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Live / Registered — Registered and renewed (as of 17 Aug 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 14 Jun 2016. 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 14 Jun 2026).
Record
- Serial number
- 85984074
- Registration number
- 4978381
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 15 Jan 2013
- Published for opposition
- 24 Dec 2013
- Registered
- 14 Jun 2016
- Next maintenance due
- 14 Jun 2026
- Attorney of record
- Melissa Capotosto
Goods and services
- Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: Computer software development tools; Computer software for use as an application programming interface (API); Application programming interface (API) for computer software which facilitates online services for social networking, building social networking applications and for allowing data retrieval, upload, download, access and management; Computer software to enable uploading, downloading, accessing, posting, displaying, tagging, blogging, streaming, linking, sharing or otherwise providing electronic media or information via computer and communication networks; downloadable e-commerce computer software to allow users to perform electronic business transactions via a global computer network; software for sending electronic message alerts and reminders via the Internet; software for transmitting orders and for sending and receiving electronic messages via the Internet
- Class 035 — Advertising and business services: Marketing, advertising and promotion services; Market research and information services; Promoting the goods and services of others via computer and communication networks; Facilitating the exchange and sale of services and products of third parties via computer and communication networks; [ Online retail store services featuring delivery of digital media, namely, pre-recorded music, video, images, text and audiovisual works; ] providing online marketplaces for sellers of goods and/or services; providing a website for connecting sellers with buyers; Charitable services, namely, promoting public awareness about charitable, philanthropic, volunteer, public and community service and humanitarian activities
- Class 036 — Insurance and financial services: Financial transaction processing services, namely, clearing and reconciling financial transactions via computer and communication networks; Electronic processing and transmission of bill payment data for users of computer and communication networks; Electronic funds transfer services [ ; Bill payment services; Financial exchange services, namely, providing a virtual currency for use by members of an online community via computer and communication networks ]
- Class 038 — Telecommunications services: Providing access to computer, electronic and online databases; Telecommunications services, namely, electronic transmission of data, messages and information; Providing online forums for communication on topics of general interest; Providing online communications links which transfer web site users to other local and global web pages; Facilitating access to third party web sites via a universal login; Providing online chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among users in the field of general interest; Audio, text and video broadcasting services over computer or other communication networks, namely, uploading, posting, displaying, tagging, and electronically transmitting data, information, audio and video images; Telecommunications services, namely, electronic transmission of photos and videos; peer-to-peer photo and video sharing services, namely, electronic transmission of digital photo files and video files among internet users
- Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Providing computer, electronic and online databases in the field of entertainment and in the fields of secondary, collegiate, social and community interest groups; Photosharing and video sharing services; Electronic journals and web logs, featuring user generated or specified content; Electronic publishing services for others; Entertainment services, namely, facilitating interactive and multiplayer and single player game services for games played via computer or communication networks; Providing information about online computer games and video games via computer or communication networks
- Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: Computer services, namely, creating virtual communities for registered users to organize groups and events, participate in discussions, and engage in social, business and community networking; Computer services, namely, hosting electronic facilities for others for organizing and conducting meetings, events and interactive discussions via communication networks; Application service provider (ASP) services, namely, hosting computer software applications of others; Application service provider (ASP) featuring software to enable or facilitate the uploading, downloading, streaming, posting, displaying, blogging, linking, sharing or otherwise providing electronic media or information over communication networks; Providing an online network service that enables users to transfer personal identity data to and share personal identify data with and among multiple websites; Providing a web site featuring technology that enables online users to create personal profiles featuring social networking information and to transfer and share such information among multiple websites; Providing information from searchable indexes and databases of information, including text, electronic documents, databases, graphics and audio visual information, on computer and communication networks; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software applications for social networking, creating a virtual community, and transmission of audio, video, photographic images, text, graphics and data; Computer services in the nature of customized web pages featuring user-defined or specified information, personal profiles, audio, video, photographic images, text, graphics and data; computer services, namely, providing search engines for obtaining data on a global computer network; providing non-downloadable e-commerce software to allow users to perform electronic business transactions via a global computer network; computer services, namely, application service provider featuring application programming interface (API) software to allow users to perform electronic business transactions via a global computer network; and software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for sending electronic message alerts, for transmitting orders and sending and receiving electronic messages, and to allow users to perform electronic business transactions via a global computer network
- Class 045 — Legal and security services: Social introduction, networking and dating services; Providing online computer databases in the fields of social networking, social introduction and dating; Providing social services, namely, social networking services and information in the field of personal development, namely, self-improvement, self-fulfillment, charitable, philanthropic, volunteer, public and community services, and humanitarian activities
Owner
- Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, US
- Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, US
- Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, US
- Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, US
Prosecution history
- 17 Aug 2026 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 17 Aug 2026 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FIRST RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 17 Aug 2026 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 06 Aug 2026 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 09 Jun 2026 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 14 Jun 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 20 Feb 2024 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
- 20 Feb 2024 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 20 Feb 2024 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 20 Feb 2024 — APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED
- 20 Feb 2024 — TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED
- 07 Mar 2023 — NOTICE OF UPDATED REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION EMAILED
- 27 Jan 2023 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED
- 27 Jan 2023 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
- 27 Jan 2023 — AMENDMENT UNDER SECTION 7 - PROCESSED