SPUR

What this means for you

Registered since 05 Mar 2019. The owner can stop confusingly similar uses in the classes it covers.

Record

Serial number

87523857

Registration number

5692622

Mark type

Stylized text

Filed

11 Jul 2017

Published for opposition

22 May 2018

Registered

05 Mar 2019

Attorney of record

John C. McElwaine

Goods and services

• Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: Computer software for use in human resources management, namely, for staffing, training and managing workforces; Computer software for desktop computers and mobile phones, laptops, and tablets, namely, for providing access to an internet search engine for obtaining job listings and resume postings, and for facilitating the recruitment and hiring of personnel; Downloadable mobile applications for facilitating employment placements with employers used to streamline and manage the hiring and recruiting process; Downloadable software for use by employers and employees to curate, match and facilitate financial transactions between employers and employees; Downloadable mobile applications for matching and disseminating candidate resumes and profiles to potential employers
• Class 035 — Advertising and business services: Providing an interactive computer database featuring recruitment and employment information and job postings; Employment placement services, namely, filling the temporary and permanent staffing needs of businesses; Providing online personnel recruitment and job search services, namely, matching and disseminating candidate resumes and profiles to potential employers via a global computer network; [ Providing a web site featuring the ratings, reviews and recommendations on employers and employees and places of employment for use by employees, employers, business owners, and consumers; ] Providing an online website and computer database featuring information relating to employers and employees and places of employment in the field of online staffing, monitoring workers, namely, tracking status of work performed and billed and fulfillment of projects by workers, and financial compensation and methods for retaining workers; Business services, namely, providing an online searchable database featuring employment opportunities for workers seeking work and individuals and companies seeking the services of workers, and performing career placement analysis to match the background, skills and capabilities of workers with the needs of those seeking the services of such workers
• Class 036 — Insurance and financial services: Financial services in the nature of providing electronic processing services of electronic payment of employees for businesses, namely, processing the electronic payment of electronically presented invoices; [ Financial services, namely, providing electronic transfer of a virtual currency for use by members of an on-line community via a global computer network; ] Electronic fund transfer services
• Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Educational services, namely, conducting classes, seminars, workshops and conferences in the fields of career development and counseling, personnel hiring and placement, job performance, and technical skills evaluation and improvements; Providing training services in the field of finding and obtaining employment opportunities; Developing training systems and learning methodologies for others; Development and dissemination of educational materials of others in the field of job search advice and finding jobs; Educational services, namely, developing and conducting training courses for subject matters as requested by customers in the field of career development, and distribution of training materials in connection therewith [ ; Educational services, namely, developing curriculum for others in the field of job-seeking and recruitment ]
• Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: Providing a website featuring technology that enables users to collect, edit, organize, transmit, store, and share employment information related to applicant screening, assessment, matching, and employment placement, connecting open jobs to potential candidates, managing and monitoring performance, contract administration, financial transactions and feedback in the field of employment; Providing a website featuring technology that enables users to manage, track, and search for employment candidates, employee referrals, candidate interviews, job promotion activities and metrics, and recruitment analytics; [ Providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for engaging and sourcing independent professionals and freelance workers, and for collecting, organizing, transmitting, storing and sharing data and information in the fields of business networking, recruiting, sourcing independent professionals and freelance workers, and contract management; Providing a website featuring technology that enables users to exchange information related to employee services and to access information related to labor markets, financial services for employees, and training opportunities; Providing a website that gives users the ability to create customized web pages featuring user-defined profiles; ] Design and development of software in the field of mobile applications

Owner

• SPUR JOBS, INC., HUNTSVILLE, AL, US
• SPUR, INC., HUNTSVILLE, AL, US
• SPUR, INC., HUNTSVILLE, AL, US
• SPUR, INC., HUNTSVILLE, AL, US
• Appleton Learning Corporation, Huntsville, AL, US
• Appleton Learning Corporation, Huntsville, AL, US

Prosecution history

• 16 May 2025 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED
• 16 May 2025 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
• 07 May 2025 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
• 16 Jan 2025 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED
• 05 Mar 2024 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED
• 25 Nov 2020 — AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP
• 28 Oct 2020 — AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP
• 05 Mar 2019 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
• 01 Feb 2019 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF STATEMENT OF USE E-MAILED
• 31 Jan 2019 — ALLOWED PRINCIPAL REGISTER - SOU ACCEPTED
• 16 Jan 2019 — ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
• 15 Jan 2019 — STATEMENT OF USE PROCESSING COMPLETE
• 14 Dec 2018 — USE AMENDMENT FILED
• 15 Jan 2019 — CASE ASSIGNED TO INTENT TO USE PARALEGAL
• 19 Dec 2018 — AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP