LYRIC

What this means for you

Not registered yet, but its 14 Feb 2024 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

98405544

Mark type

Stylized text

Filed

14 Feb 2024

Published for opposition

01 Oct 2024

Attorney of record

Sharoni S. Finkelstein

Goods and services

• Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: Downloadable computer software for use in health insurance and workers' compensation insurance, printing payroll documents in the nature of reports, checks and tax forms, pension record keeping, pre-employment background screening, financial management, electronic payment transactions, providing employee risk and safety training, providing information about employee counseling and support programs, administration of employee flexible spending accounts, administration of workers compensation claims and payments, processing and storing employee recruiting documents, conducting pre-employment background screening, scheduling appointments, providing information for new employee onboarding, employee recordkeeping management, managing information and statistics concerning employee compensation, providing information about employee job training and professional development, succession planning, and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives; downloadable computer software for employee and personnel related services, namely, administering employee pension and retirement funds and employee flexible spending accounts, administering workers compensation claims and payments, managing HR documents, monitoring tax regulation compliance, tax filing and reporting, processing and storing employee recruiting documents, providing information for new employee onboarding, recording and tracking employee performance, providing information about employee counseling and support programs, and providing information about employee job training, professional development, and succession planning; downloadable computer software for controlling and managing access to cloud- and server-based applications used for electronic payment transactions, encryption of information to be transmitted through a computer network, permitting secure access to a computer network, and providing employers with a compatible interface between payroll processing software and software for financial management; downloadable computer application software, namely, instant messaging software and communications software for use in payroll processing, preparation and administration, payroll tax calculation, electronic payroll, pre-employment background screening, time tracking, attendance tracking, scheduling, employee recordkeeping, and compensation management; computer hardware for use by employers in accounting, payroll administration, unemployment compensation management, employee time and attendance record keeping, employee leasing, electronic commerce, HR and talent management, employee benefits and retirement plan administration, health insurance, and workers' compensation insurance, and financial management; downloadable electronic publications in the nature of white papers, newsletters, and blog posts in the fields of HR management and administration, payroll processing, preparation and administration of employee benefits and retirement plans; downloadable podcasts, video recordings, and multimedia files containing audio and video featuring information in the fields of HR management and administration, payroll processing, preparation and administration of employee benefits and retirement plans; all of the foregoing goods concerning one or more aspects of HCM, which includes the fields of HR management and administration, payroll processing, preparation and administration, talent development, employee time management, employment tax compliance, and administration of employee benefits and retirement plans; Downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application that enables users to track and print payroll statements and employment tax forms, view employment benefits information, submit employment timesheets, and browse employee contact information; Downloadable computer software that enables users to track and print employment pay statements and employment tax forms, view employment benefits information, submit employment timesheets, and browse employee contact information; downloadable computer software for use in HCM, HR management, payroll processing, preparation and administration, employee benefits and retirement plan administration, unemployment compensation management, employee acquisition and recruiting, employee time and attendance record keeping, employee scheduling and absence management, employee recordkeeping, employee leasing, management of organizations relating to HCM and HR, payroll accounting, payroll tax calculation and preparation, monitoring payroll tax regulation compliance, electronically processing payroll, payroll tax filing and reporting, processing employee time and attendance records, and recording and tracking employee performance management; downloadable computer software and mobile applications that enable users to manage financial transactions on payment cards and debit cards
• Class 035 — Advertising and business services: Providing business management, business information management, and recordkeeping services to organizations and employers; financial record-keeping for management of employee benefit plans concerning medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plans, flexible spending plans, health reimbursement arrangements, and health saving accounts; administration of employee benefit plans concerning medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plans, flexible spending plans, health reimbursement arrangements, and health saving accounts; management of employee benefit plans concerning medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plans, flexible spending plans, health reimbursement arrangements, and health saving accounts; claims administration in the field of unemployment compensation; financial record-keeping for pension accruement and payment, and regulatory compliance; human resources consultancy related to employee scheduling, time, attendance, vacation, and leave; providing a website featuring information for employee benefits brokers and consultants; business consulting services relating to compliance with statutory, industry, and best practice provisions; providing statistical information for business purposes; providing online employment placement services, namely, matching resumes to potential employers via a global computer network; employment agency services; employment hiring, recruiting, placement, staffing and career networking services; testing and assessment to determine employment skills; conducting employee surveys for others for purposes of improving employee performance and morale; providing human capital management (HCM) services for others; human resources (HR) management and administration; payroll processing, preparation and administration; talent development management; employee time management; employment tax compliance; administration of employee benefits and retirement plans; payroll recordkeeping; providing electronic payroll tax preparation; payroll tax deposit filing and reporting; employee time and attendance record keeping; employment timekeeping services for others; outsourcing services in the fields of HR, HCM, personnel recruitment, and employment staffing; employment recruiting and staffing consultation; personnel recruitment services; employee leasing; human resources consultation services related to HR management, HCM, payroll preparation and processing, personnel recruitment and employment staffing, employee performance management, and organization succession management
• Class 036 — Insurance and financial services: Providing professional services to employers, namely, administration of financial employee benefits plans concerning insurance and finance, pension record-keeping, unemployment compensation management services; providing consulting and financial information analysis services to employers for payroll tax debiting, compliance with payroll tax requirements, administration of employee benefits plans concerning insurance and finance, and workers compensation claims administration; financial administration of employee pension plans and retirement plans; financial management in the field of unemployment compensation; providing professional services to employers, namely, administration of workers compensation claims and unemployment compensation claims; providing financial consulting, research, information, planning, management, and administration of retirement plans, and reporting services related thereto; administration of employee retirement funds; record-keeping and management of employee benefit plans concerning insurance and finance; financial affairs and monetary affairs, namely, financial information, management and analysis services; providing a website featuring information for employee benefits brokers and consultants, namely, information relating to insurance and financial benefits administration, retirement funds, compensation, health care benefits reform, unemployment compensation, unemployment compensation claims management services, administration of employee benefit plans concerning insurance and finance, insurance claims processing regarding unemployment compensation, and financial news; providing online financial calculators; all of the foregoing concerning one or more aspects of HCM, which includes the fields of HR management and administration, payroll processing, preparation and administration, talent development, employee time management, employment tax compliance, and administration of employee benefits and retirement plans concerning insurance and finance; payroll tax debiting services; payment card and debit card services, namely, processing of payment card and debit card transactions and payments; prepaid purchase card services, namely, processing electronic payments through prepaid cards and issuing prepaid cards; on-line prepaid card services, namely, processing of prepaid card transactions and payments; issuing payment and prepaid debit cards for electronic cash transactions; claims administration in the field of workers' compensation
• Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Educational and training services, namely, providing in-person and online classes, seminars, workshops and conferences in the fields of accounting, unemployment compensation management, employee leasing, talent management, employee benefits and retirement plan administration, health insurance, workers' compensation insurance, financial management, payroll tax compliance, and submitting and tracking vendor invoices; publication of books and periodicals; providing online non-downloadable podcasts, video recordings and multimedia programming featuring information in the fields of HR management and administration, payroll processing, preparation and administration of employee benefits and retirement plans; providing online non-downloadable electronic publications, namely, newsletters, white papers, case studies and magazines featuring information in the fields of HR management and administration, payroll processing, preparation and administration of employee benefits and retirement plans; organizational training, namely, leadership assessment and development and personalized leadership coaching services; providing educational information and business training for employers via a website in the field of workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); all of the foregoing concerning one or more aspects of HCM, which includes the fields of HR management and administration, payroll processing, preparation and administration, talent development, employee time management, employment tax compliance, and administration of employee benefits and retirement plans; educational and training services, namely, providing in-person and online classes, seminars, workshops and conferences related to HR management, HCM, payroll administration, preparation and processing, tax deposit filing and reporting, employee time and attendance record keeping, pension record keeping, employee leasing, and career development
• Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: Providing temporary use of online non-downloadable computer software for employee and personnel related services, namely, HR management, HCM, payroll processing, preparation and administration, employee benefits and retirement plan administration, unemployment compensation management, talent management, employee time and attendance record keeping, employee scheduling and absence management, employee record-keeping, employee leasing, accounting, payroll tax calculation and preparation, monitoring tax regulation compliance, electronically processing payroll, payroll tax filing and reporting, processing employee time and attendance records, and recording and tracking employee performance management; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for providing employers with a compatible interface between payroll processing software and software for financial management and management of HR
• Class 045 — Legal and security services: Consulting services, namely, background screening; pre-employment background screening services; all the foregoing in the field of HCM, and HR management and administration

Owner

• ADP, Inc., Roseland, NJ, US
• ADP, Inc., Roseland, NJ, US

Prosecution history

• 17 Oct 2025 — NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED
• 17 Oct 2025 — SOU EXTENSION 2 GRANTED
• 17 Oct 2025 — SOU EXTENSION 2 FILED
• 17 Oct 2025 — SOU TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED
• 03 Apr 2025 — NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED
• 03 Apr 2025 — SOU EXTENSION 1 GRANTED
• 02 Apr 2025 — SOU EXTENSION 1 FILED
• 02 Apr 2025 — SOU TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED
• 26 Nov 2024 — NOA E-MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT
• 01 Oct 2024 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
• 01 Oct 2024 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
• 11 Sept 2024 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
• 23 Aug 2024 — APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
• 23 Aug 2024 — EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED
• 23 Aug 2024 — NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED