SOUTHWESTERN BELL Trademark

Trademark Overview


On Monday, August 23, 1999, a trademark application was filed for SOUTHWESTERN BELL with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO has given the SOUTHWESTERN BELL trademark a serial number of 75782443. The federal status of this trademark filing is ABANDONED - NO STATEMENT OF USE FILED as of Thursday, January 17, 2002. This trademark is owned by SBC Communications Inc.. The SOUTHWESTERN BELL trademark is filed in the Communication Services category with the following description:

Telecommunications services, namely, the electronic transmission of messages, data, and information via a global computer network; providing telecommunications connections to a global computer network; electronic mail services; collocation services namely, providing telecommunications connections to local area networks and global computer communications networks for customers' network servers that are stored in the service provider's storage facility
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General Information


Serial Number75782443
Word MarkSOUTHWESTERN BELL
Filing DateMonday, August 23, 1999
Status606 - ABANDONED - NO STATEMENT OF USE FILED
Status DateThursday, January 17, 2002
Registration Number0000000
Registration DateNOT AVAILABLE
Mark Drawing3S07 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s)
Published for Opposition DateTuesday, August 1, 2000

Trademark Statements


Concurrent Use StatementRegistration pursuant to the opinions of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in United States v. Western Electric Co., Inc., Civil Action No. 82-0192 dated July 8, 1983, and February 6, 1984, and section 2(d) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(d), the Applicant asserts a shared common heritage of rights and related goodwill in the "BELL" word element of the mark and the stylized "BELL" design with other former members of the Bell System. The applicant's right to exclusive use of the "BELL" design is nationwide, but is subject to the condition that the applicant shall use the mark only in conjunction with the following modifier: "SOUTHWESTERN BELL". Use of the modifier shall be considered to be in conjunction with the mark if it is used in sufficient proximity to the mark such that a reasonable observer would normally view the mark and the modifier in a single visual impression and would recognize that both the mark and the modifier are used by the applicant. Applicant's right to the exclusive use of the "BELL" design is subject to the rights of the following companies, to which concurrent registrations in the mark have been issued, to use of the mark in conjunction with one or more of the modifiers specified in those registrations, and the applicant's right to exclusive use of the "BELL" word element of such composite marks is subject to the concurrent rights which the following companies have in the "BELL" mark as specified in the opinions of the United States District Court as cited above: American Information Technologies Corporation, 30 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606; Bell Atlantic Corporation, 1310 North Courthouse Road, Arlington, VA 22201; BellSouth Corporation, 1155 Peachtree street, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30367; Cincinnati Bell, Inc., 201 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202; Nynex Corporation, 1113 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, NY 10604; Pacific Telesis Group, 130 Kearny Street, San Francisco, CA 94108; The Southern New England Telephone Company, 227 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06506; Southwestern Bell Corporation, One Bell Center, St. Louis, MO 63101; and U.S. West, Inc., 6200 South Quebec Road, Englewood, CO 80111. Concurrent Use Application Serial No. 75/78244.
Goods and ServicesTelecommunications services, namely, the electronic transmission of messages, data, and information via a global computer network; providing telecommunications connections to a global computer network; electronic mail services; collocation services namely, providing telecommunications connections to local area networks and global computer communications networks for customers' network servers that are stored in the service provider's storage facility
Section 2(f) Limitation Statementas to "SOUTHWESTERN"

Classification Information


International Class038 - Services allowing people to communicate with another by a sensory means.
US Class Codes100, 101, 104
Class Status Code6 - Active
Class Status DateMonday, November 15, 1999
Primary Code038
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

Trademark Owner History


Party NameSBC Communications Inc.
Party Type20 - Owner at Publication
Legal Entity Type03 - Corporation
AddressSan Antonio, TX 78205

Party NameSBC Communications Inc.
Party Type10 - Original Applicant
Legal Entity Type03 - Corporation
AddressSan Antonio, TX 78205

Trademark Events


Event DateEvent Description
Saturday, July 13, 2002ABANDONMENT - NO USE STATEMENT FILED
Tuesday, July 10, 2001EXTENSION 1 GRANTED
Tuesday, July 10, 2001EXTENSION 1 FILED
Tuesday, January 16, 2001NOA MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT
Tuesday, August 1, 2000PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
Friday, June 30, 2000NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
Friday, May 19, 2000APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Wednesday, April 26, 2000CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
Wednesday, March 22, 2000NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED
Tuesday, January 18, 2000ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
Wednesday, December 22, 1999ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
Tuesday, December 14, 1999ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER