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Trademark Tuesday – New and Cancelled Marks – 12 November 2024

The numbers this week in class 025: there were 580 newly registered trademarks, 370 previously registered marks were cancelled, and 201 applications were abandoned before making it across the finish line.

Note: The marks in part 1 are now fully registered and active! These lists are compiled from the Trademark Official Gazette, which publishes lists of the newest registered marks every week. (Some of these are legitimate brand names! I’ve included them on this list because those brand names are also words or phrases that may be used on the goods in question by crafters and makers.)

 


PART 1: NEW REGISTRATIONS (PRINCIPAL REGISTER)

A GOOD DAY TO RIDE
BORN WILD LIVE FREE – Hmm. What if I want to be born free and live wild?
DEMEANOR
EVERY DAY IS A YAY – Hashtag life goals.
EX-SQUEEZE ME! – Oooh, that’s a blast from the past! Does anyone still say this?
FORGIVEN CREW – How do you know you’re forgiven?
GO LEISURE
GOOD PARKING – So hard to find.
HAVE MORE FUN
HOT GIRLS VOTE – Ugly girls also vote.
JOLLY JAMMIES – This sucker took over 5 years to get registered.
KEEP AMERICA SEXY – Except for those ugly voting girls.
LIKE, HONESTLY
MAKE YOUR OWN WAY
MAW MAW – Feels like a nickname for a grandmother.
MUSLIM AMERICAN
NEVER BORED
NO CAT LEFT BEHIND – We moved ours across an ocean!
NO STRESS ZONE
NON MERCI – J’aime cette phrase sur un t-shirt.
PAJAMA TIME
PRETTY LITTLE PATRIOT
PRICE TAG – List of goods does not include price tags. (Owner is an individual from Korea.)
PUBLIC POOL – List of goods does not contain swimming pools. (Though it does contain beach towels.)
PUSSY POWER
ROSA PARKS – But you weren’t using her name anyway, right?
THERE’S A SHARK IN MY HAPPY PLACE – Some *chef’s kiss* bad specimens here.
THREEOFSWORDS – This tarot card indicates heartbreak, loss, sorrow, or grief. What a cheery brand name!
UNWED HOUSEWIFE – Bit of an oxymoron.
YOU ARE SOMEONE WORTH KNOWING

 


PART 1-B: NEW REGISTRATIONS (SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTER)

CRUNCHIER THAN GRANOLA
WARDROBE STAPLES

 


PART 1-C: OLDER REGISTERED MARKS I DISCOVERED THIS WEEK

EGRET
SMARTY

 


PART 1-D: MY FAVORITE ILLUSTRATED MARK OF THE WEEK

I’m trying to figure out why I really like this little dinosaur guy, but I have a strong dislike for this elephant with its trunk in a sock. They’re both simple line drawings in a childlike style. I think I feel like the dinosaur was intentionally done in that childish style, while the elephant was drawn by an adult who just can’t draw very well.

A drawing of a mark. It's a line art dinosaur that looks like it was drawn by a child.A drawing of a mark. It's an elephant head with its trunk stuck in a sock, and it looks like the artist is just bad at drawing.

 


PART 2: CANCELLED MARKS

(Standard disclaimer: Always double-check these words and phrases before using them in your designs, to make sure there isn’t a separate registration that is still live and active. Some marks have multiple registrations!)

ALOHAHOLIC
BECAUSE I’M A LADY THAT’S WHY
BETTER JUST RIDE
BOHO
BRIGHT LED SHOES
CHEMO BEANIE
CHRONIC OFFENDER
DEEPVIBES
DERBY NATION
DOWN WITH MONARCHY
EMERALD LIFE
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD LOVE HERSELF
FIT FREAK
GOT GOALS?
HAVE A VEGAN DAY ! [sic]
HELLA HUSTLE
HEY BEAUTIFUL
I SEE YOU * [removed from spreadsheet]
LET MY LIFE BE A TESTIMONY
LITRPG
LIVE LAUGH HUG * [removed from spreadsheet]
MAY YOU BE
METTLE
NAKED SHARK
PETS ARE PEOPLE TOO
PRAY VOTE PRAY
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
SYMMETRY
THANKGOD.
UNITED WE HELP
UNITED WE HIKE
UNITED WE PRAY
UNITED WE SURF – Same former owner for these 4.

 


PART 3: ABANDONED APPLICATIONS! 🎉

Here are the applications that were abandoned this week in class 025, with mark drawing code 4. The most likely cause was the applicant not submitting corrected, updated, or informative material by the USPTO’s deadline. Ding, dong, these witches are dead! 🪦

97878234ADVENTUROUS STONERS
97724974AWAKEN THE ARTIST WITHIN
98448860BIG THIEF
98224360BODEGA LOGIC
98156375BOSS OF MY BLESSINGS
97889504CHAOS N SHENANIGANS
97877488COCKFIDENT – COCKY AND CONFIDENT
97879919CORRUPT ADVICE
90272486DAMN NEAR PERFECT
97878129DISRESPECT HER RESPECTFULLY
97759015DODGEBALL ADDICT
90764082DOGS WINE COFFEE
97890283DONT WAIT TO DIE
97601821EAT MEAT, BUGS ARE FOR THE BIRDS
97888758ELITE GRINDER
97769035FREE BILLIONS
90172232FULLY EQUIPPED
97880126GOD ALMIGHTY IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME
90393668I DIDN’T COME TO BUNT
97876712IF YOU’RE “WOKE” YOUR “ASLEEP”
97603878IT’S TIME TO COME CLEAN
97606027KNOW UR HIS-STORY
97882730LEARN LOVE LIV
97062047LIGHT THE FUSE
90058789MAX CHAOS
98493536MEMBER
97049781MENTAL NOTES
88540799MOVE BETTER, FEEL BETTER, PLAY BETTER
97081919MY HOMIES
90255724NEAREST
97766175NEVER STOP EAT’N
97887142NEWCOMER! NEWCOMER! NEWCOMER!
88929865PILLOW PRINCESS
90885583PRINCESSES WEAR PANTS
97568596PURSUE BOLDLY
97882478ROYALTY ALWAYS RISES
98215627SOFT HEADBAND
97410511SURF FOR A THOUSAND YEARS
97515998THIS GRANDMA HAS PLANS!
97887557WHISKEY SNOB
97877279YOUNG ARTIST

 



[sic] = A spelling, spacing, grammar, or punctuation error is part of the mark, not a typo from my butterfingers.
[removed from spreadsheet] = The cancelled item had been on my spreadsheet of marks, and has now been removed.

 


Note: This is a curated list, and may not include all marks that affect you or your business. All opinions expressed in the snark are my own. All snark is intended for entertainment purposes.

As always, the new marks have been added to my ginormous spreadsheet; please check it out for a shockingly large list of registered trademarks!

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