THE RETAIL EQUATION

Live / Registered — Registered and renewed (as of 14 Aug 2020)

What this means for you

Registered since 07 Jun 2011. The owner can stop confusingly similar uses in the classes it covers; it stays on the register as long as the owner keeps up the maintenance filings (next due by 07 Jun 2021).

Record

Serial number
77320277
Registration number
3974856
Mark type
Stylized text
Filed
02 Nov 2007
Published for opposition
29 Dec 2009
Registered
07 Jun 2011
Next maintenance due
07 Jun 2021
Attorney of record
David W. Nagle, Jr.

Goods and services

  • Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: [ COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR PROVIDING RETURN AUTHORIZATION INFORMATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR PROVIDING RECEIPT RECONCILIATION INFORMATION IN THE FIELDS OF RETURN AUTHORIZATION, COUPONS, FRAUD AND ABUSE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR ALLOWING RETAILERS TO DETECT AND STOP FRAUDULENT AND ABUSIVE RETURN BEHAVIOR AS WELL AS INCREASE SALES AND CUSTOMER LOYALTY; FRAUD DETECTION SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR TRACKING OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND DETECTING FRAUDULENT OR ABUSIVE RETURNS OR EXCHANGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR COLLECTING AND ANALYZING RETURN INFORMATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR DETECTING AND TRACKING FRAUD AND ABUSE AND IMPROPER RETURNS USED BY RETAILERS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR STORING INFORMATION ABOUT CUSTOMERS' HISTORY OF RETURNS TO DETERMINE WHETHER RETURNS SHOULD BE ALLOWED; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR PROCESSING RETURNS; COMPUTER DATABASE FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMERS' AND RECIPIENTS' PRODUCT RETURNS DATA; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR USE BY RETAILERS WHICH PROCESSES RETURNS THROUGH REAL-TIME RETURN AUTHORIZATIONS THAT SCREEN FOR RETURNS FRAUD BY ANALYZING RETURN BEHAVIOR AND IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC RETURN PATTERNS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR ENCOURAGING CUSTOMERS TO MAKE ADDITIONAL PURCHASES AT THE POINT OF TRANSACTION; ELECTRONIC DATABASE FOR USE BY RETAIL STORE OPERATORS TO EVALUATE AND TRACK FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, CUSTOMER SERVICES PERFORMANCE, CUSTOMER AND CONSUMER INFORMATION, COUPON ACTIVITY, INVENTORY, PURCHASE HISTORY, RETURN HISTORY, AND AVAILABLE REWARDS RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; ELECTRONIC COMPUTER DATABASE FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH RETURN AUTHORIZATION SERVICES RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; ELECTRONIC COMPUTER DATABASE FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH RETURN MANAGEMENT SERVICES RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; ELECTRONIC COMPUTER DATABASE FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH RECEIPT RECONCILIATION SERVICES RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; ELECTRONIC COMPUTER DATABASE WITH CONSUMER INFORMATION RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; ELECTRONIC COMPUTER DATABASE FOR ALLOWING RETAILERS TO DETECT AND STOP FRAUDULENT AND ABUSIVE RETURN BEHAVIOR AS WELL AS INCREASE SALES AND CUSTOMER LOYALTY RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; ELECTRONIC COMPUTER DATABASE FOR TRACKING OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND DETECTING FRAUDULENT OR ABUSIVE RETURNS OR EXCHANGES RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; ELECTRONIC COMPUTER DATABASE FOR COLLECTING AND ANALYZING RETURN INFORMATION RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; ELECTRONIC COMPUTER DATABASE FOR DETECTING AND TRACKING FRAUD AND ABUSE AND IMPROPER RETURNS USED BY RETAILERS RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; ELECTRONIC COMPUTER DATABASE FOR STORING INFORMATION ABOUT CUSTOMERS' HISTORY OF RETURNS TO DETERMINE WHETHER RETURNS SHOULD BE ALLOWED RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; ELECTRONIC COMPUTER DATABASE FOR PROCESSING RETURNS RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; ELECTRONIC COMPUTER DATABASE FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMERS' AND RECIPIENTS' PRODUCT RETURNS DATA RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; ELECTRONIC COMPUTER DATABASE FOR RETAILERS TO PROCESS RETURNS EASILY AND ACCURATELY ACROSS ALL STORES AND CHANNELS THROUGH REAL-TIME RETURN AUTHORIZATIONS THAT SCREEN FOR RETURNS FRAUD BY ANALYZING RETURN BEHAVIOR AND IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC RETURN PATTERNS RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; ELECTRONIC COMPUTER DATABASE SYSTEM TO ENCOURAGE CUSTOMERS TO MAKE ADDITIONAL PURCHASES AT THE POINT OF TRANSACTION RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; DOWNLOADABLE ELECTRONIC DATABASE RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA FOR PROMOTING THE SALE OF GOODS AND SERVICES OF OTHERS THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTION OF COUPONS AND INCENTIVES BASED ON CONSUMER PURCHASE BEHAVIOR; DOWNLOADABLE ELECTRONIC DATABASE FOR PROMOTING THE SALE OF GOODS AND SERVICES OF OTHERS THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTION OF COUPONS AND INCENTIVES BASED ON CONSUMER PURCHASE BEHAVIOR; MANUALS SOLD AS A UNIT WITH ALL OF THE FOREGOING GOODS ]
  • Class 016 — Paper goods and printed matter: PRINTED REPORTS AND MANUALS IN FIELDS OF RETURN AUTHORIZATION, RECEIPT RECONCILIATION, FRAUD DETECTION, RETURN ABUSE, CUSTOMER LOYALTY, AND CUSTOMER INFORMATION RELATING TO SHOPPING, RETURNS AND PURCHASE HISTORIES
  • Class 035 — Advertising and business services: RETURN MANAGEMENT, namely, MANAGEMENT OF RETURNED MERCHANDISE; BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, namely, TRACKING OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND DETECTING FRAUDULENT OR ABUSIVE RETURNS OR EXCHANGES; PROVIDING BUSINESS INFORMATION, namely, PROVIDING CUSTOMERS' AND RECIPIENTS' PRODUCT RETURNS DATA; [ PROVIDING RETURN AUTHORIZATION SERVICES TO RETAILERS THROUGH A COMPUTER DATABASE TO AUTHORIZE MERCHANDISE RETURN BY CONSUMERS BY INFORMING RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS OF ANY POTENTIAL RETURN/REFUND FRAUD OR ABUSE OF THE RETAILER'S RETURN POLICY BY CHECKING THE DATABASE FOR CONSUMERS' PRIOR RETURN HISTORY WITH MULTIPLE RETAILERS; ] PROVIDING FRAUD DETECTION SERVICES FOR RETAILERS IN THE FIELD OF MERCHANDISE RETURNS; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE WITH CONSUMER INFORMATION IN THE FIELDS OF RETURN AUTHORIZATION, COUPONS, FRAUD AND ABUSE; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE FOR ALLOWING RETAILERS TO DETECT AND STOP FRAUDULENT AND ABUSIVE RETURN BEHAVIOR AS WELL AS INCREASE SALES AND CUSTOMER LOYALTY; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE TO DELETE CONSUMER FRAUD; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE CONTAINING CUSTOMERS' RETURN INFORMATION; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE THAT COLLECTS AND ANALYZES RETURN INFORMATION; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE WHICH STORES INFORMATION ABOUT CUSTOMERS' HISTORY OF RETURNS TO DETERMINE WHETHER RETURNS SHOULD BE ALLOWED; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE FOR RETAILERS TO PROCESS RETURNS EASILY AND ACCURATELY ACROSS ALL STORES AND CHANNELS THROUGH REAL-TIME RETURN AUTHORIZATIONS THAT SCREEN FOR RETURNS FRAUD BY ANALYZING RETURN BEHAVIOR AND IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC RETURN PATTERNS; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE SYSTEM TO ENCOURAGE CUSTOMERS TO MAKE ADDITIONAL PURCHASES AT THE POINT OF TRANSACTION RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE FOR TRACKING OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND DETECTING FRAUDULENT OR ABUSIVE RETURNS OR EXCHANGES; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE FOR PROMOTING THE SALE OF GOODS AND SERVICES OF OTHERS THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTION OF COUPONS AND INCENTIVES BASED ON CONSUMER PURCHASE BEHAVIOR; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMERS AND RECIPIENTS PRODUCT RETURNS; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE FOR ENCOURAGING CUSTOMERS TO MAKE ADDITIONAL PURCHASES AT THE POINT OF TRANSACTION; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH RETURN AUTHORIZATION SERVICES; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH RETURN MANAGEMENT SERVICES; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH RECEIPT RECONCILIATION SERVICES; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE WITH CONSUMER INFORMATION; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE FOR COLLECTING AND ANALYZING RETURN INFORMATION; PROVIDING ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE FOR DETECTING AND TRACKING FRAUD AND ABUSE AND IMPROPER RETURNS USED BY RETAILERS RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; PROVIDING ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE FOR STORING INFORMATION ABOUT CUSTOMERS' HISTORY OF RETURNS TO DETERMINE WHETHER RETURNS SHOULD BE ALLOWED RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; PROVIDING ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE FOR PROCESSING RETURNS RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; ELECTRONIC COMPUTER DATABASE FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMERS' AND RECIPIENTS' PRODUCT RETURNS DATA RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; PROVIDING ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE FOR RETAILERS TO PROCESS RETURNS EASILY AND ACCURATELY ACROSS ALL STORES AND CHANNELS THROUGH REAL-TIME RETURN AUTHORIZATIONS THAT SCREEN FOR RETURNS FRAUD BY ANALYZING RETURN BEHAVIOR AND IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC RETURN PATTERNS RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE FOR USE BY RETAIL STORE OPERATORS OR AT THE POINT OF TRANSACTION TO ENABLE THE RETAILER TO DETERMINE BASED UPON THE CUSTOMER'S RETURN HISTORY, PURCHASE HISTORY AND RETURNED ITEMS, WHETHER THE CUSTOMER SHOULD RECEIVE A SPECIAL OFFER THAT ENCOURAGES THE CUSTOMER TO CONTINUE SHOPPING AT THE RETAIL STORE OR RETURN TO THE STORE AT A LATER TIME; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE DATABASE FOR USE BY RETAIL STORE OPERATORS, TO EVALUATE AND TRACK FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, CUSTOMER SERVICES PERFORMANCE, CUSTOMER AND CONSUMER INFORMATION, COUPON ACTIVITY, INVENTORY, PURCHASE HISTORY, RETURN HISTORY, AND AVAILABLE REWARDS; PROVIDING AN ON-LINE COMPUTER DATABASE WHICH ALLOWS RETAILERS TO SELECT, CONFIGURE AND DELIVER REDEMPTION OFFERS TO CONSUMERS AND POTENTIAL CONSUMERS; NON-DOWNLOADABLE ELECTRONIC DATABASE FOR PROMOTING THE SALE OF GOODS AND SERVICES OF OTHERS THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTION OF COUPONS AND INCENTIVES BASED ON CONSUMER PURCHASE BEHAVIOR

Owner

Prosecution history

  • 13 Oct 2021 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
  • 18 Mar 2021 — CORRECTION UNDER SECTION 7 - PROCESSED
  • 18 Mar 2021 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
  • 08 Feb 2021 — TEAS SECTION 7 REQUEST RECEIVED
  • 14 Aug 2020 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 - E-MAILED
  • 14 Aug 2020 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FIRST RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
  • 14 Aug 2020 — REGISTERED - SEC. 9 GRANTED/CHECK RECORD FOR SEC. 8
  • 14 Aug 2020 — REGISTERED - PARTIAL SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED
  • 14 Aug 2020 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
  • 24 Jun 2020 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
  • 07 Jun 2020 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
  • 05 Jun 2019 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
  • 10 May 2017 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED
  • 10 May 2017 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
  • 08 May 2017 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL

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