| Serial Number | 88302296 |
| Word Mark | ABA |
| Filing Date | Thursday, February 14, 2019 |
| Status | 700 - REGISTERED |
| Status Date | Tuesday, November 24, 2020 |
| Registration Number | 6206394 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, November 24, 2020 |
| Mark Drawing | 3 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, August 6, 2019 |
| Goods and Services | Printed publications, namely, magazines and books in the field of law; printed legal journals; a series of printed books on legal topics for lawyer and non-lawyer consumers |
| Pseudo Mark | AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION |
| Goods and Services | Legal information services; providing news, information, and commentary in the field of law, namely, legal news, information, and commentary via a website and social media feeds |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the conjoined letters "ABA" in blue with a light blue triangle forming part of the first "A" and an orange triangle forming part of the second "A". |
| Goods and Services | Association services, namely, promoting public awareness of the legal system, the legal profession, and the need to improve the legal system for the public; association services, namely, promoting the interests of the legal profession and lawyers, judges, law students and other legal professionals; promoting public awareness of the law, legal processes, and the law's impact on society by means of public advocacy; promoting public awareness of the rule of law, the legal process, and the role of the legal profession in an effort to promote respect for the rule of law, the legal process, and the role of the legal profession; promoting the advancement of justice through rigorous research on the law, legal processes, and the law's impact on our society; public policy research services, namely, researching issues facing the legal system in the United States and internationally; business networking; arranging and conducting business conferences; providing online employment information in the field of legal job listings; online retail store services featuring publications in the field of law; promoting the goods and services of others by providing discounts, including in the field of insurance, marketed exclusively to lawyers, judges, law students, other legal professionals and personnel, legal entities comprised of the foregoing, family members of the foregoing, and members of an association that promotes the interests of the legal profession and lawyers, judges, law students and other legal professionals; promoting the goods and/or services of others in the field of insurance that are marketed exclusively to members and their families and prospective members of an association that promotes the interests of the legal profession and lawyers, judges, law students and other legal professionals and personnel, and legal entities comprised of the foregoing; promoting the goods and services of others by arranging for businesses to affiliate their insurance services with the goods and services of a third party by means of sponsorship relationships in the field of insurance marketed exclusively to lawyers, judges, law students, other legal professionals and personnel, legal entities comprised of the foregoing, family members of the foregoing, and members of an association that promotes the interests of the legal profession and lawyers, judges, law students and other legal professionals |
| Goods and Services | Downloadable podcasts in the field of law; downloadable e-books on legal topics for lawyer and non-lawyer consumers |
| Goods and Services | Indicating membership in a national legal association |
| Goods and Services | Publishing of books and e-books on legal topics for lawyer and non-lawyer consumers; publishing of e-books, journals, books and handbooks in the field of law; providing on-line publications in the nature of a magazine in the field of law; education services, namely, providing live and on-line continuing legal education courses; educational services, namely, conducting seminars, educational forums, courses and programs in legal education and on legal topics, and distributing course materials in connection therewith; arranging and conducting educational conferences; education services, namely, providing non-downloadable webinars in the field of law |
| Goods and Services | Charitable fundraising; providing grants for research, education, and public service projects in the legal field; insurance services, namely, insurance brokerage, insurance administration, and insurance information marketed exclusively to lawyers, judges, law students, other legal professionals and personnel, legal entities comprised of the foregoing, family members of the foregoing, and members of an association that promotes the interests of the legal profession and lawyers, judges, law students and other legal professionals; financial planning for retirement provided to the legal profession; financial retirement plan consulting services provided to the legal profession; providing information and advice to the legal profession in the field of financial investments and the financial aspects of retirement; financial services, namely, providing law firms with retirement and pension plan administration in the field of employee retirement investment programs, 401(k) investment and administration, profit sharing and defined benefit plans; providing related financial planning services in the field of retirement provided to the legal profession |
| Indication of Colors claimed | The color(s) blue, light blue and orange is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Attorney referral and matching services, namely, providing an online forum that allows individuals and businesses to submit legal questions and refers submitted questions to lawyers for response |
| International Class | 009 - Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity; apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, recording discs; automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers; fire extinguishing apparatus. |
| US Class Codes | 021, 023, 026, 036, 038 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, March 8, 2019 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Saturday, June 1, 2019 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Saturday, June 1, 2019 |
| International Class | 016 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials, not included in other classes; printed matter; bookbinding material; photographs; stationery; adhesives for stationery or household purposes; artists' materials; paint brushes; typewriters and office requisites (except furniture); instructional and teaching material (except apparatus); plastic materials for packaging (not included in other classes); printers' type; printing blocks. |
| US Class Codes | 002, 005, 022, 023, 029, 037, 038, 050 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, March 8, 2019 |
| Primary Code | 016 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Wednesday, July 31, 2019 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Wednesday, July 31, 2019 |
| International Class | 035 - Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 102 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, March 8, 2019 |
| Primary Code | 035 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Saturday, June 1, 2019 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Saturday, June 1, 2019 |
| International Class | 036 - Insurance; financial affairs; monetary affairs; real estate affairs. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 102 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, March 8, 2019 |
| Primary Code | 036 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Saturday, June 1, 2019 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Saturday, June 1, 2019 |
| International Class | 038 - Services allowing people to communicate with another by a sensory means. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 104 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Tuesday, June 18, 2019 |
| Primary Code | 038 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Wednesday, July 1, 2020 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Wednesday, July 1, 2020 |
| International Class | 041 - Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 107 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, March 8, 2019 |
| Primary Code | 041 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Thursday, August 1, 2019 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Thursday, August 1, 2019 |
| International Class | 045 - Legal services; security services for the protection of property and individuals; personal and social services rendered by others to meet the needs of individuals. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, March 8, 2019 |
| Primary Code | 045 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Saturday, June 1, 2019 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Saturday, June 1, 2019 |
| International Class | 200 - Unknown |
| US Class Codes | 200 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, March 8, 2019 |
| Primary Code | 200 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Sunday, September 1, 2019 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Sunday, September 1, 2019 |
| Party Name | American Bar Association |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | Chicago, IL 60654 |
| Party Name | American Bar Association |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | Chicago, IL 60654 |
| Party Name | American Bar Association |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | Chicago, IL 60654 |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Friday, March 8, 2019 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Tuesday, March 12, 2019 | TEAS VOLUNTARY AMENDMENT RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, March 12, 2019 | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED |
| Saturday, March 16, 2019 | ASSIGNED TO LIE |
| Saturday, March 16, 2019 | PRELIMINARY/VOLUNTARY AMENDMENT - ENTERED |
| Thursday, March 21, 2019 | NOTICE OF DESIGN SEARCH CODE E-MAILED |
| Thursday, April 25, 2019 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Friday, April 26, 2019 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Friday, April 26, 2019 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Friday, April 26, 2019 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, June 18, 2019 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, June 18, 2019 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Tuesday, June 18, 2019 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Wednesday, June 19, 2019 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, June 18, 2019 | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED |
| Friday, June 21, 2019 | ON HOLD - ELECTRONIC RECORD REVIEW REQUIRED |
| Monday, July 1, 2019 | ELECTRONIC RECORD REVIEW COMPLETE |
| Wednesday, July 17, 2019 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, August 6, 2019 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, August 6, 2019 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, October 1, 2019 | NOA E-MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT |
| Monday, March 30, 2020 | SOU TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED |
| Monday, March 30, 2020 | SOU EXTENSION 1 FILED |
| Monday, March 30, 2020 | SOU EXTENSION 1 GRANTED |
| Wednesday, April 1, 2020 | NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, September 23, 2020 | TEAS STATEMENT OF USE RECEIVED |
| Thursday, October 8, 2020 | CASE ASSIGNED TO INTENT TO USE PARALEGAL |
| Wednesday, September 23, 2020 | USE AMENDMENT FILED |
| Thursday, October 8, 2020 | STATEMENT OF USE PROCESSING COMPLETE |
| Tuesday, October 20, 2020 | ALLOWED PRINCIPAL REGISTER - SOU ACCEPTED |
| Wednesday, October 21, 2020 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF STATEMENT OF USE E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, November 24, 2020 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Monday, November 24, 2025 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED |