CLINCH

What this means for you

Not registered yet, but its 12 Dec 2023 filing date beats anything filed after it. If it registers, the owner can stop confusingly similar uses in the classes it covers.

Record

Serial number

98311212

Mark type

Stylized text

Filed

12 Dec 2023

Published for opposition

20 May 2025

Attorney of record

Katherine Koenig

Goods and services

• Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: Computer game programmes downloadable via the Internet; Computer game software downloadable from a global computer network; Computer games programmes downloaded via the internet; Downloadable computer game instruction manuals; Downloadable computer game programs; Downloadable computer game software featuring virtual goods, namely, clothing, headwear, footwear, sports equipment, consumer electronics, furniture, and clothing accessories for use in online virtual worlds; Downloadable computer game software for use on mobile and cellular phones; Downloadable computer game software for virtual environments; Downloadable computer game software via a global computer network and wireless devices; Downloadable electronic game software; Downloadable games that accept virtual or monetary wagers sold as a feature of downloadable game software; Downloadable interactive game programs; Downloadable interactive multimedia computer game programs; Downloadable multiplayer video game software; Downloadable computer game software
• Class 035 — Advertising and business services: Ad serving, namely, placing advertisements on websites for others using specialized computer software in the field of sports and entertainment; Administration of a consumer membership program for enabling participants to receive product samples and discounts in the field of clothing, consumer electronics, food and beverages, travel, entertainment event tickets, sports equipment, cosmetics and wellness products, and sports memorabilia; Advertising, including promotion of products and services of third parties through sponsoring arrangements, affiliate marketing, and license agreements relating to domestic and international sports events and products; Branding services, namely, consulting, development, management and marketing of brands for businesses and/or individuals in the field of sports and entertainment; Marketing advisory services in the field of sports and entertainment; Promoting sports competitions and events of others; Promoting the charitable services of others, namely, providing individuals with information about various charities for the purpose of making donations to charities; Promoting the goods and services of others by arranging for sponsors to affiliate their goods and services with sports and entertainment events; Promoting the goods and services of others by distributing coupons; Promotion of goods and services through sponsorship of in-person and virtual sports events; Providing a web site that provides sports league management; Providing incentive award programs for customers through the issuance and processing of loyalty coupons for frequent use of participating businesses; Providing incentive award programs through issuance and processing of loyalty points for purchase of a company's goods and services; Sample distribution
• Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Entertainment and educational services in the nature of on-line competitions in the field of entertainment, education, culture, sports, and other non-business and non-commercial fields; Entertainment in the nature of providing an informational and entertainment website in the fields of celebrity gossip, entertainment, sports and fitness; Entertainment services in the nature of fantasy sports contests; Entertainment services, namely, contest and incentive award programs designed to reward program participants who engage in sports prediction contests and also refer others to participate; Entertainment services, namely, providing on-line, non-downloadable virtual clothing, consumer electronics, food and beverages, travel, entertainment event tickets, sports equipment, cosmetics and wellness products, and memorabilia for use in virtual environments created for entertainment purposes; Entertainment services, namely, providing video podcasts in the field of sports and entertainment; Entertainment, namely, a continuing sports news and entertainment show broadcast over the Internet, namely, via social media platforms, streaming video, and podcasts; Entertainment in the nature of multimedia entertainment content featuring content sourced by users and by professionals relating to sports and entertainment; Entertainment in the nature of production of multimedia entertainment content, namely, podcasts relating to sports and entertainment; Providing a web site featuring sporting information; Providing a web site that provides sports league player statistics; Providing an Internet sports news portal featuring links to sports news stories and articles in the field of sports; Providing an Internet website portal featuring entertainment news and information specifically in the field of sports and entertainment; Providing entertainment news and information specifically in the field of sports and entertainment via a website; Providing information relating to organizing community sporting and cultural activities, contests and games; Providing information relating to sports and sporting events; Providing news and information in the field of sports; Providing sports information; Providing sports news; Special event planning for social entertainment purposes”

Owner

• Clinch Sports, Inc., Bannockburn, IL, US
• Clinch Sports, Inc., Bannockburn, IL, US

Prosecution history

• 08 Jan 2026 — NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED
• 07 Jan 2026 — SOU EXTENSION 1 GRANTED
• 07 Jan 2026 — SOU EXTENSION 1 FILED
• 07 Jan 2026 — SOU TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED
• 15 Jul 2025 — NOA E-MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT
• 20 May 2025 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
• 20 May 2025 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
• 14 May 2025 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
• 20 Apr 2025 — APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
• 20 Apr 2025 — EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED
• 20 Apr 2025 — NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
• 20 Apr 2025 — EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
• 20 Apr 2025 — EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN
• 26 Jan 2025 — NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED
• 26 Jan 2025 — FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED