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: 97546533

Filing Date: 08/12/2022

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: STARFISH (Standard Characters, see mark)
The literal element of the mark consists of STARFISH. The mark consists of standard characters, without claim to any particular font style, size, or color.
The applicant, Starfish Social Media Inc., a corporation of Delaware, having an address of
      270 White Cap Lane
      Newport Beach, California 92657
      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 045:  Internet-based social networking services; online social networking services; online social networking services for charitable organizations; online social networking services in the field of charitable, philanthropic, volunteer, public and community services, and humanitarian activities; online social networking services in the field of charitable, philanthropic, volunteer, public and community services, and humanitarian activities provided via a website; providing on-line computer databases and on-line searchable databases in the field of social networking; online social networking services provided through a community website; community outreach services provided to charitable organizations, namely on-line social networking services; providing social services and information in the field of social networking, namely, the provision of information in the field of charitable, philanthropic, volunteer, public and community services, and humanitarian activities; social networking services; on-line social networking services for individuals to connect with each other on charitable, philanthropic, and humanitarian causes, projects, endeavors, and interests; on-line social networking services for individuals to share stories and encouragement about charitable, philanthropic, and humanitarian causes, projects, endeavors, and interests
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: Joseph A.R. Gerber. Other appointed attorneys are John B. Sganga, Jr., Edward A. Schlatter, Joseph R. Re, Catherine J. Holland, Jeffrey L. Van Hoosear, Daniel E. Altman, Lynda J. Zadra-Symes, Stephen C. Jensen, Steven J. Nataupsky, Paul A. Stewart, Joseph F. Jennings, Craig S. Summers, Ronald J. Schoenbaum, John R. King, Adeel S. Akhtar, David N. Weiss, Douglas G. Muehlhauser, Lori Lee Yamato, Michael K. Friedland, Stacey R. Halpern, Jon W. Gurka, Joseph M. Reisman, Michael L. Fuller, Paul N. Conover, Robert J. Roby, Sabing H. Lee, Karoline A. Delaney, William R. Zimmerman, Eric S. Furman, Susan M. Natland, Rabinder N. Narula, Bruce S. Itchkawitz, John M. Grover, Irfan A. Lateef, Amy Christensen Chun, Mark J. Gallagher, Brian C. Horne, Payson LeMeilleur, Sheila N. Swaroop, Benjamin A. Katzenellenbogen, Andrew N. Merickel, Linda H. Liu, James F. Herkenhoff, Andrew M. Douglas, Salima A. Merani, Jonathan A. Hyman, Curtiss C. Dosier, Joseph J. Mallon, Sean M. Murray, Christy G. Lea, Perry D. Oldham, Russell M. Jeide, Zi Y. Wong, Matthew S. Bellinger, Gregory A. Hermanson, Lauren Keller Katzenellenbogen, Ted M. Cannon, Carol Pitzel Cruz, Josué A. Villalta, Andrew I. Kimmel, Brenden Gingrich, Maria Culic Anderson, Melanie J. Seelig, Mauricio A. Uribe, Curtis R. Huffmire, Christopher L. Ross, Eli A. Loots, Ryan E. Melnick, Yanna S. Bouris, Philip M. Nelson, Marko R. Zoretic, Kerry S. Taylor, Derek C. Dailey, Jarom D. Kesler, Colin B. Heideman, Theodore G. Papagiannis, Nicholas M. Zovko, Adam J. Gilbert, Kimberly J. Miller, Thomas Y. Yee, Agnes Juang, Jason J. Jardine, Jared C. Bunker, Lance D. Smemoe, Joshua J. Stowell, Jonathan E. Bachand, Ali S. Razai, Terry K. Tullis, Derek R. Bayles, Cheryl T. Burgess, Gregory B. Phillips, Brian C. Claassen, Mark Lezama, Sean Ambrosius, Stephen W. Larson, Michael R. Christensen, Benjamin J. Everton, Jason A. Gersting, Baraa Kahf, Alan G. Laquer, Vlad Teplitskiy, Jeffery L. Hallstrom, Maria V. Stout, William O. Adams, Ian W. Gillies, Andrew W. Lloyd, Mark D. Kachner, Lincoln S. Essig, David R. Trossen, Aaron M. Davis, Jason R. Swartz, Benjamin B. Anger, Jason A. Champion, Daniel V. Gibson, Jeremy J. Carney, Karen Cassidy Selvaggio, Adam B. Powell, Karen J. Lenker, Bryan G. McWhorter, Nathanael R. Luman, Andrea L. Cheek, Damien J. Howard, Jane Q. Dai, Shannon Lam, Peter Law, Jacob Peterson, Christie R.W. Matthaei, Vladimir S. Lozan, Paul S. Stellman, Heungsoo Choi, Vikas Bhargava, Jeremy A. Anapol, Scott A. Cromar, Kendall M. Loebbaka, David R. Schmidt, Harnik Shukla, Charlene A. Azema, Morgan R. Coates, Jessica L. Achtsam, Jonathan A. Menkes, Rosaleen H. Chou, Kyu S. Min, Chang Sik Lim, Thomas S.H. Cowan, Devanie A. DuFour, Hans L. Mayer, Jessica C. Sganga, Justin J. Gillett, Alexander J. Martinez, Brian M. Graham, Brian J. Flynn, Mitchell B. Hadley, Robert J. Hilton, Daniel P. Hughes, Andrew E. Morrell, Jeremiah S. Helm, David M. Cohen, Jordan Gottdank, Nathan D. Reeves, Brandon G. Smith, Xiaoyan Sabrina Wang, Kregg A. Koch, Pushkal Mishra, Deborah S. Shepherd, Mark D. Marsden, Joan Y. Chan, Nicholas A. Belair, Angela K. Dremann, M. Scott Forbes, Elenore Niu, Daniel C. Kiang, Keith M. Lim, Ashley C. Morales, Jordan M. Cox, Albert J. Sueiras, Mark Rubinshtein, Clayton R. Henson, Daniel A. Kamkar, Jacob R. Rosenbaum, Douglas B. Wentzel, Aryeh N. Feinstein, Aaron S. Johnson, Bryan J. Johnson, Lindsay A. Laddaran, Janet M. Allendorph, Alexander Zeng, Samuel I. Cockriel, Serah R. Friedman, Bita Kianian, Justin E. Culbertson, Marissa M. Rosenbaum, Karl W. Kowallis, Christopher L. Lewis, Ben K. Shiroma, Makoto Tsunozaki, Matthew S. Friedrichs, David G. Kim, Silas K. Alexander, Nima Zargari, Kenneth K. Wang, Brian C. Barnes, Emily J. Asgari, Spencer R. Carter, Xiaoyu Shelley Chen, Laura E. Liebman, Katherine R. McMorrow, Alexander G. Trimes, Logan P. Young, Julie T. Vo, Matthew I. Burton, Steven N. Friedland, Jose A. Martin del Campo, Michelle J. Ziperstein, Cesar A. Estrada, Hyunjin Park, Matthew T. Pham, Julia N. Hanson, Brianne M. Kingery, Joshua C. Loader, Raymond S. Lu, Alistair J. McIntyre, Kenneth P. McNeill, Morgan E. Robertson, Geetha Durairaj, Joseph A.R. Gerber, Holly M. Gordon, Inzer C. Ni, Charles K. Crane, Mary Bao, Christian D. Boettcher, Nyja A. Prior, Nefi R. Oliva, Fred Feyzi, James E. Youngblood, Martin S. Sulsky, Yusuke Hirai, Erin M. Cardinal, Amit Kulkarni, Charles J. Sirek, and Paige E. Radtke. Joseph A.R. Gerber of Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, 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
      2040 Main Street, 14th Floor
      Irvine, California 92614
      United States
      949-760-0404(phone)
      949-760-9502(fax)
      efiling@knobbe.com
The docket/reference number is SSMED.003T.
Joseph A.R. Gerber 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:

Joseph A.R. Gerber

PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: efiling@knobbe.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: /Steven G Mott/   Date: 08/12/2022
Signatory's Name: Steven Mott
Signatory's Position: Chief Operating Officer
Signatory's Phone Number: 949-760-0404
Signature method: Sent to third party for signature
Payment Sale Number: 97546533
Payment Accounting Date: 08/12/2022

Serial Number: 97546533
Internet Transmission Date: Fri Aug 12 14:20:24 ET 2022
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XXX.XXX.XX.XX-2022081214202439
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