CIRCLE Trademark
Trademark Overview
On Wednesday, March 6, 2024, a trademark application was filed for CIRCLE with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO has given the CIRCLE trademark a serial number of 98437021. The federal status of this trademark filing is RESPONSE AFTER NON-FINAL ACTION - ENTERED as of Friday, December 20, 2024. This trademark is owned by Target Brands, Inc.. The CIRCLE trademark is filed in the Advertising, Business and Retail Services, Communication Services, Computer & Software Products & Electrical & Scientific Products, Paper & Printed Material Products, Insurance & Financial Services, Transportation & Storage Services, Education & Entertainment Services, Computer & Software Services & Scientific Services, Restaurant & Hotel Services, Personal, and Legal & Social Services categories with the following description:
Online journals, namely, blogs featuring nutrition, shopping, leisure, lifestyle, personal improvement, fitness, nature, gardening, environmental issues, conservation, food, diet, health, wellness, and groceries; entertainment services, namely, conducting contest and incentive award programs designed to reward program participants who engage in contests and sweepstakes featuring virtual scavenger hunts, virtual Easter egg hunts, and online electronic games; entertainment services, namely providing online browser-based video games; entertainment services in the nature of hosting social entertainment events; entertainment services, namely, live music concerts, live street dance performances, and conducting carnivals; entertainment services, namely, conducting parties; entertainment services, namely, personal appearances by sports celebrities, movie and television show stars, music celebrities, and social media celebrities and influencers; educational training services to gain financial k...
Downloadable computer application software for browsing and purchasing of consumer goods of others; downloadable computer application software for mobile phones and mobile devices that enables users to locate retail stores, order and purchase goods and services for in-store pickup or delivery to home, office or other designated locations, and to make electronic payments for purchases of goods and services by a mobile device; downloadable computer application software for mobile phones and mobile digital devices that allows users to access and electronically download price information, price-comparison information, product information and product reviews; downloadable computer application software for mobile phones and mobile digital devices, namely, software that allows users to access coupons, incentive award program loyalty points, special offers, vouchers, savings, and discount information; magnetically encoded credit and debit cards; downloadable computer application software for m...
Transport and delivery of consumer goods, food and groceries; shipping, delivery, and storage of goods; goods warehousing; packaging articles for transportation; merchandise packaging for others; reservation of storage space for goods for others; courier services; messenger services; expedited freight shipping services by means of truck, train and air; membership-based truck, train, and air shipping programs, namely, shipping of goods via truck, train and air; supply chain logistics and reverse logistics services, namely, storage, transportation, shipping, delivery and return shipping of goods by means of truck, train and air
Electronic transmission of messages, digital media content and data; telecommunications services, namely, routing calls, SMS messages, and push-notifications to local third-party motorized vehicle operators and consumer goods, food and grocery delivery agents in the vicinity of the caller using a mobile phone; telecommunication services, namely, routing calls, SMS messages and push-notifications to retail and delivery services; electronic transmission and streaming of digital media content for others via global and local computer networks; delivery of messages by electronic transmission
Non-magnetically encoded replenishable stored value cards, namely, prepaid purchase cards for allowing users to purchase goods in store and online; non-magnetically encoded loyalty reward identity cards
Merchant services, namely, payment transaction processing services; payment processing services, namely, credit and debit card transaction processing services; financial services, namely, credit card and debit card transaction processing services, electronic cash transactions, and credit card and debit card payment processing services; stored value prepaid card services, namely, processing electronic payments made through prepaid cards; providing electronic payment services involving electronic processing and subsequent transmission of bill payment data for purchase of goods and services in-store, electronically or via the internet, mobile phone or smart phone; charitable fundraising services; charitable fundraising services by means of an entertainment event; corporate responsibility initiatives in the field of philanthropy, namely, charitable services in the nature of providing grants that help to financially support communities and businesses; credit card and online credit card serv...
Retail and online retail department store services; online retail grocery store and pharmacy services featuring in-store pickup and home, office, and other designated location delivery services; online wholesale store services featuring grocery items and pharmaceuticals featuring in-store pickup and home, office, and other designated location delivery services; advertising and promoting the goods and services of others via a global computer network, namely, advertising and promoting the availability of goods for selection, ordering, purchase, and delivery; comparison shopping services; online ordering services featuring general consumer merchandise, groceries and other supermarket products; retail membership and club services, namely, administration of consumer loyalty and incentive programs to promote the goods and services of others; administration of a consumer membership program featuring a membership that enables participants to receive free product samples, coupons, early access ...
Personal shopping services for others; preparation of customized gift baskets and gift kit sets with selected items regarding a particular occasion or theme; online social networking services
Meal planning services
Providing a website featuring online non-downloadable software that allows users to search, browse, compare, order and purchase consumer goods of others; providing a website featuring online non-downloadable software that enables order fulfillment and shipment of goods on a subscription basis or one-time basis, and that enables electronic payments for purchase of goods and services; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for ordering delivery services or pickup services of food and of a wide variety of consumer goods; providing a website featuring technology that allows users to search, access, create, publish, and browse information in the fields of nutrition, shopping, leisure, lifestyle, personal improvement, fitness, nature, gardening, environmental issues, conservation, food, wine, cooking, beverages, diet, health, wellness, and groceries; provision of temporary use of online non-downloadable web-based software application for delivering electronic coupons, offers, a...
General Information
| Serial Number | 98437021 |
| Word Mark | CIRCLE |
| Filing Date | Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
| Status | 661 - RESPONSE AFTER NON-FINAL ACTION - ENTERED |
| Status Date | Friday, December 20, 2024 |
| Registration Number | 0000000 |
| Registration Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Mark Drawing | 3 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
Trademark Statements
| Goods and Services | Online journals, namely, blogs featuring nutrition, shopping, leisure, lifestyle, personal improvement, fitness, nature, gardening, environmental issues, conservation, food, diet, health, wellness, and groceries; entertainment services, namely, conducting contest and incentive award programs designed to reward program participants who engage in contests and sweepstakes featuring virtual scavenger hunts, virtual Easter egg hunts, and online electronic games; entertainment services, namely providing online browser-based video games; entertainment services in the nature of hosting social entertainment events; entertainment services, namely, live music concerts, live street dance performances, and conducting carnivals; entertainment services, namely, conducting parties; entertainment services, namely, personal appearances by sports celebrities, movie and television show stars, music celebrities, and social media celebrities and influencers; educational training services to gain financial knowledge, namely, conducting classes, seminars, workshops and educational conferences in the field of improving business skills and job skills training |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of concentric circles representing a target or bullseye design to the left of the stylized word CIRCLE. |
| Goods and Services | Downloadable computer application software for browsing and purchasing of consumer goods of others; downloadable computer application software for mobile phones and mobile devices that enables users to locate retail stores, order and purchase goods and services for in-store pickup or delivery to home, office or other designated locations, and to make electronic payments for purchases of goods and services by a mobile device; downloadable computer application software for mobile phones and mobile digital devices that allows users to access and electronically download price information, price-comparison information, product information and product reviews; downloadable computer application software for mobile phones and mobile digital devices, namely, software that allows users to access coupons, incentive award program loyalty points, special offers, vouchers, savings, and discount information; magnetically encoded credit and debit cards; downloadable computer application software for mobile phones and mobile digital devices, namely, software that enables tracking of accumulated rewards points; downloadable computer application software for mobile phones and mobile digital devices, namely, software that enables purchases of goods and services, that enables order fulfillment and shipment of goods on a regular, semi-regular or one-time basis, and that enables electronic payments for purchase of goods and services; downloadable computer software for use in barcode scanning and price comparison; downloadable software for searching and accessing, creating, publishing, and browsing information in the fields of food, cooking, recipes, meal planning, menu planning, generating shopping lists, nutrition, wellness, grocery shopping, wine and beverages; magnetically, digitally and optically encoded fidelity cards used to store, track and redeem reward points for retail store customer loyalty program; downloadable computer application software for mobile phones and mobile devices to enable users to access and interact with live and pre-recorded programs, audio and video recordings, digital media, digital magazines, newsletters, articles and information sheets in the fields of cooking, nutrition, shopping, leisure, lifestyle, personal improvement, fitness, nature, gardening, environmental issues, conservation, food, diet, health, wellness, and groceries and to access and interact with current event news-related information, entertainment-related information, education information, and information in the fields of cooking, nutrition, shopping, leisure, lifestyle, personal improvement, fitness, nature, gardening, environmental issues, conservation, food, diet, health, wellness, and groceries; magnetically encoded loyalty reward identity cards |
| Goods and Services | Transport and delivery of consumer goods, food and groceries; shipping, delivery, and storage of goods; goods warehousing; packaging articles for transportation; merchandise packaging for others; reservation of storage space for goods for others; courier services; messenger services; expedited freight shipping services by means of truck, train and air; membership-based truck, train, and air shipping programs, namely, shipping of goods via truck, train and air; supply chain logistics and reverse logistics services, namely, storage, transportation, shipping, delivery and return shipping of goods by means of truck, train and air |
| Goods and Services | Electronic transmission of messages, digital media content and data; telecommunications services, namely, routing calls, SMS messages, and push-notifications to local third-party motorized vehicle operators and consumer goods, food and grocery delivery agents in the vicinity of the caller using a mobile phone; telecommunication services, namely, routing calls, SMS messages and push-notifications to retail and delivery services; electronic transmission and streaming of digital media content for others via global and local computer networks; delivery of messages by electronic transmission |
| Goods and Services | Non-magnetically encoded replenishable stored value cards, namely, prepaid purchase cards for allowing users to purchase goods in store and online; non-magnetically encoded loyalty reward identity cards |
| Goods and Services | Merchant services, namely, payment transaction processing services; payment processing services, namely, credit and debit card transaction processing services; financial services, namely, credit card and debit card transaction processing services, electronic cash transactions, and credit card and debit card payment processing services; stored value prepaid card services, namely, processing electronic payments made through prepaid cards; providing electronic payment services involving electronic processing and subsequent transmission of bill payment data for purchase of goods and services in-store, electronically or via the internet, mobile phone or smart phone; charitable fundraising services; charitable fundraising services by means of an entertainment event; corporate responsibility initiatives in the field of philanthropy, namely, charitable services in the nature of providing grants that help to financially support communities and businesses; credit card and online credit card services, namely, credit card transaction processing services and credit card authorization services; charitable fundraising services featuring a customer loyalty and incentive program |
| Indication of Colors claimed | Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Retail and online retail department store services; online retail grocery store and pharmacy services featuring in-store pickup and home, office, and other designated location delivery services; online wholesale store services featuring grocery items and pharmaceuticals featuring in-store pickup and home, office, and other designated location delivery services; advertising and promoting the goods and services of others via a global computer network, namely, advertising and promoting the availability of goods for selection, ordering, purchase, and delivery; comparison shopping services; online ordering services featuring general consumer merchandise, groceries and other supermarket products; retail membership and club services, namely, administration of consumer loyalty and incentive programs to promote the goods and services of others; administration of a consumer membership program featuring a membership that enables participants to receive free product samples, coupons, early access to retail discounts and offers, and price discounts in the field of groceries, pharmaceuticals, home goods and pet supplies; administration of a consumer membership program featuring a membership that enables participants to receive free, discounted, or expedited shipping of consumer goods; administration of a consumer membership program featuring a membership that provides customers with additional days for returning unwanted purchases; online posting of rewards for information; promoting the issuance of credit card and debit card accounts through the administration of customer loyalty and incentive programs for retail customers; one-time or subscription-based order fulfillment services; providing incentive award programs for drivers and shoppers to promote the sale of products and services of others through the administration of a tiered rewards program; promoting the goods and services of others by means of providing special offers featuring a wide variety of consumer goods of others and distributing online catalogs featuring a wide variety of consumer goods of others; promoting the goods and services of others by distributing online recipes featuring the consumer goods of others; mobile retail store services featuring a wide variety of consumer goods of others; administration of a customer loyalty program featuring rewards in the form of discounted shipping services, early access to retail discounts and offers, access to books and other publications, access to audiobooks, access to merchandise and swag, discounted online storage of photos and music, and discounted music, video and game streaming; administration of a discount program enabling participants to obtain discounts on shipping services, early access to retail discounts and offers, access to books and other publications, access to audiobooks, access to merchandise and swag, discounted online storage of photos and music, and discounted music, video and game streaming; corporate responsibility initiatives in the field of community development, namely, organizing and conducting community service projects; Providing consumer product information in the fields of consumer goods, food and groceries via the internet |
| Goods and Services | Personal shopping services for others; preparation of customized gift baskets and gift kit sets with selected items regarding a particular occasion or theme; online social networking services |
| Goods and Services | Meal planning services |
| Goods and Services | Providing a website featuring online non-downloadable software that allows users to search, browse, compare, order and purchase consumer goods of others; providing a website featuring online non-downloadable software that enables order fulfillment and shipment of goods on a subscription basis or one-time basis, and that enables electronic payments for purchase of goods and services; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for ordering delivery services or pickup services of food and of a wide variety of consumer goods; providing a website featuring technology that allows users to search, access, create, publish, and browse information in the fields of nutrition, shopping, leisure, lifestyle, personal improvement, fitness, nature, gardening, environmental issues, conservation, food, wine, cooking, beverages, diet, health, wellness, and groceries; provision of temporary use of online non-downloadable web-based software application for delivering electronic coupons, offers, and discounts for consumer goods, food and grocery products; provision of temporary use of online non-downloadable web-based software application for administering a consumer membership program featuring free, discounted, or expedited shipping of consumer goods; providing an interactive website featuring technology that allows user customers the ability to select a distribution point for goods purchased on the Internet; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for use in database management, processing sales orders, customer purchase tracking and management, and inventory management for the retail industry; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software that tracks a shopper's location inside a store and displays it to users via a screen interface while shopping; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for use in inventory tracking and sales and purchase data analytics in the field of retail stores; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for analyzing retail store customer data; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software to collect and aggregate consumer behavior data within a retail store; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software that provides recommendation of items for purchase based on shopper preferences; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for facilitating online purchase payments and online purchase transactions; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software that provides retail, ordering, and delivery services for a wide variety of consumer goods; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for scheduling shipping and deliveries of a wide variety of consumer goods; providing a website featuring online non-downloadable software for the creation, tracking, distribution, management and use of coupons, incentive award program loyalty points, special offers, vouchers, and discount information; providing a website featuring online non-downloadable software for online shopping and ordering, for finding product reviews and price comparison information, that enables order fulfillment and shipment of goods on a regular, semi-regular or one-time basis, and that enables electronic payments for purchase of goods and services; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for use in disseminating advertising for others; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for disseminating information regarding consumer product discounts |
Classification Information
| International Class | 035 - Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 102 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
| 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 | Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 038 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| 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 | Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
| 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 | Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 016 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| 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 | Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 036 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 039 - Transport; packaging and storage of goods; travel arrangement. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 105 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 039 |
| 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 | Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 041 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 042 - Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto; industrial analysis and research services; design and development of computer hardware and software. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 043 - Services for providing food and drink; temporary accommodations. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 043 |
| 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 | Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 045 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
Trademark Owner History
| Party Name | Target Brands, Inc. |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Minneapolis, MN 55403 |
Trademark Events
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Wednesday, March 6, 2024 | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Thursday, July 18, 2024 | NOTICE OF DESIGN SEARCH CODE E-MAILED |
| Thursday, July 18, 2024 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Tuesday, September 17, 2024 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Monday, September 23, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Monday, September 23, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Monday, September 23, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Friday, December 20, 2024 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Friday, December 20, 2024 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Friday, December 20, 2024 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
