| Serial Number | 79435815 |
| Word Mark | BMG |
| Filing Date | Thursday, June 26, 2025 |
| Status | 661 - RESPONSE AFTER NON-FINAL ACTION - ENTERED |
| Status Date | Monday, June 22, 2026 |
| Registration Number | 0000000 |
| Registration Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Mark Drawing | 5 - Drawing with word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) in Stylized form |
| Published for Opposition Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Goods and Services | Adhesives for stationery or household purposes; modelling materials and artists' materials, namely, drawing paper and pens, stencils, paintbrushes, pencils, transfers, stickers, decals, and temporary tattoos transfers; bags and articles for packaging, wrapping and storage, of paper, cardboard or plastics, namely, gift boxes, pouches, envelopes, cardboard boxes, corrugated boxes, and plastic wrap for packaging; materials for artists for decorative or artistic purposes, namely, transfers, stickers, decals, and temporary tattoos transfers; money holders, namely, paper envelopes for packaging, checkbook holders, and writing paper holders; paper and cardboard; printed matter, namely, posters, greeting cards, postcards, books, magazines, brochures, labels, diaries, journals, art prints, and printed instructional and teaching materials in the fields of the music industry, musical entertainment, musical recordings, and musical artists, and stationery and educational supplies, namely, printed song books, printed sheet music, and printed musical score books; works of art and figurines of paper and cardboard |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of stylized wording "BMG". |
| Goods and Services | Delivery being transmission of digital music by telecommunications; providing access to digital music websites on the internet; provision being leasing and rental of telecommunications facilities and equipment; telecommunication access services |
| Goods and Services | Information, advisory and consultancy services relating to legal matters; legal services; legal services relating to the exploitation of ancillary rights in the field of merchandising; legal services relating to the protection and exploitation of copyright for film, television, theatre and music productions; licensing of musical works; licensing of rights relating to audio productions; copyright and industrial property rights licensing services; licensing services relating to music publishing; management and exploitation of copyright and industrial property rights, namely, licensing of copyrights and industrial property rights for others; political lobbying services |
| Goods and Services | Audio recording and production; audio recording services; audio, video and multimedia production, and photography; editing of audio recordings; education, entertainment and sport services, namely, providing classes, seminars, workshops, and training in the fields of music, the music industry, musical entertainment, musical recordings, and musical artists; arranging and conducting concerts; presentation of live show performances; organizing musical festivals, concerts, and tours of musical groups; providing live musical performances; providing online information in the fields of music and entertainment; and organizing community sporting and cultural activities; entertainment services, namely, providing a website in the field of music featuring audio and video recordings for content matching purposes; entertainment services, namely virtual fan club services for use in virtual environments; entertainment services, namely, arranging and conducting of virtual social entertainment events and live music concerts; entertainment services, namely, interactive entertainment for recreational and leisure purposes provided via online virtual store environments featuring virtual products, namely, providing online, non-downloadable virtual clothing, virtual footwear, virtual headgear, virtual luggage, virtual bags, virtual wallets and virtual wigs for use in online virtual worlds; entertainment services, namely, interactive entertainment for recreational and leisure purposes provided via online virtual store environments featuring virtual products, namely, providing online, non-downloadable virtual adhesives for virtual stationery or virtual household purposes, virtual art and virtual modelling materials and virtual media, virtual bags and virtual articles for virtual packaging, virtual wrapping and virtual storage, of virtual paper, virtual cardboard or virtual plastics, virtual filtering materials of virtual paper, virtual materials for virtual artists for virtual decorative or virtual artistic purposes, virtual money holders, virtual paper and virtual cardboard, virtual printed matter, and virtual stationery and virtual educational supplies, virtual works of virtual art and virtual figurines of virtual paper and virtual cardboard for use in online virtual worlds; entertainment services, namely, providing a digital environment featuring digital characters, namely, providing online computer games featuring virtual environments in which users can interact for entertainment purposes; entertainment services, namely, providing on-line, non-downloadable virtual clothing, virtual footwear, virtual headgear, virtual luggage, virtual bags, virtual wallets and virtual wigs for use in virtual environments; entertainment services, namely, providing on-line, non downloadable virtual adhesives for virtual stationery or virtual household purposes, virtual art and virtual modelling materials and virtual media, virtual bags and virtual articles for virtual packaging, virtual wrapping and virtual storage, of virtual paper, virtual cardboard or virtual plastics, virtual filtering materials of virtual paper, virtual materials for virtual artists for virtual decorative or virtual artistic purposes, virtual money holders, virtual paper and virtual cardboard, virtual printed matter, and virtual stationery and virtual educational supplies, virtual works of virtual art and virtual figurines of virtual paper and virtual cardboard for use in online virtual worlds; entertainment services, namely, providing online computer games featuring virtual retail stores for use in virtual environments; fan club services; music composition services; music lending library services; music production; music production services; music publishing; music publishing services; production of audio master recordings; production of musical recordings; production of sound and music recordings; providing digital sound recordings featuring interviews with musicians, music, musical performances and soundtracks, not downloadable, from the internet; providing information in the field of music; providing online electronic publications, namely, books, songbooks, sheet music, magazines, in the field of music, not downloadable; provision of musical entertainment, namely, arranging and conducting concerts, presentation of live show performances, organizing musical festivals, organizing concerts and tours of musical groups, and providing live musical performances; publishing of musical works, namely, sheet music, songbooks, song lyrics, musical scores; publishing, reporting, and writing of texts, namely, non-advertising texts and news reports; recording of music; rental of phonographic and music recordings; ticket reservation and booking services for education, entertainment and sports activities and events; translation and language interpretation |
| Goods and Services | Downloadable artificial intelligence and machine learning software for managing music rights, royalties, and content metadata; downloadable computer software for creating and editing music and sounds; digital music downloadable from the internet; downloadable digital music provided from a computer database or the internet; downloadable and recorded content, namely, downloadable music files, downloadable music videos, downloadable sound recordings featuring music, downloadable video recordings featuring concerts, downloadable video recordings featuring musicals, recorded music videos, musical sound recordings, recorded video recordings featuring concerts, and recorded video recordings featuring musicals; downloadable application software for streaming, accessing, and managing music and musical entertainment content in virtual environments; downloadable computer software applications for minting non-fungible tokens [NFTs]; downloadable digital image files of musical artists, concert posters, and promotional artwork, clothing, footwear, headwear, luggage, bags, wallets, and wigs authenticated by non-fungible tokens (NFTs); downloadable digital music files authenticated by non-fungible tokens [NFTs]; downloadable musical sound recordings; downloadable publications electronic in the nature of magazines, newsletters, catalogs, and booklets in the fields of music, the music industry, musical entertainment, musical recordings, and musical artists; downloadable sound recordings featuring interviews with musicians, music, musical performances and soundtracks; information technology and audio-visual, multimedia and photographic devices, namely, cameras, computers, computer hardware, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; magnets, magnetizers and demagnetizers; downloadable media desktop publishing software; media content, namely, downloadable ringtones and downloadable animated cartoons; music recordings; musical recordings; musical sound recordings; optical devices, enhancers and corrector, namely, optical disk readers, optical reflectors, optical filters; phones, mobile phones, smartphones, and structural accessories therefor; sound recordings featuring music and audio soundtracks; virtual and augmented reality software |
| Goods and Services | Advertising, marketing and promotional services; Business administration assistance, management and administrative services; business management of musicians; merchandising services, namely, promoting the goods of others through promotional marketing; online retail store services featuring downloadable digital music; production of sound recordings for marketing purposes; promoting the music of others by means of providing online portfolios via a website; retail store services featuring downloadable music files authenticated by non-fungible tokens (NFTs) |
| 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 | Thursday, October 30, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| 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 | Thursday, October 30, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 016 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 035 - Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 102 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, October 30, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 035 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| 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 | Thursday, October 30, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 038 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| 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 | Thursday, October 30, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 041 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| 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 | Thursday, October 30, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 045 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | BMG Rights Management GmbH |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | DE |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Thursday, October 30, 2025 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |
| Monday, November 3, 2025 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Monday, November 3, 2025 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Friday, November 14, 2025 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Wednesday, November 19, 2025 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Sunday, January 4, 2026 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Sunday, January 4, 2026 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Thursday, January 22, 2026 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Monday, June 22, 2026 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Monday, June 22, 2026 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Monday, June 22, 2026 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |