| Serial Number | 79376135 |
| Word Mark | HIBIKI |
| Filing Date | Wednesday, April 12, 2023 |
| Status | 700 - REGISTERED |
| Status Date | Tuesday, September 17, 2024 |
| Registration Number | 7504780 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, September 17, 2024 |
| Mark Drawing | 3 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, July 2, 2024 |
| Goods and Services | Providing online non-downloadable videos in the field of virtual alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, foods products, supplements, and cosmetics for use in virtual environments; providing online non-downloadable data of virtual alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, foods products, supplements, and cosmetics, for use in virtual reality games; providing a website featuring online non-downloadable photos, videos, images, videos or movies; providing a website featuring online non-downloadable music, audio, video, images, and text information via the internet; providing a website featuring non-downloadable online electronic publications in the nature of pamphlets, books, magazines, and brochures in the field of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, foods, dietary supplements, and cosmetics; providing item data used in online games, namely, collectable virtual alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, foods, dietary supplements, and cosmetics; providing a website featuring entertainment information; entertainment services, namely, providing virtual environments in which users can interact for recreational, leisure or entertainment purposes |
| NOT AVAILABLE | The non-Latin characters in the mark transliterate to "HIBIKI" and this means "resonance, harmony, echo, sound" in English. |
| Goods and Services | Downloadable digital image files authenticated by non fungible tokens, namely, image files of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, food products, supplements and cosmetics; downloadable computer programs for video games featuring downloadable digital files authenticated by non fungible tokens in the field of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, foods, supplements, and cosmetics; Digital collectible being downloadable multimedia files containing sound and video digital files in the field of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, food products, supplements and cosmetics authenticated by non fungible tokens; downloadable image files of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, food products, supplements and cosmetics to allow transaction by non-fungible tokens (NFTs) using cryptocurrency and blockchain technology; downloadable sound and video files containing multimedia content being alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, food products, supplements and cosmetics; downloadable music files; downloadable image files containing alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, food products, supplements and cosmetics; downloadable image data via a computer network being alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, food products, supplements and cosmetics; downloadable image files containing virtual character skins, virtual character outfits and virtual character apparel via a computer network, namely, virtual characters to be used in virtual environments; downloadable multimedia files containing artwork, text, audio, music and video; downloadable digital multimedia files authenticated by non fungible tokens containing artwork, text, audio, music and/or video relating to alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, food products, supplements and cosmetics; downloadable computer software for managing, displaying, monetizing, purchasing, selling, trading, transferring, clearing, verifying and authenticating digital files authenticated by non fungible tokens, blockchain tokens, digital media, digital files and digital assets; downloadable computer software for use as a digital token wallet; downloadable software to allow users to electronically create, store, send, receive, approve, exchange and transmit digital assets; downloadable computer programs for data storages; downloadable computer programs for blockchain data storage; downloadable computer software for transferring funds to facilitate transactions with others; downloadable computer software for facilitating financial trading using blockchain; downloadable computer programs for data authentication; downloadable computer programs for data authentication via blockchain; downloadable computer software for purchase and sale of rights of digital products; downloadable computer software for managing digital collectibles; downloadable digital recording media and recordings being music and podcasts; downloadable software for sharing digital files; downloadable computer software and downloadable mobile application software for watching images, videos and content related to alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, food products, supplements and cosmetics; electronic telecommunication machines, apparatus and their parts being microphones, fuses, and change-over switches; electronic machines for reading credit cards and recording financial operations; electronic control systems for machines; recorded video discs and video tapes featuring alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, food products, supplements and cosmetics; electronic circuits and CD-ROMs recorded with automatic performance programs for electronic musical instruments; electronic publications in the nature of pamphlets, books, magazines, and brochures in the field of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, foods, dietary supplements, and cosmetics |
| Translation of Words in Mark | The English translation of "HIBIKI" in the mark is "resonance, harmony, echo, sound". |
| 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 | Friday, August 11, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| 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 | Friday, August 11, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 041 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | Suntory Holdings Limited |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | JP |
| Party Name | Suntory Holdings Limited |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | JP |
| Party Name | Suntory Holdings Limited |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | JP |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Saturday, September 9, 2023 | NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT IB RECEIVED |
| Thursday, August 10, 2023 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |
| Friday, August 11, 2023 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Tuesday, August 15, 2023 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Thursday, October 5, 2023 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Thursday, October 12, 2023 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Friday, April 19, 2024 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Friday, April 19, 2024 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Friday, April 19, 2024 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Friday, October 13, 2023 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Monday, November 13, 2023 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Tuesday, May 28, 2024 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, June 12, 2024 | NOTICE OF START OF OPPOSITION PERIOD CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, June 12, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Thursday, June 13, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Friday, June 14, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, July 2, 2024 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, July 2, 2024 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, September 17, 2024 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, September 17, 2024 | NOTICE OF REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION EMAILED |
| Sunday, July 28, 2024 | NOTIFICATION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Monday, July 1, 2024 | NOTIFICATION PROCESSED BY IB |