UNIVERSAL CHOICE Trademark

Trademark Overview


On Thursday, February 23, 2006, a trademark application was filed for UNIVERSAL CHOICE with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO has given the UNIVERSAL CHOICE trademark a serial number of 78821266. The federal status of this trademark filing is ABANDONED - AFTER INTER-PARTES DECISION as of Tuesday, March 11, 2008. This trademark is owned by DIRECTV, Inc.. The UNIVERSAL CHOICE trademark is filed in the Education & Entertainment Services category with the following description:

Distribution of radio programs for others; Distribution of television programs for others; Entertainment in the nature of on-going television programs in the field of entertainment, general news, current events, sports and weather; Entertainment services, namely, conducting contests; Entertainment services, namely, providing a web site featuring musical performances, musical videos, related film clips, photographs, and other multimedia materials; Entertainment services, namely, providing on-line computer games; Entertainment services, namely, providing on-line reviews of movies, television programs, music and books; Entertainment services, namely, providing prerecorded music, information in the field of music, and commentary and articles about music, all on-line via a global computer network; Entertainment, namely live music concerts; Providing a computer game that may be accessed network-wide by network users; Providing information on-line relating to computer games and computer enhan...
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General Information


Serial Number78821266
Word MarkUNIVERSAL CHOICE
Filing DateThursday, February 23, 2006
Status604 - ABANDONED - AFTER INTER-PARTES DECISION
Status DateTuesday, March 11, 2008
Registration Number0000000
Registration DateNOT AVAILABLE
Mark Drawing4000 - Illustration: Drawing with word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) in Block form
Published for Opposition DateTuesday, November 21, 2006

Trademark Statements


Goods and ServicesDistribution of radio programs for others; Distribution of television programs for others; Entertainment in the nature of on-going television programs in the field of entertainment, general news, current events, sports and weather; Entertainment services, namely, conducting contests; Entertainment services, namely, providing a web site featuring musical performances, musical videos, related film clips, photographs, and other multimedia materials; Entertainment services, namely, providing on-line computer games; Entertainment services, namely, providing on-line reviews of movies, television programs, music and books; Entertainment services, namely, providing prerecorded music, information in the field of music, and commentary and articles about music, all on-line via a global computer network; Entertainment, namely live music concerts; Providing a computer game that may be accessed network-wide by network users; Providing information on-line relating to computer games and computer enhancements for games; Providing ratings for television, movie, music, video and video game content; Publication of electronic magazines; Television and radio programming

Classification Information


International Class041 - Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities.
US Class Codes100, 101, 107
Class Status Code8 - Abandoned
Class Status DateTuesday, March 11, 2008
Primary Code041
First Use Anywhere DateNOT AVAILABLE
First Use In Commerce DateNOT AVAILABLE

Trademark Owner History


Party NameDIRECTV, Inc.
Party Type20 - Owner at Publication
Legal Entity Type03 - Corporation
AddressEl Segundo, CA 90245

Party NameDIRECTV, Inc.
Party Type10 - Original Applicant
Legal Entity Type03 - Corporation
AddressEl Segundo, CA 90245

Trademark Events


Event DateEvent Description
Tuesday, March 11, 2008ABANDONMENT NOTICE MAILED - INTER PARTES DECISION
Tuesday, March 11, 2008ABANDONMENT - AFTER INTER PARTES DECISION
Tuesday, March 11, 2008OPPOSITION DISMISSED NO. 999999
Friday, March 23, 2007TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
Tuesday, March 20, 2007OPPOSITION INSTITUTED NO. 999999
Wednesday, December 13, 2006EXTENSION OF TIME TO OPPOSE RECEIVED
Tuesday, November 21, 2006PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
Wednesday, November 1, 2006NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
Thursday, September 28, 2006LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED
Friday, September 22, 2006ASSIGNED TO LIE
Thursday, September 14, 2006APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
Thursday, September 14, 2006REMOVED FROM TEAS PLUS
Friday, August 25, 2006TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
Thursday, August 24, 2006CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
Thursday, August 24, 2006TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
Thursday, August 17, 2006NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
Thursday, August 17, 2006NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
Monday, August 14, 2006ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
Wednesday, March 1, 2006NEW APPLICATION ENTERED IN TRAM