| Serial Number | 88864463 |
| Word Mark | GEORGE KARELIAS AND SONS SUPERIOR VIRGINIA ESTD SINCE 1888 |
| Filing Date | Wednesday, April 8, 2020 |
| Status | 606 - ABANDONED - NO STATEMENT OF USE FILED |
| Status Date | Monday, October 21, 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 | Tuesday, July 20, 2021 |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of a light yellow square with a bronze decorative border. In the interior of the square is the stylized gold wording "GEORGE KARELIAS AND SONS" with a bronze outline. A bronze horizontal curved line appears above and below the wording followed by a gold curved line with a curl at the end which appears immediately above and below the bronze horizontal line. Below the gold curved line are bronze swirls appearing above the left and right side of a crest comprised of a blue shield with three gold tobacco leaves in the center, a gold heraldic lion on either side, with a decorative helmet and crown at the top of the crest in gold and a gold banner at the bottom of the crest with the light yellow wording "ESTD SINCE 1888" centered in the gold banner with gold and light yellow leaves emanating from the bottom center of the shield. Below the bottom left and right of the shield is a bronze swirl with three gold coins with bronze outline curving up to the right and left of the mark and the wording "Superior Virginia" in bronze stylized letters in the center. |
| Pseudo Mark | GEORGE KARELIAS AND SONS SUPERIOR VIRGINIA ESTABLISHED SINCE ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT; GEORGE KARELIAS AND SONS SUPERIOR VIRGINIA ESTABLISHED SINCE ONE EIGHT EIGHT EIGHT |
| Indication of Colors claimed | The color(s) light yellow, bronze, gold, and blue is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, cigarillos, smokers' articles, namely, filter tubes, cigar cutters, smoking pipes, cigarette rollers, cigarette holders, tobacco pouches, ashtrays, cigarette cases, cigarette lighters, cigarette papers, matches, liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; flavourings, other than essential oils, for use with electronic cigarettes; cases and holders for electronic cigarettes; electronic hookahs; electronic shisha pipes; electronic smoking pipes; vaping products, namely, smokeless electric vaporizer pipes for the ingestion and inhalation of tobacco and other herbal matter, electric vaporizers for the vaporization of tobacco, processed tobacco pods, for non- medical purposes; personal vaporizers for smoking purposes |
| NOT AVAILABLE | "VIRGINIA" AND "ESTD SINCE 1888" |
| International Class | 034 - Tobacco; smokers' articles; matches. |
| US Class Codes | 002, 008, 009, 017 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, April 16, 2020 |
| Primary Code | 034 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | Karelia Tobacco Company Inc. |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Kalamata 24100 GR |
| Party Name | Karelia Tobacco Company Inc. |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Kalamata 24100 GR |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Saturday, April 11, 2020 | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Thursday, April 16, 2020 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Friday, April 17, 2020 | NOTICE OF DESIGN SEARCH CODE E-MAILED |
| Thursday, June 25, 2020 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Monday, July 6, 2020 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Monday, July 6, 2020 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Monday, July 6, 2020 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Friday, November 13, 2020 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Friday, November 13, 2020 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Friday, November 13, 2020 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Saturday, November 14, 2020 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Thursday, December 10, 2020 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Thursday, December 10, 2020 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Thursday, December 10, 2020 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Friday, May 28, 2021 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Friday, May 28, 2021 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Saturday, May 29, 2021 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Thursday, June 17, 2021 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, June 30, 2021 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, July 20, 2021 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, July 20, 2021 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, September 14, 2021 | NOA E-MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT |
| Friday, March 11, 2022 | SOU TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED |
| Friday, March 11, 2022 | SOU EXTENSION 1 FILED |
| Friday, March 11, 2022 | SOU EXTENSION 1 GRANTED |
| Tuesday, March 15, 2022 | NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, September 13, 2022 | SOU TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, September 13, 2022 | SOU EXTENSION 2 FILED |
| Tuesday, September 13, 2022 | SOU EXTENSION 2 GRANTED |
| Thursday, September 15, 2022 | NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED |
| Thursday, March 9, 2023 | SOU TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED |
| Thursday, March 9, 2023 | SOU EXTENSION 3 FILED |
| Thursday, March 9, 2023 | SOU EXTENSION 3 GRANTED |
| Saturday, March 11, 2023 | NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED |
| Monday, September 11, 2023 | SOU TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED |
| Monday, September 11, 2023 | SOU EXTENSION 4 FILED |
| Monday, September 11, 2023 | SOU EXTENSION 4 GRANTED |
| Wednesday, September 13, 2023 | NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, March 6, 2024 | SOU TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, March 6, 2024 | SOU EXTENSION 5 GRANTED |
| Wednesday, March 6, 2024 | SOU EXTENSION 5 FILED |
| Thursday, March 7, 2024 | NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED |
| Monday, October 21, 2024 | ABANDONMENT - NO USE STATEMENT FILED |
| Monday, October 21, 2024 | ABANDONMENT NOTICE E-MAILED - NO USE STATEMENT FILED |