LIGHTALK Trademark

Trademark Overview


On Monday, October 18, 2021, a trademark application was filed for LIGHTALK with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO has given the LIGHTALK trademark a serial number of 97079808. The federal status of this trademark filing is REGISTERED as of Tuesday, June 13, 2023. This trademark is owned by Tencent Holdings Limited. The LIGHTALK trademark is filed in the Computer & Software Products & Electrical & Scientific Products, Communication Services, Computer & Software Services & Scientific Services, Personal, and Legal & Social Services categories with the following description:

Downloadable computer software for enabling data transmission, organization and management, and for authorizing access to databases, all for use in text messaging, instant messaging, online blog journals, text, web links, audio, video, and images via the internet and other communications networks; recorded computer operating programs; recorded computer programs for enabling data transmission, organization and management, and for authorizing access to databases, all for use in text messaging, instant messaging, online blog journals, text, web links, audio, video, and images via the internet and other communications networks; downloadable computer programs for enabling data transmission, organization and management, and for authorizing access to databases, all for use in text messaging, instant messaging, online blog journals, text, web links, audio, video, and images via the internet and other communications networks; recorded computer software for enabling data transmission, organizati...

Communications by computer terminals; providing internet chat rooms; providing telecommunication channels for teleshopping services; providing telecommunications connections to a global computer network; transmission of digital files; electronic communication services and telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, audio, visual images and data by telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, the Internet, information services networks and data networks; electronic communication services and telecommunication services, namely, personal communication services; multi-media telecommunication services, namely, providing telecommunication connectivity services for transfer of images, messages, audio, visual, audiovisual and multimedia works; telecommunication services, namely, providing online telecommunication connections to the internet or database for real-time interaction between and among users of computers, mobile and handheld computers, and wired and wi...

Providing a social networking website for entertainment purposes; online social networking services

Computer software consultancy; computer software design and updating; updating of computer software for others; computer system analysis; computer system design; computer virus protection services; computer services, namely, designing websites for others; design of computer software for mobile applications on global computer networks and local and internal business computer networks; leasing of computer programs for enabling data transmission, organization and management, and for authorizing access to databases, all for use in text messaging, instant messaging, online blog journals, text, web links, and images via the internet and other communications networks; design, maintenance, testing and product failure analysis services of computer software and computer programs; design, product testing and analysis of computer systems; updating of computer software; recovery of computer data; application service provider (ASP) featuring software for enabling data transmission, organization and ...
lightalk

General Information


Serial Number97079808
Word MarkLIGHTALK
Filing DateMonday, October 18, 2021
Status700 - REGISTERED
Status DateTuesday, June 13, 2023
Registration Number7078183
Registration DateTuesday, June 13, 2023
Mark Drawing4000 - Illustration: Drawing with word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) in Block form
Published for Opposition DateTuesday, March 28, 2023

Trademark Statements


Goods and ServicesDownloadable computer software for enabling data transmission, organization and management, and for authorizing access to databases, all for use in text messaging, instant messaging, online blog journals, text, web links, audio, video, and images via the internet and other communications networks; recorded computer operating programs; recorded computer programs for enabling data transmission, organization and management, and for authorizing access to databases, all for use in text messaging, instant messaging, online blog journals, text, web links, audio, video, and images via the internet and other communications networks; downloadable computer programs for enabling data transmission, organization and management, and for authorizing access to databases, all for use in text messaging, instant messaging, online blog journals, text, web links, audio, video, and images via the internet and other communications networks; recorded computer software for enabling data transmission, organization and management, and for authorizing access to databases, all for use in text messaging, instant messaging, online blog journals, text, web links, audio, video, and images via the internet and other communications networks; downloadable computer software for enhancing the functions and features of other software and non-downloadable online software; downloadable computer application software for computers and mobile phones, namely, software for enabling data transmission, organization and management, and for authorizing access to databases, all for use in text messaging, instant messaging, online blog journals, text, web links, and images via the internet and other communications networks; downloadable computer software for transmitting data in online advertising and business promotion, and for connecting social network users with businesses and for tracking the activities of users and advertising of others, to provide strategy, insight, marketing, and predicting consumer behavior; downloadable computer software for enabling data transmission, organization and management, and for authorizing access to databases, all for use in text messaging, instant messaging, online blog journals, text, web links, and images via the internet and other communications networks; downloadable computer software for accessing information on a global computer network; downloadable computer software for enabling data transmission, organization and management, and for authorizing access to databases, all for use in text messaging, instant messaging, online blog journals, text, web links, and images via the internet and other communications networks in the field of social networking; downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for enabling data transmission, organization and management, and for authorizing access to databases, all for use in text messaging, instant messaging, online blog journals, text, web links, and images via the internet and other software for digital wireless telecommunications; downloadable computer software for use in creating, editing and delivering textual and graphic information via computer communication networks, wireless, telephone or other communication tools and internet protocol (IP) telephones; downloadable computer programs for use in telecommunications, namely, telecommunications software for providing single users and multiple users access to a global computer network; downloadable computer software for telecommunication and communication purposes, namely, for providing single users and multiple users access to a global computer network via local or global communications networks, including the Internet, intranets, extranets, television, mobile communication, cellular and satellite networks; downloadable computer software for creating and delivering electronic greeting cards, messages and electronic mail; downloadable computer software, namely, downloadable software for enabling data transmission, organization and management, and for authorizing access to databases, all for use in text messaging, instant messaging, online blog journals, text, web links, audio, video, and images via the internet and other communications networks for desktop utility purposes; downloadable computer screen saver software; downloadable computer software for detecting, eradicating and preventing computer viruses; downloadable computer software for data encryption; downloadable computer software for analyzing and recovering data; downloadable computer software for computer system backup, data processing, data storage, file database management, and database management; recorded computer programs for personal data management; downloadable software for database management; downloadable computer software for optical character recognition; downloadable computer software for telephony database management; downloadable computer software for transmitting messages and emails from a subscription list; downloadable computer software for transmitting messages for paging purposes; downloadable mobile telephone software for enabling data transmission, organization and management, and for authorizing access to databases, all for use in text messaging, instant messaging, online blog journals, text, web links, and images via the internet and other communications networks; downloadable computer software for database synchronization; downloadable computer programs for accessing, browsing and searching online databases; downloadable computer software for accessing and using an online music subscription service; downloadable computer software for downloading and programming electronic images, photos, music and entertainment-related audio, video, text and multi-media content; downloadable computer software for accessing, viewing, and using musical sound recordings, entertainment-related audio, video, text and multi-media content; downloadable computer software and firmware for operating computer system programs, and for data synchronization of computer programs; downloadable computer application software, namely, software development tools for personal and handheld computers; downloadable computer software for authorizing access to databases in communications networks; downloadable computer software for authoring, downloading, transmitting, receiving, editing, extracting, encoding, decoding, displaying, storing and organizing text, graphics, images, and electronic publications; downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, plays, pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, journals, magazines, and periodicals on a wide range of topics of general interest; computer hardware and downloadable computer software for providing integrated telephone communication connections with computerized global information networks; downloadable computer software for the redirection of messages, Internet e-mail, and other data to one or more electronic handheld devices from a data store on or associated with a personal computer or a server; downloadable computer software for the synchronization of data between a remote electronic station or device and a fixed or remote electronic station or device; downloadable computer software for use in website design, website creation, web publishing in the nature of creating a website and uploading it onto an Internet server, and web hosting; downloadable audio and video recordings featuring music, comedy, drama, action, adventure and animated cartoons; downloadable computer software for telephone-based information retrieval in software and computer hardware
Goods and ServicesCommunications by computer terminals; providing internet chat rooms; providing telecommunication channels for teleshopping services; providing telecommunications connections to a global computer network; transmission of digital files; electronic communication services and telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, audio, visual images and data by telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, the Internet, information services networks and data networks; electronic communication services and telecommunication services, namely, personal communication services; multi-media telecommunication services, namely, providing telecommunication connectivity services for transfer of images, messages, audio, visual, audiovisual and multimedia works; telecommunication services, namely, providing online telecommunication connections to the internet or database for real-time interaction between and among users of computers, mobile and handheld computers, and wired and wireless communication devices; telecommunication services, namely, providing telecommunication connections to the internet or databases for individuals to send and receive messages via email, instant messaging or a website on the internet in the field of general interest; providing on-line chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among users in the field of general interest
Pseudo MarkLIGHT TALK
Goods and ServicesProviding a social networking website for entertainment purposes; online social networking services
Goods and ServicesComputer software consultancy; computer software design and updating; updating of computer software for others; computer system analysis; computer system design; computer virus protection services; computer services, namely, designing websites for others; design of computer software for mobile applications on global computer networks and local and internal business computer networks; leasing of computer programs for enabling data transmission, organization and management, and for authorizing access to databases, all for use in text messaging, instant messaging, online blog journals, text, web links, and images via the internet and other communications networks; design, maintenance, testing and product failure analysis services of computer software and computer programs; design, product testing and analysis of computer systems; updating of computer software; recovery of computer data; application service provider (ASP) featuring software for enabling data transmission, organization and management, and for authorizing access to databases, all for use in text messaging, instant messaging, online blog journals, text, web links, and images via the internet and other communications networks; hosting the interactive websites of others; providing online non-downloadable software for enabling users to post, search, watch, share, critique, rate, and comment on, messages, comments, multimedia content, videos, movies, films, photos, audio content, animation, pictures, images, text, information, and other user-generated content via a global computer network and other computer and communications networks; computer services, namely, hosting an interactive website that allows users to post, search, watch, share, critique, rate, and comment on, messages, comments, multimedia content, videos, movies, films, photos, audio content, animation, pictures, images, text, information, and other user-generated content via a global computer network and other computer and communications networks; providing online non-downloadable software for uploading, downloading, posting, showing, displaying, tagging, sharing and transmitting messages, comments, multimedia content, videos, movies, films, photos, audio content, animation, pictures, images, text, information, and other user-generated content; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software development tools; computer services, namely, hosting and maintaining an online website for others for transmitting messages, comments, multimedia content, videos, movies, films, photos, audio content, animation, pictures, images, text, information, and other user-generated content online; application service provider (ASP), namely, hosting computer software applications of others; hosting of digital content on the Internet; hosting of multimedia digital content for others on the internet; computer services, namely, providing temporary use of a non-downloadable middleware for providing a computer interface between a web browser and operating systems in order to create online personalized information services; design, updating, testing and product failure analysis services, all of computer software and computer programs; design, product testing, and product failure analysis, all of computer systems, computer hardware; creating and maintaining web sites for others; hosting of web sites; design of web sites for others and design of computer software in the field of mobile applications on global computer networks and local and internal computer networks; hosting an online community website for registered users featuring mechanisms to post, search, watch, share, critique, rate, and comment on, messages, comments, multimedia content, videos, movies, films, photos, audio content, animation, pictures, images, text, information, and other user-generated content; computer project management services; providing information, computer project management services, consultancy and advisory services relating to all the aforesaid services

Classification Information


International Class009 - 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 Codes021, 023, 026, 036, 038
Class Status Code6 - Active
Class Status DateThursday, January 5, 2023
Primary Code009
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

International Class038 - Services allowing people to communicate with another by a sensory means.
US Class Codes100, 101, 104
Class Status Code6 - Active
Class Status DateThursday, January 5, 2023
Primary Code038
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

International Class042 - 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 Codes100, 101
Class Status Code6 - Active
Class Status DateThursday, January 5, 2023
Primary Code042
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

International Class045 - 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 Codes100, 101
Class Status Code6 - Active
Class Status DateThursday, January 5, 2023
Primary Code045
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

Trademark Owner History


Party NameTencent Holdings Limited
Party Type30 - Original Registrant
Legal Entity Type16 - Limited Liability Company
AddressGrand Cayman
KY

Party NameTencent Holdings Limited
Party Type20 - Owner at Publication
Legal Entity Type16 - Limited Liability Company
AddressGrand Cayman
KY

Party NameTencent Holdings Limited
Party Type10 - Original Applicant
Legal Entity Type16 - Limited Liability Company
AddressGrand Cayman
KY

Trademark Events


Event DateEvent Description
Friday, July 21, 2023TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
Friday, July 21, 2023ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
Friday, July 21, 2023TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
Tuesday, June 13, 2023NOTICE OF REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION EMAILED
Tuesday, June 13, 2023REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Tuesday, March 28, 2023OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
Tuesday, March 28, 2023PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
Wednesday, March 8, 2023NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
Thursday, February 23, 2023ELECTRONIC RECORD REVIEW COMPLETE
Friday, February 17, 2023ON HOLD - ELECTRONIC RECORD REVIEW REQUIRED
Wednesday, February 15, 2023APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Friday, January 6, 2023TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
Friday, January 6, 2023TEAS WITHDRAWAL OF ATTORNEY RECEIVED-FIRM RETAINS
Friday, January 6, 2023ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
Friday, January 6, 2023TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
Thursday, January 5, 2023EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED
Thursday, January 5, 2023NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
Thursday, January 5, 2023EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
Thursday, January 5, 2023EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN
Tuesday, October 18, 2022TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
Tuesday, October 18, 2022CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
Tuesday, October 18, 2022TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
Friday, August 5, 2022NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
Friday, August 5, 2022NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
Friday, August 5, 2022NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
Sunday, July 24, 2022ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
Thursday, November 4, 2021NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED
Thursday, October 21, 2021NEW APPLICATION ENTERED