BETTER THAN CASH Trademark
Trademark Overview
On Thursday, February 20, 2003, a trademark application was filed for BETTER THAN CASH with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO has given the BETTER THAN CASH trademark a serial number of 78216754. The federal status of this trademark filing is CANCELLED - SECTION 8 as of Friday, August 1, 2014. This trademark is owned by NetSpend Corporation. The BETTER THAN CASH trademark is filed in the Insurance & Financial Services category with the following description:
Financial and monetary services, namely Internet commerce services in the nature of electronic commerce payment services, namely, establishing funded accounts used to purchase goods and services on the Internet and for online and offline debit card accounts; electronic account services, namely providing on-line stored value accounts in an electronic environment; prepaid banking and online cash account services; financial transaction services involving payments to online and offline retailers, merchants and content providers using cash account information stored in a centralized database; electronic funds and currency transfer services; transaction authorization and settlement services; cash disbursement services; financial services for funding online cash accounts from prepaid cash cards, bank accounts and credit card accounts; debit card services; distribution and issuing of debit cards
General Information
| Serial Number | 78216754 |
| Word Mark | BETTER THAN CASH |
| Filing Date | Thursday, February 20, 2003 |
| Status | 710 - CANCELLED - SECTION 8 |
| Status Date | Friday, August 1, 2014 |
| Registration Number | 2800491 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, December 30, 2003 |
| Mark Drawing | 1000 - Typeset: Word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, October 7, 2003 |
Trademark Statements
| Goods and Services | Financial and monetary services, namely Internet commerce services in the nature of electronic commerce payment services, namely, establishing funded accounts used to purchase goods and services on the Internet and for online and offline debit card accounts; electronic account services, namely providing on-line stored value accounts in an electronic environment; prepaid banking and online cash account services; financial transaction services involving payments to online and offline retailers, merchants and content providers using cash account information stored in a centralized database; electronic funds and currency transfer services; transaction authorization and settlement services; cash disbursement services; financial services for funding online cash accounts from prepaid cash cards, bank accounts and credit card accounts; debit card services; distribution and issuing of debit cards |
Classification Information
| International Class | 036 - Insurance; financial affairs; monetary affairs; real estate affairs. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 102 |
| Class Status Code | 2 - Sec. 8 - Entire Registration |
| Class Status Date | Friday, August 1, 2014 |
| Primary Code | 036 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | Tuesday, October 1, 2002 |
| First Use In Commerce Date | Wednesday, January 1, 2003 |
Trademark Owner History
| Party Name | NetSpend Corporation |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Austin, TX 78701 |
| Party Name | NetSpend Corporation |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Austin, TX 78701 |
| Party Name | NetSpend Corporation |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Austin, TX 78701 |
Trademark Events
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Friday, August 1, 2014 | CANCELLED SEC. 8 (10-YR)/EXPIRED SECTION 9 |
| Wednesday, March 19, 2014 | ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED |
| Wednesday, March 19, 2014 | TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, October 6, 2010 | ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY |
| Wednesday, March 4, 2009 | REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK. |
| Monday, February 23, 2009 | ASSIGNED TO PARALEGAL |
| Thursday, February 19, 2009 | TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, December 30, 2003 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, October 7, 2003 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Wednesday, September 17, 2003 | NOTICE OF PUBLICATION |
| Monday, August 11, 2003 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Monday, August 11, 2003 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
