| Serial Number | 98165415 |
| Word Mark | TRUFO |
| Filing Date | Tuesday, September 5, 2023 |
| Status | 688 - NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE - ISSUED |
| Status Date | Tuesday, March 18, 2025 |
| 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 | Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
| Goods and Services | Downloadable enterprise software for user applications and code libraries, namely software for watermarking and authenticating digital audiovisual content; Downloadable software development kits (SDK); Downloadable software development kits (SDK) for encoding and decoding watermarked content; Downloadable image files containing watermarked content, namely downloadable image files containing digital provenance and authenticity information; Downloadable multimedia files containing text relating to watermarked content, namely downloadable multimedia files containing digital provenance and authenticity information; Downloadable computer software using artificial intelligence for digital watermarking, namely concealing digital data within electronic and physical media; Downloadable computer software using artificial intelligence for digital watermarking, namely extracting hidden digital data from electronic and physical media; Custom computer hardware and downloadable software integrations, namely computer hardware and recorded computer software programs sold as a unit for watermarking and authenticating digital audiovisual content; Downloadable application programming interface (API) software for encoding and decoding watermarked content; Downloadable application programming interface (API) software for storing, tracking, and incorporating information embedded within digital content, including invisible watermarks; Downloadable computer software using artificial intelligence for embedding and reading a watermark incorporated into digital media; Downloadable software for encoding and decoding watermarked content |
| Goods and Services | Digital watermarking; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for the encoding and decoding of watermarks; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring digital steganography support, specifically for concealing and revealing hidden data within digital media; Providing on-line non-downloadable software for cryptographic authentication of digital audiovisual content; Electronic data storage; Electronic data storage of information on content sources, watermarked content production and consumption, and analytics on the nature and location of watermarked content production and consumption; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software using artificial intelligence for the interpretation of content changes; Research and development of new watermarking techniques; Providing interactive websites featuring technology that enables users to encode and decode watermarked content; Computer services, namely hosting an interactive website that allows users to encode and decode watermarked content; Providing temporary use of on-line non- downloadable software development tools for encoding and decoding watermarked content; Searching and retrieving information on content sources based on digital provenance and authenticity information; Searching and retrieving data associated with watermarked content based on digital provenance and authenticity information; Audiovisual communications services featuring watermarked content, specifically providing digital communication platforms with integrated watermarking technology for content security, namely, providing online non-downloadable computer software platforms for digital watermarking, cryptographic content authentication, and secure data embedding for audiovisual media; Remote monitoring and identification of content sources, namely detecting a watermark, extracting the source ID, and searching an identity on public key infrastructures, namely, digital content provenance systems for tracking, verifying, and validating the origins and history of digital content to ensure authenticity and accountability; Security services featuring the certification and identification of content sources using public key infrastructures, the verification of content, and detection of content alterations using watermarks, namely, embedded cryptographic identifiers for tracking and validating digital content; Verification of identity, namely the secure association of digital audiovisual content with a publishing identity to deter impersonation, misinformation, or copyright infringement, namely, the unauthorized use or reproduction of watermarked digital content through cryptographic verification methods; Educational services, specifically conducting conferences, events, workshops, presentations, speaking engagements, classes, trainings, retreats, lectures, and seminars on digital watermarking and related technologies; Audio and video recordings, specifically in the field of digital watermarking, specifically using digital steganography for embedding cryptographic identifiers into audiovisual files to ensure traceability and authenticity; E- books, specifically related to digital watermarking and content security technologies, specifically digital watermarking and content security innovations, including cryptographic tracking tools and secure data embedding methods; Providing a website featuring technology information in the field of digital watermarking; Podcasts, specifically in the field of digital watermarking and content security, specifically focused on digital content protection and authentication technologies, including watermark-based tracking and cryptographic verification methods; Computer technology consultancy in the field of digital watermarking; Technological consultancy services in the field of digital watermarking |
| 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, September 3, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| 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 | Tuesday, September 3, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | TRUFO, INC. |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | NEW YORK, NY 10003-1502 |
| Party Name | TRUFO, INC. |
| Party Type | 11 - New Owner Before Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | NEW YORK, NY 10003-1502 |
| Party Name | XYH Technology Consulting LLC |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 16 - Limited Liability Company |
| Address | New York, NY 10003-1502 |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Friday, September 8, 2023 | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Thursday, September 28, 2023 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Monday, June 3, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Monday, June 3, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Monday, June 3, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, August 14, 2024 | TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, August 14, 2024 | TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, August 14, 2024 | APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED |
| Wednesday, August 14, 2024 | ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED |
| Wednesday, August 14, 2024 | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED |
| Thursday, August 29, 2024 | AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP |
| Tuesday, September 3, 2024 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Tuesday, September 3, 2024 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Tuesday, September 3, 2024 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, October 22, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED |
| Tuesday, October 22, 2024 | FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN |
| Tuesday, October 22, 2024 | FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED |
| Friday, December 27, 2024 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Friday, December 27, 2024 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Friday, December 27, 2024 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Friday, December 27, 2024 | TEAS REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, January 21, 2025 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, January 21, 2025 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, March 18, 2025 | NOA E-MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT |