016
*IDENTIFICATION
Posters; stickers; event programs; decals; sports trading cards; bumper stickers; printed paper signs; printed media guides relating to a
soccer team; souvenir soccer programs; printed event admission tickets; photographic prints; magazines featuring information in the field of soccer; paper hang tags; pencils; notebooks; binders
FILING BASIS
SECTION 1(b)
INTERNATIONAL CLASS
025
*IDENTIFICATION
Clothing, namely, athletic uniforms, soccer bibs, socks, t-shirts, fleece tops, jerseys, hats, caps being headwear, visors being headwear,
beanies, shorts, pants, sweat suits, jackets, hooded sweatshirts, scarves, wristbands as clothing, baby bibs not made of paper; infantwear; infant and toddler clothing, namely, one-piece clothing,
overalls, socks, and dresses; headwear; footwear; all of the foregoing offered in connection with soccer
FILING BASIS
SECTION 1(b)
INTERNATIONAL CLASS
028
*IDENTIFICATION
Soccer balls; soccer goals; soccer ball bags; plush toys; foosball tables; Christmas tree ornaments; game tables; games, namely, bag toss
games, washer game in the nature of a target game, a building game involving stackable pieces, and game tables; fitted plastic films known as skins for covering and providing a scratch proof barrier
and protection for hand-held, electronic video gaming devices and video game consoles
FILING BASIS
SECTION 1(b)
INTERNATIONAL CLASS
035
*IDENTIFICATION
Sports recruiting services for youth soccer players; providing a web site that provides soccer league management; administration of youth
development soccer leagues
FILING BASIS
SECTION 1(b)
INTERNATIONAL CLASS
041
*IDENTIFICATION
Educational and mentoring services in the field of youth soccer; sports entertainment services including soccer games and soccer tournaments;
entertainment services, namely, soccer exhibitions rendered live in a stadium, and through the media of television and radio and via the Internet; provision of entertainment in the nature of
non-downloadable pre-recorded film clips from soccer games, presented via mobile communication devices; provision of information in the field of soccer via the Internet and mobile devices
FILING BASIS
SECTION 1(b)
INTERNATIONAL CLASS
042
*IDENTIFICATION
Software as a service services for youth development soccer platform, with components for training, registration, and membership for soccer
leagues; creating an on-line community for soccer players, colleges, and sports recruiters for the purpose of connecting players, teams and leagues, organizing games, developing players, and
coordinating college recruitment and scouting
FILING BASIS
SECTION 1(b)
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS SECTION
ACTIVE PRIOR REGISTRATION(S)
The applicant claims ownership of active prior U.S. Registration Number(s) 2057686, 4774301, 2459891, and others.
SIGNIFICANCE OF MARK
MLS appearing in the mark means or signifies or is a term of art for MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER in the relevant trade or industry or as
used in connection with the goods/services listed in the application.
ATTORNEY INFORMATION
NAME
Allison Strickland Ricketts
ATTORNEY DOCKET NUMBER
MLSO
ATTORNEY BAR MEMBERSHIP NUMBER
XXX
YEAR OF ADMISSION
XXXX
U.S. STATE/ COMMONWEALTH/ TERRITORY
XX
FIRM NAME
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C.
STREET
151 West 42nd St., 17th Floor
CITY
New York
STATE
New York
COUNTRY/REGION/JURISDICTION/U.S. TERRITORY
United States
ZIP/POSTAL CODE
10036
PHONE
212-813-5900
EMAIL ADDRESS
Ricketts-docket@fzlz.com
OTHER APPOINTED ATTORNEY
Lawrence E. Apolzon, Andrew N. Fredbeck, Nancy Sabarra, Karen Lim, Charles T. J. Weigell, Ashford Tucker; Tamar Niv Bessinger
CORRESPONDENCE INFORMATION
NAME
Allison Strickland Ricketts
PRIMARY EMAIL ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE
Ricketts-docket@fzlz.com
SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES)
Bessinger-docket@fzlz.com
FEE INFORMATION
APPLICATION FILING OPTION
TEAS Standard
NUMBER OF CLASSES
7
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION PER CLASS
275
*TOTAL FEES DUE
1925
*TOTAL FEES PAID
1925
SIGNATURE INFORMATION
SIGNATURE
/Jacqueline Curtin/
SIGNATORY'S NAME
Jacqueline Curtin
SIGNATORY'S POSITION
Vice President, Legal
SIGNATORY'S PHONE NUMBER
9178433391
DATE SIGNED
09/07/2020
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:90163418
Filing Date:09/07/2020
To the Commissioner for Trademarks:
MARK: MLS NEXT (stylized and/or with design, see mark)
The literal element of the mark consists of MLS NEXT. The color(s) black, white and cyan is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of a black crest outlined in cyan with the words
MLS in white in the upper left corner of the crest and the letters NE and T in white outlined in black with a cyan star with four points between the letters E and T.
The applicant, MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER, L.L.C., a limited liability company legally organized under the laws of Delaware, having an address of
420 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, New York 10018
United States
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: Downloadable software for youth development soccer platform, with components for training, registration, and membership for soccer leagues; fitted plastic films known
as skins for covering and providing a scratch proof barrier or protection for electronic devices, namely, MP3 players, mobile telephones, smart telephones, PC tablets, laptops, and wireless speakers;
computer and video game software and programs; downloadable image files containing artwork, text, audio, video, games, Internet Web links in the field of soccer; downloadable video clips from soccer
games; downloadable video game software; video game devices and video game consoles
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 016: Posters; stickers; event programs; decals; sports trading cards; bumper stickers; printed paper signs; printed media guides relating to a soccer team; souvenir soccer
programs; printed event admission tickets; photographic prints; magazines featuring information in the field of soccer; paper hang tags; pencils; notebooks; binders
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 025: Clothing, namely, athletic uniforms, soccer bibs, socks, t-shirts, fleece tops, jerseys, hats, caps being headwear, visors being headwear, beanies, shorts, pants, sweat
suits, jackets, hooded sweatshirts, scarves, wristbands as clothing, baby bibs not made of paper; infantwear; infant and toddler clothing, namely, one-piece clothing, overalls, socks, and dresses;
headwear; footwear; all of the foregoing offered in connection with soccer
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 028: Soccer balls; soccer goals; soccer ball bags; plush toys; foosball tables; Christmas tree ornaments; game tables; games, namely, bag toss games, washer game in the
nature of a target game, a building game involving stackable pieces, and game tables; fitted plastic films known as skins for covering and providing a scratch proof barrier and protection for
hand-held, electronic video gaming devices and video game consoles
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: Sports recruiting services for youth soccer players; providing a web site that provides soccer league management; administration of youth development soccer 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: Educational and mentoring services in the field of youth soccer; sports entertainment services including soccer games and soccer tournaments; entertainment services,
namely, soccer exhibitions rendered live in a stadium, and through the media of television and radio and via the Internet; provision of entertainment in the nature of non-downloadable pre-recorded
film clips from soccer games, presented via mobile communication devices; provision of information in the field of soccer via the Internet and mobile devices
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: Software as a service services for youth development soccer platform, with components for training, registration, and membership for soccer leagues; creating an on-line
community for soccer players, colleges, and sports recruiters for the purpose of connecting players, teams and leagues, organizing games, developing players, and coordinating college recruitment and
scouting
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.
Claim of Active Prior Registration(s)
The applicant claims ownership of active prior U.S. Registration Number(s) 2057686, 4774301, 2459891, and others. Significance of wording, letter(s), or numeral(s)
MLS appearing in the mark means or signifies or is a term of art for MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER in the relevant trade or industry or as used in connection with the goods/services listed in the
application.
The owner's/holder's proposed attorney information: Allison Strickland Ricketts. Other appointed attorneys are Lawrence E. Apolzon, Andrew N. Fredbeck, Nancy Sabarra, Karen Lim, Charles T. J.
Weigell, Ashford Tucker; Tamar Niv Bessinger. Allison Strickland Ricketts of Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C., is a member of the XX bar, admitted to the bar in XXXX, bar membership no.
XXX, and the attorney(s) is located at
151 West 42nd St., 17th Floor
New York, New York 10036
United States
212-813-5900(phone)
Ricketts-docket@fzlz.com
The docket/reference number is MLSO.
Allison Strickland Ricketts 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's current Correspondence Information:
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).