BUMBLE USPTO Trademark Application Published for Opposition

ChangeBridge: Trademarks - Advertising & Business (Class 035)

Published March 25th, 2026

Detected March 26th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has published BUMBLE's trademark application TM79421220 for opposition. The application covers a wide range of digital services, including data transmission, social networking, dating services, and AI-powered tools for profile enhancement and user interaction.

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published trademark application TM79421220, filed by BUMBLE, for a period of opposition. The application seeks to register trademarks for a broad array of digital services, including electronic data transmission, podcast services, peer-to-peer photo sharing, database access, email and instant messaging for social networking and dating, internet chatrooms, and audio/video broadcasting. It also covers downloadable software for personal and social networking, dating, business networking, and AI-driven applications for profile assessment, conversation suggestions, and fake profile detection.

This publication signifies a step in the trademark registration process, allowing third parties to oppose the registration if they believe it infringes on their existing rights. While this is not a direct regulatory change for businesses, it is a routine procedural notice within the intellectual property domain. Companies operating in similar digital service spaces, particularly those involving social networking, dating, or AI applications, should be aware of this publication as it pertains to the brand protection activities of a competitor.

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Published for Opposition TM79421220 Kind: published Mar 25, 2026

Abstract

Electronic transmission of data, messages, graphics, images and information; transmission of podcasts; transmission of podcasts; peer-to-peer photo sharing services, namely, electronic transmission of digital photo files among internet users; providing access to computer, electronic and online databases; email and instant messaging services in connection with social networking, social introduction or dating; chat room services in connection with social networking, social introduction or dating; providing internet chatrooms in connection with social networking, social introduction or dating; online services, namely, providing access to online services relating to social networking, social introduction or dating; location-based transmission of information for use in connection with social networking and online dating; audio, text and video broadcasting services over computer or other communication networks, including uploading, posting, displaying and electronically transmitting data, information, audio and video images; providing user access to a global computer network; providing internet chatrooms; information, advisory and consultancy services relating to all the aforesaid services; Downloadable and recorded computer software for personal and social networking in the field of career development, recruitment, dating, relationships, beauty, fitness, health, mentoring, networking, business advice, business development, blockchain technologies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), cryptocurrency, financial information, advocacy, culture, food and dining, education, self-improvement, personal empowerment, empowerment of individuals, astrological and horoscope information, parenting, gender issues, public policy, economic development, human rights, environmental studies, global issues, volunteerism, and social and charitable services; downloadable and recorded computer application software for social networking services; downloadable and recorded software for dating; downloadable and recorded software for business networking; downloadable and recorded computer software platforms for social networking; downloadable computer application software for mobile phones; downloadable and recorded chatbot computer software and application software for simulating conversations, providing recommendations and advice for users' conversations and interactions with other people, assessing users' preferences and characteristics for use in connection with social networking and online dating services, assisting in creating users' profiles, and providing customer service; downloadable and recorded computer software and application software for database management, social networking, dating, and business networking in the field of artificial intelligence (AI); downloadable and recorded computer software and application software in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) for detecting fake and scam user profiles, detecting explicit photos posted to platform and blurring explicit photos from users' view, suggesting photos for users to view and to select as profile pictures, identifying and recommending potential modifications and enhancements users could make to improve their user profiles, recommending topics of conversation for users to raise in communications with other users, recommending questions for users to ask and icebreakers for users to raise in communications with other users, assessing the proximity and potential compatibility of individual users of the software with other users of the software, and making recommendations of users to other users based on such assessments and users' preferences; downloadable and recorded artificially intelligent chatbot computer software and application software for simulating conversations, providing recommendations and advice for users' conversations and interactions with other people, assessing users' preferences and characteristics for use in connection with social networking and online dating services, assi...