Application

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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: 97398194

Filing Date: 05/06/2022

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: EKU (stylized and/or with design, see mark)
The literal element of the mark consists of EKU. The applicant is not claiming color as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of the capital letters "EKU" with a slanted line underneath the letters.
The applicant, Eastern Kentucky University, a corporation of Kentucky, having an address of
      Coates CPO 40A
      521 Lancaster Ave.
      Richmond, Kentucky 40475
      United States
      859-622-6693(phone)
      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:

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International Class 038:  Mobile media services in the nature of electronic transmission of entertainment media content

In International Class 038, the mark was first used by the applicant or the applicant's related company or licensee or predecessor in interest at least as early as 05/31/2006, and first used in commerce at least as early as 05/31/2006, and is now in use in such commerce. The applicant is submitting one(or more) specimen(s) showing the mark as used in commerce on or in connection with any item in the class of listed goods/services, consisting of a(n) Campus recreation app for mobile phones..
Specimen File1
Webpage URL: None Provided
Webpage Date of Access: None Provided



SECTION 2(f) Claim of Acquired Distinctiveness, IN PART, based on Five or More Years' Use
The mark has become distinctive of the goods/services through the applicant's substantially exclusive and continuous use of the mark in commerce that the U.S. Congress may lawfully regulate for at least the five years immediately before the date of this statement.

Use of the mark in another form
The mark was first used anywhere in a different form other than that sought to be registered at least as early as 05/31/2006, and in commerce at least as early as 05/31/2006.


For informational purposes only, applicant's website address is: www.eku.edu

The owner's/holder's proposed attorney information: Whitney Crowe. Whitney Crowe of Eastern Kentucky University, is a member of the XX bar, admitted to the bar in XXXX, bar membership no. XXX, is located at
      Coates CPO 40A
      521 Lancaster Ave.
      Richmond, Kentucky 40475
      United States
      859-622-8694(phone)
      whitney.crowe@eku.edu

Whitney Crowe 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:

Whitney Crowe

PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: whitney.crowe@eku.edu        SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): sarah.watts@eku.edu; dana.fohl@eku.edu 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: /Whitney Crowe/   Date: 05/06/2022
Signatory's Name: Whitney Crowe
Signatory's Position: Attorney of Record
Signatory's Phone Number: 859-622-8694
Signature method: Signed directly within the form
Payment Sale Number: 97398194
Payment Accounting Date: 05/06/2022

Serial Number: 97398194
Internet Transmission Date: Fri May 06 12:52:42 ET 2022
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XXX.XX.XXX.XXX-202205061252428
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