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: 97238757

Filing Date: 01/26/2022

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: 9 (stylized and/or with design, see mark)
The literal element of the mark consists of 9. The applicant is not claiming color as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of a number "9" in stylized font, the bottom of which is cut by a stylized equal sign.
The applicant, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, a corporation of New York, having an address of
      730 Third Avenue, 12th Floor
      New York, New York 10017
      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:  Retirement plan recordkeeping services
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:  Underwriting and administering insurance, namely, life and annuities; providing financial services, namely, investment, administration, distribution and overseeing of investment vehicles, namely, mutual funds and annuities, to sponsors and participants of retirement and deferred compensation plans and to the general public; providing financial services, namely, investment, administration, distribution and management of assets to individual and institutional investors, endowments and trusts, through a range of registered and unregistered investment vehicles, joint ventures and other structures across a variety of asset classes, namely, equity, fixed income, real estate and alternative investment strategies; administering trusts and tuition savings programs for others; broker/dealer and investment advisory services for a variety of investment vehicles, namely, mutual funds, annuities, IRAs and managed account programs; banking services and trust services, namely, fiduciary representative and investment management services
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 services, namely, conducting educational workshops, conferences, and roundtable discussions in the fields of retirement trends and lifelong financial security, governance, financial stewardship, and organizational success and distribution of materials for informational, educational, training, and research purposes in connection therewith; educational services, namely, conducting practice management programs for financial advisors featuring relationship building techniques designed to enhance client acquisition, development, and retention efforts; educational services, namely, providing educational workshops on financial insurance, investment and retirement products and services and related issues to groups who influence institutional and individual decisions on financial products and their providers
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 owner's/holder's proposed attorney information: Tamar Niv Bessinger. Other appointed attorneys are All other attorneys in the firm. Tamar Niv Bessinger 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 Street, 17th Floor
      New York, New York 10036
      United States
      212-813-5900(phone)
      Bessinger-Docket@fzlz.com
The docket/reference number is TIAA 2202337.
Tamar Niv Bessinger 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:

Tamar Niv Bessinger

PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Bessinger-Docket@fzlz.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 $1050 has been submitted with the application, representing payment for 3 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: /Stephen Tisdalle/   Date: 01/25/2022
Signatory's Name: Stephen Tisdalle
Signatory's Position: Executive Vice President
Signatory's Phone Number: 000-000-0000
Signature method: Sent to third party for signature
Payment Sale Number: 97238757
Payment Accounting Date: 01/26/2022

Serial Number: 97238757
Internet Transmission Date: Wed Jan 26 09:51:56 ET 2022
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XX.XXX.XXX.XX-2022012609515659
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