Application

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

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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: 97253340

Filing Date: 02/04/2022

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: MELI (stylized and/or with design, see mark)
The literal element of the mark consists of MELI. The color(s) yellow, navy blue, and white is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of the design of a handshake in white, enclosed in a yellow oval with navy blue shading underneath the oval and the stylized wording "MELI" appearing to the right of the oval in navy blue.
The applicant, MercadoLibre, Inc., a corporation of Delaware, having an address of
      Suite C
      874 Walker Road
      Dover, Delaware 19904
      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 042:  Software as a service (SaaS) services, featuring software that allows users to conduct electronic business transactions, shopping, tracking shipments, payment transactions in online marketplaces via a global computer network; providing customized online web pages featuring user-defined information, which includes search engines and on-line web links to other websites; implementing, maintaining and hosting web sites for others; design and development of computer hardware and software; design and development of computer systems; design and development of data storage systems; computer programming services; computer programming services for creation of online facilities for others for providing commercial platform for the dispatch, promotion, sale and resale of items via a global computer network, and for the collection and dissemination of statistical, quantitative and qualitative information regarding the sale and resale of items via a global computer network; software as a services (SaaS) services featuring software for e-commerce, advertisement, shipping, fintech, and billing services; design and development of computer software, software applications, and application programming interfaces; computer technology support services, namely, help desk services; technical support services, namely, troubleshooting of computer software problems; hosting digital content on behalf of users on the Internet; electronic storage of electronic media, namely, images, text, audio, and video data; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software and software development tools for use in developing software and software applications in the field of e-commerce; maintenance and updating of computer software; design, development and maintenance of telecommunications software; providing software services for the management and transmission of information and data; computer software services in the nature of temporary use of online, non-downloadable software for use to connect and control internet of things (IoT) electronic devices; information technology support services, namely, help desk services; provision of technical support in the operation of computer systems; technical consultancy and advisory services relating to the aforesaid services; non-downloadable computer software for the creation, production and modification of digital animated and non-animated designs and characters, avatars, digital overlays and skins for access and use in online environments, virtual online environments, and extended reality virtual environments; developing computer software for the demonstration and sale of goods and services for others for use in 3D interactive environments; software as a service (SaaS) for designing and developing 3D 360 degree shopping experiences, virtual retail stores, and virtual showrooms; providing an augmented and virtual reality software platform for developing, designing, viewing, hosting, and maintaining virtual retail stores and virtual showrooms; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for retailers to build, maintain, price, update and operate a virtual store; design of computer software to facilitate the transactions of cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens (NFTs); providing user authentication services using blockchain-based software technology for cryptocurrency transactions
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: Kristina Montanaro Schrader. Other appointed attorneys are Haverly MacArthur, Edward Playfair. Kristina Montanaro Schrader of Adams and Reese 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
      Suite 1400
      1600 West End Avenue
      Nashville, Tennessee 37203
      United States
      615-259-1450(phone)
      trademarks@arlaw.com
The docket/reference number is 026637-1.
Kristina Montanaro Schrader 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:

Kristina Montanaro Schrader

PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: trademarks@arlaw.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 $350 has been submitted with the application, representing payment for 1 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: /Hernán Jacobo Cohen Imach/   Date: 02/04/2022
Signatory's Name: Hernán Jacobo Cohen Imach
Signatory's Position: General Counsel
Signatory's Phone Number: 615-259-1450
Signature method: Sent to third party for signature
Payment Sale Number: 97253340
Payment Accounting Date: 02/04/2022

Serial Number: 97253340
Internet Transmission Date: Fri Feb 04 11:51:23 ET 2022
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XX.XX.XXX.XXX-2022020411512301
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