SOUTHWESTERN BELL HOMEENTERTAINMENT Trademark

Trademark Overview


On Wednesday, April 7, 1999, a trademark application was filed for SOUTHWESTERN BELL HOMEENTERTAINMENT with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO has given the SOUTHWESTERN BELL HOMEENTERTAINMENT trademark a serial number of 75676262. The federal status of this trademark filing is CANCELLED - SECTION 8 as of Saturday, April 19, 2008. This trademark is owned by SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.. The SOUTHWESTERN BELL HOMEENTERTAINMENT trademark is filed in the Education & Entertainment Services category with the following description:

Entertainment services, namely providing information regarding satellite television programming and services to others
southwestern bell homeentertainment

General Information


Serial Number75676262
Word MarkSOUTHWESTERN BELL HOMEENTERTAINMENT
Filing DateWednesday, April 7, 1999
Status710 - CANCELLED - SECTION 8
Status DateSaturday, April 19, 2008
Registration Number2468831
Registration DateTuesday, July 17, 2001
Mark Drawing3T11 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s)
Published for Opposition DateTuesday, December 5, 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. Serial No 75/676262
Disclaimer with Predetermined Text"HOME ENTERTAINMENT"
Goods and ServicesEntertainment services, namely providing information regarding satellite television programming and services to others
Pseudo MarkSOUTH WESTERN BELL HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Section 2(f) Limitation Statementas the the term "SOUTHWESTERN"

Classification Information


International Class041 - Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities.
US Class Codes100, 101, 107
Class Status Code2 - Sec. 8 - Entire Registration
Class Status DateSaturday, April 19, 2008
Primary Code041
First Use Anywhere DateTuesday, June 30, 1998
First Use In Commerce DateSunday, January 31, 1999

Trademark Owner History


Party NameAT&T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P.
Party Type32 - New Owner After Registration
Legal Entity Type13 - Limited Partnership
AddressAUSTIN, TX 78730

Party NameSBC KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P.
Party Type31 - New Owner After Registration
Legal Entity Type13 - Limited Partnership
AddressAUSTIN, TX 78730

Party NameSBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Party Type30 - Original Registrant
Legal Entity Type03 - Corporation
AddressSan Antonio, TX 78205

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, April 19, 2008CANCELLED SEC. 8 (6-YR)
Tuesday, February 20, 2007CASE FILE IN TICRS
Wednesday, July 19, 2006AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP
Tuesday, July 17, 2001REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Tuesday, December 5, 2000PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
Friday, November 3, 2000NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
Thursday, September 28, 2000ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
Monday, March 13, 2000APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Friday, March 3, 2000EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT MAILED
Tuesday, January 18, 2000ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
Wednesday, September 29, 1999ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
Thursday, September 23, 1999ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER