THE STEPSTONE GROUP Trademark
Trademark Overview
On Thursday, February 9, 2023, a trademark application was filed for THE STEPSTONE GROUP with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO has given the THE STEPSTONE GROUP trademark a serial number of 79370574. The federal status of this trademark filing is FINAL REFUSAL - MAILED as of Tuesday, November 5, 2024. This trademark is owned by The Stepstone Group GmbH. The THE STEPSTONE GROUP trademark is filed in the Communication Services, Computer & Software Products & Electrical & Scientific Products, Advertising, Business and Retail Services, Education & Entertainment Services, and Computer & Software Services & Scientific Services categories with the following description:
Instruction and training, in particular in the field of recruitment, employment, career planning and preparation of résumés; vocational guidance being training advice; providing education, namely, classes, seminars and assessment relating thereto, in the field of staffing, recruitment and retention of employees, employment, employee retention, workforce and talent management, career development and CV creation for employers and candidates; providing on-line information and news in the field of employment training; vocational training services in the field of computers; information relating to education, training, entertainment, recreation, sport and publishing; consultancy services relating to the education and training of management and of personnel; teaching and training in business, industry and information technology; provision of educational courses, lectures and seminars in the field of computers, business; providing of educational testing, training and educational assessment r...
downloadable and recorded computer software for creating searchable databases of information and for mobile apps creating searchable databases of information; downloadable or recorded application software for mobile devices for database management, creating searchable databases of information; downloadable or recorded computer software, namely web application software, for the evaluation and benchmarking of market information, business processes, communication processes, internal work processes, personnel requirements, staff planning, personnel placement, personnel management, and strategic workforce management; downloadable databases in the field of personnel placement; downloadable interactive databases in the field of workforce management; downloadable or recorded software using artificial intelligence for machine learning, facial and speech recognition; downloadable or recorded interactive software using artificial intelligence for learning, facial and speech recognition for the pu...
Telecommunications, in particular digital, electronic and online communications in the nature of namely, digital network communications services, electronic online message alerts; telecommunication services provided via platforms and portals on the internet and other media, namely, streamed sound and audiovisual recordings via the Internet, transmission of webcasts, transmission of podcasts; electronic exchange of messages using chat lines, chatrooms and Internet forums, namely, electronic message transmission; telephone communication services provided for hotlines and call centers; providing press services in connection with online services, specifically gathering, delivering and transmission of messages and information of all kinds, being online press agency services, in particular via on-demand services and other electronic media services; News agency services for electronic transmission, namely, transmission of multiple use of media information in the form of text or image material...
Advertising services; business management; business administration; providing office functions; marketing research; public opinion polling; public relations services; organization and operating of marketing promotional events; presentation of companies on the internet and other media, namely, advertising services; promoting the goods and services of others by arranging for sponsors to affiliate their goods and services with merchants; publication of printed and electronic matter for advertising purposes, namely, publication of publicity materials; advertising services relating to the recruitment of personnel; rental of advertising space on the internet for employment advertising; human resources management and personnel recruitment services; Personnel management advice relating to the placing of staff; personnel management advice relating to the recruitment of staff; personnel consultancy; employee leasing; personnel recruitment; placement of staff; personnel management; personnel mana...
Application service provider (ASP) services, namely, hosting of web sites, and featuring software for use in design, development, customization, implementation, operation, management and maintenance of websites; computer programming and computer systems analysis; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable customized database software for others in the fields of staff management, management administration, tracking, monitoring, automations and assessment of staffing, pre-hiring, hiring, post-hire, recruiting and employee retention processes, workforce logistics management and planning and decision support; computer software consultancy; designing websites for advertising purposes; creating, updating, and installation of computer software; networking of computer software, namely, integration of software into multiple systems and networks; development of data base software; providing temporary use of non-downloadable web-based software having reporting and evaluation capabilities ...
General Information
| Serial Number | 79370574 |
| Word Mark | THE STEPSTONE GROUP |
| Filing Date | Thursday, February 9, 2023 |
| Status | 645 - FINAL REFUSAL - MAILED |
| Status Date | Tuesday, November 5, 2024 |
| 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 |
Trademark Statements
| Goods and Services | Instruction and training, in particular in the field of recruitment, employment, career planning and preparation of résumés; vocational guidance being training advice; providing education, namely, classes, seminars and assessment relating thereto, in the field of staffing, recruitment and retention of employees, employment, employee retention, workforce and talent management, career development and CV creation for employers and candidates; providing on-line information and news in the field of employment training; vocational training services in the field of computers; information relating to education, training, entertainment, recreation, sport and publishing; consultancy services relating to the education and training of management and of personnel; teaching and training in business, industry and information technology; provision of educational courses, lectures and seminars in the field of computers, business; providing of educational testing, training and educational assessment relating thereto in the fields of computers, business by means of computers; training of personnel in the areas of recruitment and retention, human resources and business management; arranging and conducting of business conferences and seminars in the field of personnel recruitment, business management; all afore-stated services limited to the field of employee recruiting, human resources and career |
| Goods and Services | downloadable and recorded computer software for creating searchable databases of information and for mobile apps creating searchable databases of information; downloadable or recorded application software for mobile devices for database management, creating searchable databases of information; downloadable or recorded computer software, namely web application software, for the evaluation and benchmarking of market information, business processes, communication processes, internal work processes, personnel requirements, staff planning, personnel placement, personnel management, and strategic workforce management; downloadable databases in the field of personnel placement; downloadable interactive databases in the field of workforce management; downloadable or recorded software using artificial intelligence for machine learning, facial and speech recognition; downloadable or recorded interactive software using artificial intelligence for learning, facial and speech recognition for the purpose of human resources management; downloadable or recorded software used to automate and facilitate the employee recruiting process, recruitment software; downloadable and recorded computer software for a human resources management system which enables electronic processing and management of job candidate videos and data and facilitates the maintenance of and access to a searchable proprietary database of job candidates for employers over a global computer network; downloadable and recorded software and downloadable and recorded database software in the fields of staff management, management, administration, tracking, observation, automation and assessment of staffing, hiring, recruiting and employee retention processes, workforce logistics management and planning and decision support; downloadable and recorded computer readable database of information relating to human resources, career, employment, recruitment, retention and placement; downloadable and recorded software used to automate and facilitate the employee recruiting process, to manage and track information regarding job candidates, to provide employee assessment and survey tools for employers and to manage on-line employee applications; downloadable computer software for image processing, document management, for printer management, for network transmission and reception, for document creation, for database management and for document and image processing; electronic databases in the field of human resources recruitment and management recorded on computer media; apparatus, instruments and media for recording, reproducing, carrying, storing, processing, manipulating, transmitting, broadcasting, retrieving and reproducing music, sounds, images, text, signals, software, information, data and code, namely, computer hardware; sound, video and data recordings being visual and audio recordings featuring training; cloud servers being computer servers; downloadable cloud server software; downloadable cloud computing software for recruitment; downloadable cloud computing software for sound and images; magnetic coded cards for operating automatic machines; all afore-stated goods limited to the field of employee recruiting, human resources and career |
| Goods and Services | Telecommunications, in particular digital, electronic and online communications in the nature of namely, digital network communications services, electronic online message alerts; telecommunication services provided via platforms and portals on the internet and other media, namely, streamed sound and audiovisual recordings via the Internet, transmission of webcasts, transmission of podcasts; electronic exchange of messages using chat lines, chatrooms and Internet forums, namely, electronic message transmission; telephone communication services provided for hotlines and call centers; providing press services in connection with online services, specifically gathering, delivering and transmission of messages and information of all kinds, being online press agency services, in particular via on-demand services and other electronic media services; News agency services for electronic transmission, namely, transmission of multiple use of media information in the form of text or image material by online press agencies for content syndication; transmission of information stored on databases, in particular communication by means of interactive computer systems; electronic transmission of news and general information, being press agency services; Broadcasting of television programmes and radio programmes on the world wide web; telecommunications services, namely, transmission of data in the field of employment, employee recruitment, the insertion of adverts, preparation of résumés and forwarding of replies to such advertisements by means of a computer network; providing access to interactive databases relating to various types of advertisements, in particular advertisements in the field of job recruitment, advertisements arranged according to category and advertisements relating to employment; forwarding responses to advertisements via a computer network in the nature of electronic transmission of messages; electronic communications services, namely electronic transmission of data and documents among users of computers; delivery of messages and data by electronic transmission; providing access to the internet; providing access to electronic publications and data via computer networks; provision of multi-user access to computer networks for the transfer and dissemination of a wide range of information; all afore-stated services limited to the field of employee recruiting, human resources and career |
| Pseudo Mark | THE STEP STONE GROUP |
| Goods and Services | Advertising services; business management; business administration; providing office functions; marketing research; public opinion polling; public relations services; organization and operating of marketing promotional events; presentation of companies on the internet and other media, namely, advertising services; promoting the goods and services of others by arranging for sponsors to affiliate their goods and services with merchants; publication of printed and electronic matter for advertising purposes, namely, publication of publicity materials; advertising services relating to the recruitment of personnel; rental of advertising space on the internet for employment advertising; human resources management and personnel recruitment services; Personnel management advice relating to the placing of staff; personnel management advice relating to the recruitment of staff; personnel consultancy; employee leasing; personnel recruitment; placement of staff; personnel management; personnel management assistance; personnel services, namely, personnel recruitment services, temporary personnel services; evaluation of personnel requirements, namely, knowledge, skills, and abilities of others; Human resources services, namely, personnel selection for others; employee record services being business records management; provision of information relating to recruitment; job and personnel placement; temporary personnel services; job agency services for medical personnel; employment counselling; clerical employment agency services; serving as a human resources department for others; personnel placement and recruitment; personnel recruitment agency services; employment agency services; personnel management consultancy; consultancy relating to the selection of personnel; business advisory services relating to personnel placement; business recruitment consultancy; providing information relating to employment recruitment; psychological testing for the selection of personnel; recruitment of high-level management personnel; arranging and conducting recruitment fairs, namely, organizing and conducting job fairs; personnel selection using psychological testing; employment agency services relating to placement of medical and nursing personnel; acquiring information by interactive means, namely, electronic data collection for business purposes in the field of recruitment, employment, career planning, career opportunities and relaunch opportunities; writing of CVs for others; personnel recruitment services; Providing office functions, namely, forwarding CVs and information between potential employees and potential employers; human resources consultation; career placement; providing information relating to jobs and career opportunities; talent agencies for management and employment of executive personnel; marketing, advertising and promotional services; dissemination of advertising for others via an on-line communications network on the internet; promotion services, namely, promotion of business opportunities; business investigations, assessments, business information provided online via a global computer network, a computer database or the internet; expert evaluations and reports relating to business matters; advisory service for organizational issues and business administration, with and without the help of electronic data bases; business management consultancy as well as development of processes for the analysis and the implementation of strategy plans and management projects; development of marketing strategies and concepts; preparation of business reports; benchmarking services for business management purposes in the nature of business evaluations; Benchmarking in the nature of business evaluations; business consultancy through the analysis of internal company data surveys and data evaluations of personal data, office equipment, building parameters, health aspects, cost benefit analysis; all afore-stated services limited to the field of employee recruiting, human resources and career |
| NOT AVAILABLE | GROUP |
| Goods and Services | Application service provider (ASP) services, namely, hosting of web sites, and featuring software for use in design, development, customization, implementation, operation, management and maintenance of websites; computer programming and computer systems analysis; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable customized database software for others in the fields of staff management, management administration, tracking, monitoring, automations and assessment of staffing, pre-hiring, hiring, post-hire, recruiting and employee retention processes, workforce logistics management and planning and decision support; computer software consultancy; designing websites for advertising purposes; creating, updating, and installation of computer software; networking of computer software, namely, integration of software into multiple systems and networks; development of data base software; providing temporary use of non-downloadable web-based software having reporting and evaluation capabilities with detailed configuration options, integrated workflow support and individualized customization; quality evaluation of performance of data-processing software against bench-mark references; rental of data processing programs; Technical support, namely, providing back-up computer programs and facilities; providing virtual computer systems through cloud computing; computer services, namely, cloud hosting provider services; all afore-stated services limited to the field of employee recruiting, human resources and career |
Classification Information
| 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 | Friday, May 26, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 038 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| 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 | Friday, May 26, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 035 - Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 102 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, May 26, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 035 |
| 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 | Friday, May 26, 2023 |
| 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 | Friday, May 26, 2023 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
Trademark Owner History
| Party Name | The Stepstone Group GmbH |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | DE |
Trademark Events
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Thursday, May 25, 2023 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |
| Friday, May 26, 2023 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Tuesday, May 30, 2023 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Wednesday, November 8, 2023 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Sunday, December 10, 2023 | CHANGE OF NAME/ADDRESS REC'D FROM IB |
| Tuesday, February 13, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Wednesday, February 14, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Tuesday, March 5, 2024 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Tuesday, March 5, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, March 26, 2024 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Thursday, September 5, 2024 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Thursday, September 5, 2024 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Thursday, September 5, 2024 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, November 5, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED |
| Tuesday, November 5, 2024 | FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN |
| Tuesday, November 5, 2024 | FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED |
| Saturday, November 9, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION - PROCESSED BY IB |
| Friday, December 13, 2024 | LIMITATION OF GOODS RECEIVED FROM IB |
