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: 90349976

Filing Date: 11/30/2020

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: FREE (stylized and/or with design, see mark)
The literal element of the mark consists of FREE. The color(s) orange, pink, red and white is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of a round square with a graphic design of the word FREE where the letters "E" of the word are specifically designed in that the first stroke of the letter E is omitted. The colors orange, red and pink appear in gradient shading from bottom right to top left in the background. The color of the graphic design of the word FREE is white.
The applicant, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a corporation of Korea, South, having an address of
      129, Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu
      Suwon-si, Gyeonnggi-do 16677
      Korea, South
      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:  Smartphones; Mobile telephones; Downloadable and recorded computer software for users to share daily information to provide interactive and personalized intelligence for use by their computer hard devices and software for interfacing with the internet; Downloadable and recorded telephone-based information retrieval software; Computers; Tablet computers; Portable computers; Downloadable and recorded interactive computer software enabling exchange of information; Downloadable and recorded software for searching and retrieving information across a computer network; Downloadable and recorded computer application software for smartphones and tablet computers, namely, software for providing, accessing, searching, browsing, displaying, reading, recommending and organizing information related to time, daily news, current weather and forecasts, current events, recipes, magazines, music and entertainment; Downloadable and recorded voice recognition software; Downloadable music files; Downloadable multimedia files containing artwork, text, audio, video, games, and Internet Web links relating to entertainment, sports, cultural activities, daily news, education, exercise and fitness; Downloadable publications, namely, books, magazines, journals, newspapers, newsletters, tutorials, maps, graphics, and photographs in the field of entertainment, sports, cultural activities, daily news, education, exercise and fitness.

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 United Kingdom application number UK00003560388, filed 11/25/2020.
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:  Providing information and news in the field of business; News clipping services; Advertising; Provision of information concerning commercial sales; Promoting the goods and services of others by means of a loyalty rewards card scheme; Computer file management; Providing information about commercial business and commercial information via the global computer network.

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 United Kingdom application number UK00003560388, filed 11/25/2020.
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 transmission of information, data, and multimedia content of general interest over the internet and other communications networks; Streaming of data; Streaming of audio, visual and audiovisual material via a global computer network; Providing on-line chat rooms for social networking; Electronic bulletin board services; Provision of access to the internet.

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 United Kingdom application number UK00003560388, filed 11/25/2020.
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:  Providing information, listings, and daily news regarding television programming and entertainment from a web site; Daily news reporter services relating to gathering and dissemination of daily news; Providing information in the field of music; Entertainment services in the nature of visual and audio performances, and musical, variety, news and comedy shows; Entertainment services in the nature of providing an informational and entertainment website in the fields of celebrity gossip, entertainment, sports, and fitness; Entertainment services, namely, an ongoing multimedia program featuring sports, cultural activities, daily news, education, exercise and fitness distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; Entertainment and amusement information; Provision of information relating to cultural performances; Providing sporting information from a web site; Providing on-line information in the field of computer gaming entertainment; Providing education information; Providing information on leisure; Providing of read-only online information relating to publishing of electronic publications; Providing information on exercise and fitness from a web site; Providing online digital music, not downloadable, from the Internet; Providing on-line non-downloadable books, magazines, journals, newspapers, newsletters, tutorials, ebooks, maps, graphics, photographs, videos, and music in the field of entertainment, sports, cultural activities, daily news, education, celebrity gossip, exercise and fitness; Providing on-line non-downloadable electronic publications in the nature of e-zines in the field of entertainment, sports, cultural activities, daily news, education, celebrity gossip, and exercise and fitness; Providing online electronic publications, namely, books, magazines, journals, newspapers, newsletters, tutorials, maps, graphics, and photographs in the field of entertainment, sports, cultural activities, daily news, education, and exercise and fitness, not downloadable.

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 United Kingdom application number UK00003560388, filed 11/25/2020.
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:  Hosting of digital content on the Internet; Computer programming; Computer software development; Maintenance and updating of computer software; Providing search engines for the internet.

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 United Kingdom application number UK00003560388, filed 11/25/2020.
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.

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 United Kingdom application number UK00003560388, filed 11/25/2020.
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.




Miscellaneous Statement
The applicant has a bona fide and effective industrial or commercial establishment in United Kingdom


The owner's/holder's proposed attorney information: DENNIS S. PRAHL. Other appointed attorneys are Lanning G. Bryer, Bharati Bakshani, Ralph H. Cathcart, Michael A. Cornman, Jay A. Bondell, Scott J. Lebson and Sebastian Lovera Riso. DENNIS S. PRAHL of Ladas & Parry 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
      1040 Avenue of the Americas
      New York, New York 10018
      United States
      212-708-1817(phone)
      212.246.8959(fax)
      nyustmp@ladas.com
The docket/reference number is 1T20737470.
DENNIS S. PRAHL 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:

DENNIS S. PRAHL

PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: nyustmp@ladas.com        SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): dprahl@ladas.com; akusnierz@ladas.com 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 $1650 has been submitted with the application, representing payment for 6 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: /dp/   Date: 11/30/2020
Signatory's Name: Prahl Dennis S.
Signatory's Position: Attorney and Authorized Signatory
Payment Sale Number: 90349976
Payment Accounting Date: 11/30/2020

Serial Number: 90349976
Internet Transmission Date: Mon Nov 30 21:40:33 ET 2020
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XX.XX.XXX.XX-20201130214033198
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