THE POWER OF LESS Trademark

Trademark Overview


On Thursday, December 5, 2013, a trademark application was filed for THE POWER OF LESS with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO has given the THE POWER OF LESS trademark a serial number of 79154418. The federal status of this trademark filing is PARTIAL SECTION 71 & 15 ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED as of Monday, September 5, 2022. This trademark is owned by DS Smith Plc. The THE POWER OF LESS trademark is filed in the Machinery Products, Paper & Printed Material Products, Rubber Products, Non-Metallic Building Material Products, Furniture Products, Advertising, Business and Retail Services, and Transportation & Storage Services categories with the following description:

[ Extruded polycarbonate (PC) plastic sheets and products made of PC, including corrugated plastic, namely, plastic reinforced wall panels for use as sound and light barriers; ] [articles and materials made wholly or principally of fluted plastics sheet material, namely, composite lumber made using recycled plastic; the foregoing not including expansion joints for tubes; plastic sheet, namely, plastic webbing material used to reinforce bituminous waterproofing sheets; [ extruded plastic sheet, namely, plastic webbing material used to reinforce bituminous waterproofing sheets; extruded fluted plastic sheet, namely, plastic webbing material used to reinforce bituminous waterproofing sheets; ] non-metallic building materials, namely, composite panels composed primarily of non-metal materials; coverings, not of metal, for building, namely, non-metal coverings for ceilings; paper board for building; parts and fittings specially adapted for and sold as a unit with all the aforesaid goods]

[Wrapping machines; machine tools for wrapping and packaging; filling machines; sealing machines for industrial purposes; die cutting machines; hand-held tools, namely, routers, and circular saws; [ power drills; ] electric hand held drills; power-operated percussion hammer drills; inking apparatus for printing blocks for printing machines; packaging machines; packing machines; paper cutting and shredding machines; paper bag, box, and sack making machines; printing machines; printing presses; shredders for industrial use; pulverisers for industrial and commercial applications; reeling apparatus, namely, paper reeling machines; corrugated cardboard making machines; shredding machines not paper shredders for offices; binding machines, namely, document binding machines for industrial use; parts and fittings specially adapted for and sold as a unit with all the aforesaid goods]

[Injection moulded and extruded plastic foam products in the form of bars, blocks, pellets, rods, sheets and tubes for use in packaging and in the manufacture of re-usable plastic containers for use in material handling to store and transport products; plastics in sheet form and container form for use in manufacturing; boards of plastic including corrugated plastics for use in manufacturing; flute plastic material in sheet form, namely, plastic and corrugated PVC fluted substrates; extruded fluted plastic material in sheet form, namely, plastic and corrugated PVC fluted substrates in sheet form; injection moulded parts and fittings specially adapted for and sold as a unit with all the aforesaid goods; * extruded polycarbonate (pc) plastic sheets and products made of pc, including corrugated plastic, namely, plastic reinforced wall panels for use as sound and light barriers; extruded plastic sheet, namely, plastic webbing material used to reinforce bituminous waterproofing sheets; extru...

[Transport of goods by ferry, truck, boat, rail, air; packaging of goods; warehousing, namely, storage, distribution, pick-up, packing, and shipping of goods; storage of goods; delivery of goods]

Cardboard packaging; paper and cardboard; paper bags, envelopes, and pouches for packaging; [loose leaf binders; blotters;] cardboard or paper boxes; [plastic bubble packs for wrapping or packaging; calendars; carbon paper; book covers; folders for papers; paper; wood pulp cardboard and wood pulp paper; printed matter none being in connection with financial services, namely, newsletters, brochures, pamphlets in the field of packaging, environmental issues and re-cycling; printed matter, namely, books, manuals, curricula, newsletters, informational cards and brochures in the field of packaging, environmental issues and re-cycling; catalogues in the field of packaging, stationery, environmental issues and re-cycling; brochures in the field of packaging, stationery, environmental issues and re-cycling; manuals in the field of packaging, stationery, environmental issues and re-cycling; bookbinding material; photographs; stationery;] boxes, containers, cases and cartons made of paper and ca...

[Business management; business administration; providing office functions; advertising by mail order; advertising on the Internet; advertising by e-mail; dissemination of advertising material; cost price analysis; operation of business telephone call centers for others; business management assistance; business consultancy; business investigations; compilation of information into computer databases; systemization of information into computer databases; direct mail advertising; direct mail marketing;] the bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of office requisites and stationery, enabling customers conveniently to view and purchase those goods

[Injection moulded plastic crates, pallets and packaging containers]
the power of less

General Information


Serial Number79154418
Word MarkTHE POWER OF LESS
Filing DateThursday, December 5, 2013
Status708 - PARTIAL SECTION 71 & 15 ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED
Status DateMonday, September 5, 2022
Registration Number4815308
Registration DateTuesday, September 22, 2015
Mark Drawing4000 - Illustration: Drawing with word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) in Block form
Published for Opposition DateTuesday, July 7, 2015

Trademark Statements


Certificate of Correction for RegistrationIn the Statement, Page 1, lines 6 and 7, "POWER DRILLS;" should be deleted. In the statement, page 2, lines 40-42, " extruded polycarbonate (pc) plastic sheets and products made of pc, including corrugated plastic, namely, plastic reinforced wall panels for use as sound and light barriers; " should be deleted, and lines 47-50, " extruded plastic sheet, namely, plastic webbing material used to reinforce bituminous waterproofing sheets; extruded fluted plastic sheet, namely, plastic webbing material used to reinforce bituminous waterproofing sheets" should be deleted. In the statement, page 2, line 39 after the word "goods", " extruded polycarbonate (pc) plastic sheets and products made of pc, including corrugated plastic, namely, plastic reinforced wall panels for use as sound and light barriers; extruded plastic sheet, namely, plastic webbing material used to reinforce bituminous waterproofing sheets; extruded fluted plastic sheet, namely, plastic webbing material used to reinforce bituminous waterproofing sheets" should be inserted.
Goods and Services[ Extruded polycarbonate (PC) plastic sheets and products made of PC, including corrugated plastic, namely, plastic reinforced wall panels for use as sound and light barriers; ] [articles and materials made wholly or principally of fluted plastics sheet material, namely, composite lumber made using recycled plastic; the foregoing not including expansion joints for tubes; plastic sheet, namely, plastic webbing material used to reinforce bituminous waterproofing sheets; [ extruded plastic sheet, namely, plastic webbing material used to reinforce bituminous waterproofing sheets; extruded fluted plastic sheet, namely, plastic webbing material used to reinforce bituminous waterproofing sheets; ] non-metallic building materials, namely, composite panels composed primarily of non-metal materials; coverings, not of metal, for building, namely, non-metal coverings for ceilings; paper board for building; parts and fittings specially adapted for and sold as a unit with all the aforesaid goods]
Goods and Services[Wrapping machines; machine tools for wrapping and packaging; filling machines; sealing machines for industrial purposes; die cutting machines; hand-held tools, namely, routers, and circular saws; [ power drills; ] electric hand held drills; power-operated percussion hammer drills; inking apparatus for printing blocks for printing machines; packaging machines; packing machines; paper cutting and shredding machines; paper bag, box, and sack making machines; printing machines; printing presses; shredders for industrial use; pulverisers for industrial and commercial applications; reeling apparatus, namely, paper reeling machines; corrugated cardboard making machines; shredding machines not paper shredders for offices; binding machines, namely, document binding machines for industrial use; parts and fittings specially adapted for and sold as a unit with all the aforesaid goods]
Goods and Services[Injection moulded and extruded plastic foam products in the form of bars, blocks, pellets, rods, sheets and tubes for use in packaging and in the manufacture of re-usable plastic containers for use in material handling to store and transport products; plastics in sheet form and container form for use in manufacturing; boards of plastic including corrugated plastics for use in manufacturing; flute plastic material in sheet form, namely, plastic and corrugated PVC fluted substrates; extruded fluted plastic material in sheet form, namely, plastic and corrugated PVC fluted substrates in sheet form; injection moulded parts and fittings specially adapted for and sold as a unit with all the aforesaid goods; * extruded polycarbonate (pc) plastic sheets and products made of pc, including corrugated plastic, namely, plastic reinforced wall panels for use as sound and light barriers; extruded plastic sheet, namely, plastic webbing material used to reinforce bituminous waterproofing sheets; extruded fluted plastic sheet, namely, plastic webbing material used to reinforce bituminous waterproofing sheets *]
Goods and Services[Transport of goods by ferry, truck, boat, rail, air; packaging of goods; warehousing, namely, storage, distribution, pick-up, packing, and shipping of goods; storage of goods; delivery of goods]
Goods and ServicesCardboard packaging; paper and cardboard; paper bags, envelopes, and pouches for packaging; [loose leaf binders; blotters;] cardboard or paper boxes; [plastic bubble packs for wrapping or packaging; calendars; carbon paper; book covers; folders for papers; paper; wood pulp cardboard and wood pulp paper; printed matter none being in connection with financial services, namely, newsletters, brochures, pamphlets in the field of packaging, environmental issues and re-cycling; printed matter, namely, books, manuals, curricula, newsletters, informational cards and brochures in the field of packaging, environmental issues and re-cycling; catalogues in the field of packaging, stationery, environmental issues and re-cycling; brochures in the field of packaging, stationery, environmental issues and re-cycling; manuals in the field of packaging, stationery, environmental issues and re-cycling; bookbinding material; photographs; stationery;] boxes, containers, cases and cartons made of paper and cardboard; [plastic bags, pouches, film and bubble packs for packaging; fluted plastic bags, pouches, film and bubble packs for use in packaging; triple fluted plastic bags, pouches, film and bubble packs for use in packaging; plastic containers, packaging for liquids in the nature of bags and pouches;] packaging containers of paper and cardboard; adhesives for stationery or household purposes[; paint brushes; typewriters; printed instructional and teaching material in the field of packaging, environmental issues and re-cycling; plastic bags, pouches, film and bubble packs for packaging; printer's type; printing blocks; adding machine paper rolls; adhesive tapes for stationery or household purposes; book binding materials; legal pads; note books; note pads; spiral bound note books; spiral bound note pads; envelopes; reusable two-way envelopes; file boxes for storage of business and personal records; index cards; index card storage boxes; binder clips; push pins; paper clips; clipboards; computer printout binders; correction fluids for documents; diaries; adhesive tape dispensers; dry erase writing boards and markers; document files; facsimile transmission paper in the form of rolls; highlighter pens; paper labels; paper for writing to-do lists; pens; markers; pencils; erasers; pencil sharpeners; record cards; repositionable note cards; ring and presentation binders; notebook dividers; rubber bands; drafting rulers; stamp pads; ink for pens; staplers; staples; daily planners for the calendar year; ribbons for typewriters; inking ribbons for typing machines, inking ribbons for computer printers, inking ribbons for calculators, word processing machines and for cash registers; art and photograph portfolio cases; custom made date and message stamps; custom made self-inking stamps; low cost rubber ink stamps; pre-inked customised stamps; flexible packaging plastic bags made of, or containing, multi-layered metallised polyester, polyethylene, ethylene vinyl alcohol, laminated and/or nylon; parts and fittings specially adapted for and sold as a unit with all the aforesaid goods]
Goods and Services[Business management; business administration; providing office functions; advertising by mail order; advertising on the Internet; advertising by e-mail; dissemination of advertising material; cost price analysis; operation of business telephone call centers for others; business management assistance; business consultancy; business investigations; compilation of information into computer databases; systemization of information into computer databases; direct mail advertising; direct mail marketing;] the bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of office requisites and stationery, enabling customers conveniently to view and purchase those goods
Goods and Services[Injection moulded plastic crates, pallets and packaging containers]

Classification Information


International Class007 - Machines and machine tools; motors and engines (except for land vehicles); machine coupling and transmission components (except for land vehicles); agricultural implements other than hand-operated; incubators for eggs.
US Class Codes013, 019, 021, 023, 024, 031, 034, 035
Class Status CodeG - NOT AVAILABLE
Class Status DateMonday, September 5, 2022
Primary Code007
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

International Class016 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials, not included in other classes; printed matter; bookbinding material; photographs; stationery; adhesives for stationery or household purposes; artists' materials; paint brushes; typewriters and office requisites (except furniture); instructional and teaching material (except apparatus); plastic materials for packaging (not included in other classes); printers' type; printing blocks.
US Class Codes002, 005, 022, 023, 029, 037, 038, 050
Class Status Code6 - Active
Class Status DateWednesday, November 12, 2014
Primary Code016
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

International Class017 - Rubber, gutta-percha, gum, asbestos, mica and goods made from these materials and not included in other classes; plastics in extruded form for use in manufacture; packing, stopping and insulating materials; flexible pipes, not of metal.
US Class Codes001, 005, 012, 013, 035, 050
Class Status CodeG - NOT AVAILABLE
Class Status DateMonday, September 5, 2022
Primary Code017
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

International Class019 - Building materials (non-metallic); nonmetallic rigid pipes for building; asphalt, pitch and bitumen; nonmetallic transportable buildings; monuments, not of metal.
US Class Codes001, 012, 033, 050
Class Status CodeG - NOT AVAILABLE
Class Status DateMonday, September 5, 2022
Primary Code019
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

International Class020 - Furniture, mirrors, picture frames; goods (not included in other classes) of wood, cork, reed, cane, wicker, horn, bone, ivory, whalebone, shell, amber, mother-of-pearl, meerschaum and substitutes for all these materials, or of plastics.
US Class Codes002, 013, 022, 025, 032, 050
Class Status CodeG - NOT AVAILABLE
Class Status DateMonday, September 5, 2022
Primary Code020
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

International Class035 - Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions.
US Class Codes100, 101, 102
Class Status Code6 - Active
Class Status DateWednesday, November 12, 2014
Primary Code035
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

International Class039 - Transport; packaging and storage of goods; travel arrangement.
US Class Codes100, 105
Class Status CodeG - NOT AVAILABLE
Class Status DateMonday, September 5, 2022
Primary Code039
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

Trademark Owner History


Party NameDS Smith Plc
Party Type30 - Original Registrant
Legal Entity Type11 - Company
AddressGB

Party NameDS Smith Plc
Party Type20 - Owner at Publication
Legal Entity Type11 - Company
AddressLondon NW1 3AX
GB

Party NameDS Smith Plc
Party Type10 - Original Applicant
Legal Entity Type11 - Company
AddressLondon NW1 3AX
GB

Trademark Events


Event DateEvent Description
Thursday, January 25, 2024INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION RENEWED
Tuesday, July 18, 2023CHANGE OF NAME/ADDRESS REC'D FROM IB
Monday, July 3, 2023PARTIAL INVALIDATION PROCESSED BY THE IB
Monday, May 29, 2023PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION SENT TO IB
Monday, May 29, 2023INVALIDATION PROCESSED
Friday, May 5, 2023PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED
Monday, September 5, 2022NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 & 15 - E-MAILED
Monday, September 5, 2022REGISTERED - PARTIAL SEC. 71 ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
Tuesday, August 16, 2022CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
Thursday, March 17, 2022TEAS SECTION 71 & 15 RECEIVED
Tuesday, September 22, 2020COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (6-YR) E-MAILED
Friday, February 2, 2018NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT IB RECEIVED
Wednesday, October 25, 2017CORRECTION FROM THE IB EXAMINED, NO ACTION IS NEEDED
Friday, October 20, 2017CORRECTION TRANSACTION RECEIVED FROM IB
Wednesday, February 1, 2017INVALIDATION REVIEWED - NO ACTION REQUIRED BY OFFICE
Wednesday, November 23, 2016PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED
Friday, June 17, 2016FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB
Monday, March 28, 2016CORRECTION FROM IB ENTERED - NO REVIEW REQUIRED
Wednesday, March 23, 2016FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB
Wednesday, March 23, 2016FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED
Tuesday, March 15, 2016CORRECTION FROM IB ENTERED - NO REVIEW REQUIRED
Tuesday, March 15, 2016CORRECTION UNDER SECTION 7 - PROCESSED
Friday, March 11, 2016CORRECTION TRANSACTION RECEIVED FROM IB
Tuesday, December 22, 2015FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB
Tuesday, September 22, 2015REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Saturday, July 11, 2015NOTIFICATION PROCESSED BY IB
Tuesday, July 7, 2015OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
Tuesday, July 7, 2015PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
Wednesday, June 24, 2015NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB
Wednesday, June 24, 2015NOTICE OF START OF OPPOSITION PERIOD CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB
Wednesday, June 17, 2015NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
Thursday, June 4, 2015LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED
Monday, June 1, 2015APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Thursday, May 7, 2015TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
Thursday, May 7, 2015CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
Wednesday, April 29, 2015ASSIGNED TO LIE
Friday, April 24, 2015TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
Thursday, April 23, 2015ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
Thursday, April 23, 2015TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
Friday, December 12, 2014REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB
Monday, November 24, 2014NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB
Monday, November 24, 2014REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU
Friday, November 21, 2014NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW
Thursday, November 20, 2014NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
Tuesday, November 18, 2014APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED
Wednesday, November 12, 2014ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
Wednesday, November 12, 2014NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED
Friday, November 7, 2014LIMITATION FROM ORIGINAL APPLICATION ENTERED
Thursday, November 6, 2014SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB