| Serial Number | 99467055 |
| Word Mark | NICONICO |
| Filing Date | Tuesday, October 28, 2025 |
| Status | 661 - RESPONSE AFTER NON-FINAL ACTION - ENTERED |
| Status Date | Monday, April 20, 2026 |
| 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 | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Goods and Services | Providing a website featuring technology that enables users to upload and share user-generated videos on a wide variety of topics and subjects; Provision of Internet search engines; Application service provider (ASP) featuring software for use to upload, download, exchange and share video and video games; Providing a web site featuring temporary use of non-downloadable software for users to upload, download, capture, post, display, edit, stream, view, tag, and manipulate multimedia content, video, photos, images, text, audio, and computer games for sharing with others; Providing a web site featuring temporary use of non-downloadable software for users to share multimedia content and comments; Providing a web site featuring temporary use of non-downloadable software for content providers to track multimedia content; Providing a web site featuring technology that enables users to upload, download, capture, post, display, edit, stream, view, tag, and manipulate multimedia content, video, photos, images, text, audio, and computer games for sharing with others; Hosting of digital content on the Internet; Graphic art design; Advice relating to the design of computer hardware; Hosting of web sites; Design of computer programs; Set design for theatrical enterprises; Computer graphics services; Research and development of computer software; Creating, maintaining, and modernizing computer software |
| Goods and Services | Providing a website featuring entertainment information in the fields of pop culture, entertainment, education, and sports, all exclusively for non-business and non-commercial transactions and purposes; Providing a website featuring entertainment information in the fields of user-generated videos on a wide variety of topics and subjects; Non-downloadable electronic publications in the nature of magazines, newspapers and newsletters in the field of video games, anime, music, art, sports and popular culture; Providing a website featuring entertainment information in the fields of video games, anime, music, art, sports and popular culture; Providing online computer games; Entertainment services, namely, arranging and conducting of competitions in the field of athletic sport, music and video games; Arranging and conducting of educational conferences in the field of video games, anime, music, art, sports and popular culture; Organization of exhibitions for cultural or educational purposes; Arranging and conducting athletic competitions; Film production; Presentation of live show performances; Live music performances; Publication and editing of printed matter; On-line library services, namely, providing electronic library services which feature newspapers, magazines, photographs and pictures via an on-line computer network; Educational services, namely, providing classes and seminars in the fields of video games, anime, music, art, sports, popular culture, and academic study; Reference libraries of literature and documentary records; Lending library services; Entertainment services in the nature of creation, development, and production of television programming; Recording studios; Film studios; Photography services; News agencies, namely, gathering and dissemination of news; Entertainment services, namely, providing a web site featuring photographic, video and prose presentations featuring images, videos, text, sound, and music in the field of video games, anime, music, art, sports and popular culture; Animation production services; Providing amusement facilities; Organisation of fashion shows for entertainment purposes; Music composition services; Production of radio and television programs; Ticket agency services for entertainment events; Providing music halls; Booking of seats for shows; Entertainment services, namely, non-downloadable ringtones, pre-recorded music, and graphics presented to mobile communications devices via a global computer network and wireless networks |
| Goods and Services | Downloadable software for uploading, posting, showing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing and otherwise providing electronic media and information over the Internet and other communications networks; Downloadable computer game software; Recorded computer programs for users to upload, download, exchange and share videos and video games; Downloadable computer software for users to upload, download, exchange and share videos and video games; Downloadable image files containing user-generated images on a wide variety of topics and subjects, namely, video games, anime, music, art, sports and popular culture; Downloadable music files; Downloadable ring tones; Downloadable electronic publications in the nature of magazines, newspapers and newsletters in the field of video games, anime, music, art, sports and popular culture; Pre-recorded electronic storage media featuring animated films and animated cartoons; Pre-recorded CDs, video tapes, laser disks and DVDs featuring animated films and animated cartoons; Multimedia software recorded on CD-ROM featuring video games; Exposed slide films; Exposed cinematographic films; Computer hardware; Downloadable software for users to upload, download, exchange and share videos and video games; Smartphones; Mobile phones; Straps for mobile phones; Grip holders for mobile phones; Downloadable game software; Electronic notice boards |
| Translation of Words in Mark | The wording NICONICO has no meaning in a foreign language. |
| Goods and Services | Internet broadcasting services; Providing online forums; Electronic bulletin board services; Transmission of electronic mail; Transmission of greeting cards online; Transmission of messages; Transmission of sound, video and information; Transmission of digital files; News agency services for electronic transmission; Television broadcasting; Radio broadcasting; Cable television broadcasting; Cellular telephone communication; Telecommunication access services; Telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, graphics, images, audio and video by means of telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, and the Internet; Providing access to databases; Providing telecommunications connections to a global computer network; Teleconferencing services; Video broadcasting via the Internet; Video streaming services via the Internet, featuring independent films and movies |
| 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 | Tuesday, October 28, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 038 - Services allowing people to communicate with another by a sensory means. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 104 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Tuesday, October 28, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 038 |
| 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 | Tuesday, October 28, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 041 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 042 - 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 Codes | 100, 101 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Tuesday, October 28, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | DWANGO CO., LTD. |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061 JP |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Wednesday, February 11, 2026 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Thursday, March 12, 2026 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Thursday, March 12, 2026 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Thursday, March 12, 2026 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Thursday, March 12, 2026 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |