Application

PTO- 1478

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PTO- 1478

Approved for use through 10/31/2024. OMB 0651-0009

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it contains a valid OMB control number

Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register

Serial Number: 97222692

Filing Date: 01/17/2022

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: THE GUITAR CENTER COMPANY (stylized and/or with design, see mark)
The literal element of the mark consists of THE GUITAR CENTER COMPANY. The applicant is not claiming color as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of the word "the" in lowercase letters above the word GUITAR positioned over the word CENTER, which is above the word "company" in lowercase letters.
The applicant, GUITAR CENTER, INC., a corporation of Delaware, having an address of
      5795 Lindero Canyon Road
      Westlake Village, California 91362
      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 035:  Retail store services featuring guitars, amplifiers, drums, string instruments, bowed instruments, woodwind instruments, brass instruments, percussion instruments, keyboard instruments, and percussion pro-audio, sheet music, music books, and accessories and products related thereto; Online retail store services featuring guitars, amplifiers, drums, string instruments, bowed instruments, woodwind instruments, brass instruments, percussion instruments, keyboard instruments, and percussion pro-audio, sheet music, music books, and accessories and products related thereto;
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:  Provision and operation of music rehearsal studios; Music lessons; Musical instrument maintenance, repairs and upgrades; Rental of musical instruments
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) 1290481, 2085508, 2280874, and others.


The owner's/holder's proposed attorney information: Adam K Sacharoff. Adam K Sacharoff of Much Shelist, PC, is a member of the XX bar, admitted to the bar in XXXX, bar membership no. XXX, is located at
      191 N Wacker Drive, Suite 1800
      Chicago, Illinois 60606
      United States
      312-521-2775(phone)
      3125212875(fax)
      ipdocket@muchlaw.com
The docket/reference number is 0015970.3005.
Adam K Sacharoff 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:

Adam K Sacharoff

PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: ipdocket@muchlaw.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 $700 has been submitted with the application, representing payment for 2 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: /adamksacharoff/   Date: 01/17/2022
Signatory's Name: Adam K Sacharoff
Signatory's Position: Attorney of Record, IL Bar Member
Signatory's Phone Number: 312-521-2775
Signature method: Signed directly within the form
Payment Sale Number: 97222692
Payment Accounting Date: 01/18/2022

Serial Number: 97222692
Internet Transmission Date: Mon Jan 17 11:57:29 ET 2022
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XX.XXX.XXX.X-20220117115729672
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