Trademark Overview
On Friday, July 6, 2001, a trademark application was filed for EFX with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO has given the EFX trademark a serial number of 76281583. The federal status of this trademark filing is ABANDONED - FAILURE TO RESPOND OR LATE RESPONSE as of Thursday, July 10, 2003. This trademark is owned by MATSUSHITA AVIONICS SYSTEM CORPORATION. The EFX trademark is filed in the Education & Entertainment Services category with the following description:
IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM COMPRISED OF DATA/MEDIA FILES SERVER WHICH PROVIDES INTERFACE TO AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS, CONNECTIVITY SERVER FUNCTIONS, STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION OF AUDIO CONNECTIVITY MEDIA; AN AREA DISTRIBUTION UNIT WHICH PROVIDES POWER AND DATA DISTRIBUTION TO THE PASSENGER SEAT;A POWER CONVERTER WHICH PROVIDES POWER CONVERSION; SEAT ELECTRONICS WHICH PROVIDES IN-SEAT ELECTRONICS FOR DATA ROUTING AND INTERFACING TO IN-SEAT COMPONENTS; A PASSENGER CONTROL CONSOLE PROVIDING BASIC AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO CHANNEL SELECTION AND VOLUME CONTROL; A PASSENGER CONTROL CONSOLE WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR INTERACTION, INCLUDING SHORT E-MAIL MESSAGES AND INTERNET BROWSING; AND A SEAT DISPLAY UNIT CONSISTING OF A MONITOR WHICH IS MOUNTED ON THE BACK OF A PASSENGER'S CHAIR OR MOUNTED ON AN ARM ATTACHED TO A PASSENGER'S SEAT