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Trademark Tuesday – New and Cancelled Marks – 16 July 2024

One of today’s cancellations has my heart growing three sizes. BIRTHDAY GIRL is a trademark no more! This week we had 636 new registrations, 380 cancellations, and 15 abandoned applications in class 025.

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)

ACTION NOW – Meh, I vote for nap now, action later.
BONNIE LASS
BROWN BRILLIANT & BEAUTIFUL
CHRISTLIKE FOR LIFE
CLEVER LITTLE GIRL – Because Nedry turned off the fences in the raptor paddock!
CORPORATE CASUALTY
DOM SUB – It’d be a challenge to be both at the same time!
DUDETTE
FACILITATOR
FIND YOUR FOREST
FRONT LINE IN CHRIST KINGDOM – Isn’t the front line made up of expendable cannon fodder?
FULL TRANSPARENCY
HOLD MY NUGGETS – Is this the little kid version of “hold my beer”?
HOLIDAY BABY – Not as awful as some marks, but I bet this will affect quite a few folks.
I GOT MY OWN BACK
I’M HOT YOU’RE NOT – So may I please join you in the air conditioning?
KINGS CREATE KINGS
LOFI GIRL – Feels like new slang for “low maintenance.”
METALFORLIFE – I’m more of a NewWaveForLife person.
MIGHTY ATOM
MOGUL AF – Today I learned: “mogul” is a borrow-word from an Indian dynasty!
NAUGHTY BOY
NIGHT CREW
QUESTION EVERYTHING
RV LIFE – Could this be the start of a new X LIFE streak?
SATURDAY DOG CLUB – You know I’m more of a cat person, but I’d still join this club.
SNATCH DADDY – This must be some new meaning of “snatch” besides … lady-parts, right? RIGHT?
SUPER UNICORN
TOO SASSY
TWINKIES – Owned by Hostess. But you weren’t using this anyway, right?

 


PART 1-B: NEW REGISTRATIONS (SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTER)

PROFESSIONAL HARD WORKER

 


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

LIFE OF DAD

 


PART 1-D: BEST ILLUSTRATED MARK OF THE WEEK

The mascot of the Paris 2024 games, an anthropomorphic Phrygian cap. This is a great example of a really detailed mark description, and extensive use of the design search codes!
A mascot for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

 


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!)

420 IS COMING * [removed from spreadsheet]
BE YOUR BEAUTIFUL SELF
BIG AND STRONG
BIG LIFE
BIRTHDAY GIRL * [removed from spreadsheet] 🎉🎉🎉
BROWN GIRL HUSTLE
CHATTANOOGA CHOO-CHOO
CHEMO CHAMP
CROSS COUNTRY
EVER HOTTIE
EVERYBODY DOES IT
GO FLOAT YOURSELF * [removed from spreadsheet]
GODSVILLE
I AM ROYALTY 1PETER 2:9
IT’S MY BIRTHDAY BITCH
KEEP IT PRETTY
MELLOW ME OUT
MYSTERY GIRL
NO GAME LIKE THIS GAME
NSFW
ON SATURDAYS WE WEAR
PLUS SIZE BRAIN
PURPLE BEE
SERVICE HUMAN IN TRAINING
SLEEP IS BORING
SWEET DIVAS
TIGHT ASS
YOU NEED A HUG
YOUNG AND AWESOME

 


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! 🪦

97403780BUT HIS TWEETS
97286428EPIC DROPS
98452541GAT
90288215PACK YOUR OWN CIGAR

 



[sic] = The mark contains a spelling, spacing, grammar, or punctuation error which does not appear to be wordplay. The error is left as-is.
[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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