SHIFT USA

What this means for you

Not registered yet, but its 16 Jun 2025 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

99235781

Mark type

Word mark

Filed

16 Jun 2025

Published for opposition

24 Mar 2026

Attorney of record

Howard W. Kline

Goods and services

• Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: Downloadable computer programs for software testing, software quality assurance, and computer security assessment; computer software applications, downloadable, for software testing, software quality assurance, and computer security assessment; phonograph records featuring music; downloadable music files; downloadable image files containing artwork, text, audio, video, games and Internet Web links relating to sporting and cultural activities; downloadable video files in the field of software testing, software quality assurance, and computer security assessment; recorded video discs and video tapes in the field of software testing, software quality assurance, and computer security assessment; downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, manuals, textbooks, magazines, blogs, and articles in the field of software testing, software quality assurance, and computer security assessment; none of the aforesaid for computer software being for the management, transmission, storage and sharing of computer game programs and electronically stored computer game information across computer networks, except for computer software used for the purpose of computer software testing and quality assurance; none of the aforesaid for computer software being for the purpose of providing interactive entertainment software in the gaming industry, computer game software, electronic game software, and virtual reality game software; none of the aforesaid for computer software being an ecommerce platform that allows users to perform electronic business transactions via a global computer network
• Class 035 — Advertising and business services: employment agency services; auctioneering; import-export agency services; document reproduction in the nature of photocopying services; compilation of information into computer databases; providing business assistance to others in the operation of data processing apparatus namely, computers, typewriters, teleprinters, and telecommunication system machines; providing commercial information and advice for consumers in the choice of products and services; providing employment information; providing information about newspaper articles being news clipping services; none of the aforesaid for computer software being for the management, transmission, storage and sharing of computer game programs and electronically stored computer game information across computer networks, except for computer software used for the purpose of computer software testing and quality assurance; none of the aforesaid for computer software being for the purpose of providing interactive entertainment software in the gaming industry, computer game software, electronic game software, and virtual reality game software; none of the aforesaid for computer software being an ecommerce platform that allows users to perform electronic business transactions via a global computer network
• Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: educational and instruction services, namely, conducting classes in the field of software testing, software quality assurance, and computer security assessment; arranging, conducting and organization of seminars in the field of software testing, software quality assurance, and computer security assessment; providing online non-downloadable electronic publications in the nature of articles in the field of software testing, software quality assurance, and computer security assessment; services of reference libraries for literature and documentary records; book rental; publication of books; production of videotape film in the field of education, culture, entertainment or sports, not for movies or television programs and not for advertising or publicity; providing a website featuring non-downloadable videos from the internet in the field of software testing, software quality assurance, and computer security assessment; photography; language interpretation; translation; none of the aforesaid for computer software being for the management, transmission, storage and sharing of computer game programs and electronically stored computer game information across computer networks, except for computer software used for the purpose of computer software testing and quality assurance; none of the aforesaid for computer software being for the purpose of providing interactive entertainment software in the gaming industry, computer game software, electronic game software, and virtual reality game software; none of the aforesaid for computer software being an ecommerce platform that allows users to perform electronic business transactions via a global computer network
• Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: providing quality assurance services in the field of computer software; advisory services in the field of product development and quality improvement of software; providing quality assurance services; quality checking and testing, namely, product quality testing services; quality assessment services, namely, quality control and evaluation for others; quality control of goods and services, namely, conducting of quality control tests on goods and services; quality control services for certification purposes relating to electronic machines, apparatus and their parts; quality testing of products for certification purposes relating to electronic machines, apparatus and their parts; designing of machines, apparatus, instruments [including their parts] or systems composed of such machines, apparatus and instruments; computer design services; technological advice relating to operation of computers; creating and maintaining web sites for others; rental of measuring apparatus; rental of laboratory apparatus and instruments; rental of technical drawing instruments; computer technology consultancy; computer system analysis; rental of computers; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer programs on data networks for software testing, software quality assurance, and computer security assessment; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for software testing, software quality assurance, and computer security assessment; rental of web servers; providing virtual computer systems through cloud computing; providing information about cloud computing; consultancy and information services relating to information technology architecture and infrastructure; computer software design, computer programming, or maintenance of computer software; none of the aforesaid for computer software being for the management, transmission, storage and sharing of computer game programs and electronically stored computer game information across computer networks, except for computer software used for the purpose of computer software testing and quality assurance; none of the aforesaid for computer software being for the purpose of providing interactive entertainment software in the gaming industry, computer game software, electronic game software, and virtual reality game software; none of the aforesaid for computer software being an ecommerce platform that allows users to perform electronic business transactions via a global computer network

Owner

• SHIFT Inc., Tokyo, JP
• SHIFT Inc., Tokyo, JP

Prosecution history

• 02 Apr 2026 — EXTENSION OF TIME TO OPPOSE RECEIVED
• 24 Mar 2026 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
• 24 Mar 2026 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
• 18 Mar 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
• 03 Mar 2026 — APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
• 03 Mar 2026 — EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED
• 03 Mar 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
• 03 Mar 2026 — EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
• 03 Mar 2026 — EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN
• 04 Feb 2026 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
• 04 Feb 2026 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
• 04 Feb 2026 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
• 05 Nov 2025 — NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
• 05 Nov 2025 — NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
• 05 Nov 2025 — NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN