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Service marks for "payboo" registered with the USPTO in April 2019.

Word Mark: PAYBOO Goods and Services: IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S: Provision of an on-line market place for buyers and sellers of goods and services; on-line retail store services featuring a variety of consumer goods of others Owner (APPLICANT): Payboo Inc. CORPORATION NEW YORK c/o Vcorp Agent Services, Inc. 25 Robert Pitt Drive, Suite 204 Monsey NEW YORK 10952 Type of Mark: SERVICE MARK

Word Mark: PAYBOO Goods and Services: IC 036. US 100 101 102. G & S: Financial services, namely, credit card services Owner (APPLICANT): Payboo Inc. CORPORATION NEW YORK c/o Vcorp Agent Services, Inc. 25 Robert Pitt Drive, Suite 204 Monsey NEW YORK 10952 Type of Mark: SERVICE MARK

Sources: http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4810:6oe... http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4810:6oe...

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This makes sense. Sales tax is not owed on re-sales of purchases on which sales tax had already been paid. So clearly this is a plot to get consumers to re-sell their products to other consumers.

So are they trying to create another ebay or what?

I think it might be closer to an Amazon Marketplace type offering. One product SKU, multiple sellers (including B&H with taxes, likely).

Uh actually that’s not true. Sales tax is owed on used goods in most states. Have you ever bought a used car?

This isn't any sort of "plot" at all. No customer will be asked to sell or resell any product to any other customer. Each transaction is between one individual customer and B&H only. -- Henry Posner / B&H Photo-Video

They are trying to shift the seller from being B&H to individual consumers who can more frequently be exempt from collecting sales tax.

Why would you think that? That would mean the first buyer would have to be from an tax-exempt state to begin with. Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, or Oregon.

Also that would potentially create problems with Warranties. Equipment purchased from an unauthorized reseller often comes without a valid warranty.

I'd be more inclined to think that they cooked up some solution so it becomes a Product as a Service - since you don't pay taxes on service in most places.

I understand the confusion but this is not the case at all. B&H is the seller and each individual customer is the buyer. -- Henry Posner / B&H Photo-Video

Thank you for the clarification Henry. Indeed I was speculating on the nature of the service based on the wording of the service description in the trademark application and now that the new details have been released, we have a much better understanding about payboo. Very interesting concept indeed although I believe the trademark service description is a little misleading.

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