| Serial Number | 97869662 |
| Word Mark | DON'T PLAY BY THEIR RULES |
| Filing Date | Monday, April 3, 2023 |
| Status | 730 - FIRST EXTENSION - GRANTED |
| Status Date | Tuesday, September 10, 2024 |
| Registration Number | 0000000 |
| Registration Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Mark Drawing | 4 - Illustration: Drawing with word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) in Block form |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
| Goods and Services | Mirrors for inspecting works; gauges, namely, level gauges; micrometers; mechanics' gloves in the nature of protective work gloves; gloves for protecting against accidents; tire pressure gauges; feeler gauges; fall protection equipment for fall restraint and fall arrest, namely, bars, anchors, harnesses, lines, lanyards, carabiners and anchorage connectors; voltage tester; electronic sliding callipers; electronic apparatus for testing compression of industrial materials |
| Goods and Services | Hand tools, namely, torque wrenches, ratcheting and non-ratcheting screwdrivers, ratcheting and non-ratcheting pliers, ratchet wrenches, impact and non-impact sockets for use with hand-operated socket wrenches, hand-operated drills, hand-operated screwdrivers, and hand-operated nutdrivers, non-ratcheting box end and open end wrenches, tap and die sets, serpentine belt tools for use with automotive serpentine belts, insert bits for hand tools, adjustable wrenches, pry bars and ratchet adapters; ratchet accessories, namely, hand tools in the nature of sockets for use with socket wrenches, socket rails, socket rail clips, bits for hand drills, adapters for hand-operated hand tools, extensions for hand-operated hand tools, universal joints for ratchets, and ratchet handles; hand operated hammers; Hand-operated gear pullers; automotive specialty hand-operated tools, namely, oil drain plug sockets for use with socket wrenches, serpentine belt tools, hand tools, namely, hand hooks, hand picks, hand scrapers, utility knives, spanners, nut drivers, files, cutting tools, punches, chisels, door panel removers, trim pad removal tools; Hand tools, namely, scrapers; hand tools, namely, sockets and socket sets for use with socket wrenches, hand-operated drills, hand-operated screwdrivers, and hand-operated nutdrivers; clutch wrench; Hand-operated automotive repair tools, namely, ball joint separators; brake spring pliers; Hand-operated automotive repair tools, namely, magnetic pick-up tools; push pin pliers; hog ring pliers; oil filter wrench pliers; Awl; hex keys; pliers; non-electric screwdrivers |
| Goods and Services | Electronic torque measurement device, namely, torque converters not for land vehicles; electric screwdrivers; holding devices for machines tools, namely, holders for holding chucks for power drills; wire brushes for use in machines; Electronic power-driven torque wrenches; electric screwdrivers |
| Goods and Services | Bags for tool storage, sold empty; backpacks; tool bags, empty |
| Goods and Services | Metal tool boxes |
| Pseudo Mark | DO NOT PLAY BY THEIR RULES |
| Goods and Services | Lighting products, namely, electric lighting fixtures and battery operated lighting, namely, portable battery-operated lights that can be placed on surfaces where other light sources are unavailable; Portable utility lights, namely, portable worklights; flashlights; LED lighting installations |
| Goods and Services | Metal tool cabinets; non-metal tool boxes |
| International Class | 006 - Common metals and their alloys; metal building materials; transportable buildings of metal; materials of metal for railway tracks; nonelectric cables and wires of common metal; ironmongery, small items of metal hardware; pipes and tubes of metal; safes; goods of common metal not included in other classes; ores. |
| US Class Codes | 002, 012, 013, 014, 023, 025, 050 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, April 26, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 006 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 007 - Machines and machine tools; motors and engines (except for land vehicles); machine coupling and transmission components (except for land vehicles); agricultural implements other than hand-operated; incubators for eggs. |
| US Class Codes | 013, 019, 021, 023, 024, 031, 034, 035 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, April 26, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 007 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 008 - Hand tools and implements (hand-operated); cutlery; side arms; razors. |
| US Class Codes | 023, 028, 044 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, April 26, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 008 |
| 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, April 26, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 011 - Apparatus for lighting, heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating, drying, ventilating, water supply, and sanitary purposes. |
| US Class Codes | 013, 021, 023, 024, 031, 034 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, April 26, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 011 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 018 - Leather and imitations of leather, and goods made of these materials and not included in other classes; animal skins, hides; trunks and traveling bags; umbrellas, parasols and walking sticks; whips, harness and saddlery. |
| US Class Codes | 001, 002, 003, 022, 041 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, April 26, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 018 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 020 - Furniture, mirrors, picture frames; goods (not included in other classes) of wood, cork, reed, cane, wicker, horn, bone, ivory, whalebone, shell, amber, mother-of-pearl, meerschaum and substitutes for all these materials, or of plastics. |
| US Class Codes | 002, 013, 022, 025, 032, 050 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, April 26, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 020 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | Apex Brands, Inc. |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Apex, NC 27539 |
| Party Name | Apex Brands, Inc. |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Apex, NC 27539 |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Wednesday, April 26, 2023 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Thursday, April 6, 2023 | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Wednesday, August 23, 2023 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Thursday, August 24, 2023 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Thursday, August 24, 2023 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Thursday, August 24, 2023 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, November 8, 2023 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, November 8, 2023 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Thursday, November 9, 2023 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Wednesday, December 13, 2023 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, December 27, 2023 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, January 16, 2024 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, January 16, 2024 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | NOA E-MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT |
| Tuesday, September 10, 2024 | SOU TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, September 10, 2024 | NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, September 10, 2024 | SOU EXTENSION 1 GRANTED |
| Tuesday, September 10, 2024 | SOU EXTENSION 1 FILED |