| Serial Number | 79237107 |
| Word Mark | SONY |
| Filing Date | Friday, March 9, 2018 |
| Status | 706 - SECTION 71 ACCEPTED |
| Status Date | Thursday, November 13, 2025 |
| Registration Number | 5836769 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, August 20, 2019 |
| Mark Drawing | 3 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, June 4, 2019 |
| Indication of Colors claimed | Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Blank digital recording media in the nature of optical discs and recordable DVDs; Telecommunication machines and apparatus, namely, televisions and digital video players and recorders; Computer software for streaming audiovisual and multimedia content via the internet and global communications networks; Computer software for streaming audiovisual and multimedia content to mobile digital electronic devices; Computer software for searching, organizing, and recommending multimedia content; Computer software for creating computer software and mobile applications; Electronic machines, apparatus and their parts, namely, personal computers, tablet computers, mobile phones, and personal digital assistants; Prerecorded optical discs featuring music; Prerecorded video cassettes featuring music; prerecorded video tapes featuring music; Phonograph records featuring music; Downloadable music files; Audio and video prerecorded optical discs featuring music, stories, dramatic performances, non-dramatic performances, live-action entertainment, animated entertainment, learning activities for children, and games; Pre-recorded motion picture films in the fields of action, adventures, animation, anime, biography, classics, comedy, crime, documentary, drama, faith, family, fantasy, film-noir, history, horror, international, musical, mystery, romance, science fiction, sports, thrillers, war, and westerns; Exposed cinematographic films; Exposed slide films; Slide film mounts; Electronic downloadable publications, namely, books and magazines in the field of television programs, movies and music |
| Goods and Services | Video tape film production; providing films, not downloadable, via video-on-demand transmission services; providing on-line non-downloadable videos featuring music, stories, dramatic performances, non-dramatic performances, live-action entertainment, animated entertainment, learning activities for children, and games; movie theaters; film production and distribution other than advertising films; entertainment services of ongoing television programs in the fields of action, adventure, animation, anime, biography, classics, comedy, crime, documentary, drama, faith, family, fantasy, film-noir, history, horror, international, musical, mystery, romance, science fiction, sports, thrillers, war, and westerns via a website; entertainment services of ongoing multimedia program in the fields of action, adventure, animation, anime, biography, classics, comedy, crime, documentary, drama, faith, family, fantasy, film-noir, history, horror, international, musical, mystery, romance, science fiction, sports, thrillers, war, and westerns distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; Provision of non-downloadable films and television programs via a video-on-demand service; Production of radio and television programmes; Production of videotape film in the field of education, culture, entertainment and sports; Video production; arranging and planning of movies, shows, plays or musical performances; Direction of making of radio and television programs; Providing amusement facilities |
| Goods and Services | Video on demand transmissions; Cable television broadcasting; Satellite television broadcasting; Subscription television broadcasting; Television broadcasting; Radio broadcasting |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the stylized word "SONY" within a curved-edged rectangle which is divided horizontally by a curved line. |
| 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, July 24, 2018 |
| 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, July 24, 2018 |
| 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, July 24, 2018 |
| Primary Code | 041 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | Sony Group Corporation |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Tokyo 108-0075 JP |
| Party Name | Sony Corporation |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | JP |
| Party Name | Sony Corporation |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | JP |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Thursday, July 19, 2018 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |
| Tuesday, July 24, 2018 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Tuesday, July 24, 2018 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Saturday, July 28, 2018 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Monday, July 30, 2018 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Tuesday, July 31, 2018 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Tuesday, August 14, 2018 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Tuesday, August 14, 2018 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Saturday, September 1, 2018 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Thursday, February 14, 2019 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Thursday, February 14, 2019 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Thursday, February 14, 2019 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Thursday, February 14, 2019 | TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED |
| Thursday, February 14, 2019 | ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED |
| Tuesday, March 5, 2019 | FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN |
| Tuesday, March 5, 2019 | FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, March 5, 2019 | NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED |
| Monday, April 15, 2019 | TEAS REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION RECEIVED |
| Monday, April 22, 2019 | ASSIGNED TO LIE |
| Thursday, April 25, 2019 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Thursday, April 25, 2019 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Monday, April 29, 2019 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, April 30, 2019 | LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED |
| Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | NOTICE OF START OF OPPOSITION PERIOD CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Saturday, June 1, 2019 | NOTIFICATION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Tuesday, June 4, 2019 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, June 4, 2019 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, August 20, 2019 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, November 20, 2019 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Monday, December 16, 2019 | FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED |
| Monday, December 16, 2019 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB |
| Friday, January 3, 2020 | FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Friday, July 15, 2022 | CHANGE OF NAME/ADDRESS REC'D FROM IB |
| Tuesday, August 20, 2024 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (6-YR) E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, June 3, 2025 | TEAS SECTION 71 RECEIVED |
| Monday, September 8, 2025 | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL |
| Tuesday, September 16, 2025 | POST REGISTRATION ACTION MAILED - SEC.71 |
| Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION-POST REG RECEIVED |
| Thursday, November 13, 2025 | REGISTERED-SEC.71 ACCEPTED |
| Thursday, November 13, 2025 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 - E-MAILED |