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: 97581790

Filing Date: 09/07/2022

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: BHN (stylized and/or with design, see mark)
The literal element of the mark consists of BHN. The mark consists of three stylized bird designs, two overlapping, above the letters BHN.
The applicant, Blackhawk Network, Inc., a corporation of Arizona, having an address of
      6220 Stoneridge Mall Road
      Pleasanton, California 94588
      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:  promoting the sale of gift cards, prepaid debit cards, incentive cards, financial services cards and prepaid telecommunication cards and products of others through the distribution of printed materials and promotional contests; Promoting the goods of others by issuing coupons and rebates, namely, providing electronic coupons and rebates for the goods of others; Promoting the goods and services of others and providing customer loyalty services for others by providing an incentive awards program for customers and employees through the management, validation, fulfillment and processing of redemption-based promotions in the nature of rebate programs, gift-with-purchase programs, points-based incentive promotions, incentive award programs, and refer-a-friend promotions; providing administrative processing services of product rebates via a global computer network; providing incentive award programs for customers and employees through the distribution of prepaid purchase cards for the purpose of promoting and rewarding loyalty; business management of customer loyalty programs in which prepaid purchase cards are issued; providing customer loyalty services in the field of prepaid cards, namely, providing card balance and related information services for loyalty, commercial, promotional, and advertising purposes; promoting the reward, promotion, incentive, loyalty and engagement of others through the administration of incentive award programs using gift cards, rebate cards, membership cards, and loyalty cards; promoting employee, distributor, and customer reward and recognition, sales incentive, costs savings, and loyalty, frequency, rebate, and affinity programs for others, through the administering and conducting of incentive award programs involving the issuance of prepaid purchase cards, gift cards, merchandise, digital payments and checks, for the purpose of promoting and rewarding loyalty; marketing services in the fields of consumer, employee, loyalty and sales incentive award programs, namely, providing customized communication programs in the nature of loyalty promotions, web promotions, mobile promotions, and promotional communications; providing an Internet website portal featuring promotion of self-service consumer, employee, loyalty, and sales reward products and communication programs
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:  issuance of prepaid gift cards, debit cards, credit cards and remittance cards being stored value cards; issuing of vouchers for payment of goods and services of others; providing electronic processing of stored value card transactions and providing electronic payments via a global computer network; financial services, namely, providing on-line stored value accounts in an electronic environment; processing electronic payments for electronic stored value prepaid cards and issuing electronic stored value prepaid cards via consumers' emails, mobile devices, electronic wallets and other accounts allowing access to electronic stored value prepaid cards; financial services, namely, stored value prepaid card services in the nature of processing electronic payments made through prepaid cards, processing digital currency payments to third parties, electronic credit card and debit card transaction processing and providing on-line stored value accounts in an electronic environment; issuing stored value cards for use as electronic travel tickets; providing rebates at participating establishments of others through use of a membership card; value exchange services, namely, secure electronic cash transactions to facilitate electronic commerce; Electronic payment services involving electronic processing and subsequent transmission of electronic payments to transfer value and value equivalents, namely, cash, points, minutes, and credits, to prepaid cards or mobile devices or accounts from other prepaid cards or mobile devices or accounts; facilitating cash withdrawals from and cash deposits to plastic cards, other access devices or accounts in the nature of electronic processing and subsequent transmission of cash withdrawals and cash deposits
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: Michelle M. Mikol. Other appointed attorneys are all other attorneys of Barnes & Thornburg LLP. Michelle M. Mikol of Barnes & Thornburg 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
      1717 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Suite 500
      Washington, District of Columbia 20006-4623
      United States
      202-289-1313(phone)
      202-289-1330(fax)
      mmikol@btlaw.com
The docket/reference number is 60656-370513.
Michelle M. Mikol 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:

Michelle M. Mikol

PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: mmikol@btlaw.com        SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): docketingtm-dc@btlaw.com ; sarah.harrell@btlaw.com; paula.ward@btlaw.com 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: /James S McDonald/   Date: 09/07/2022
Signatory's Name: James McDonald
Signatory's Position: VP, Litigation & Chief IP Counsel
Signatory's Phone Number: 202-289-1313
Signature method: Sent to third party for signature
Payment Sale Number: 97581790
Payment Accounting Date: 09/07/2022

Serial Number: 97581790
Internet Transmission Date: Wed Sep 07 16:06:24 ET 2022
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XXX.XX.XX.XX-20220907160625913
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