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CINDERELLA
Serial 75437419 · Principal Register
Dead · Refused

Owner: AMP Licensing Limited
Class 009 - Electrical & Scientific Apparatus
Class 016 - Paper Goods & Printed Matter
Class 025 - Clothing
Class 041 - Education & Entertainment
Filed Feb 20, 1998

The record shows that the “CINDERELLA” mark is abandoned, not live or registered, and the last status change was an abandonment on June 12 2002 after the applicant failed to respond to an Office action; the owner listed is AMP Licensing Limited, a corporation organized in the United Kingdom. The application covered goods and services in four classes: Class 009 for pre‑recorded audio and video tapes, phonograph records and compact discs featuring dramatic, dance and musical stage productions; Class 016 for printed souvenir books, posters, unmounted photographs, playing cards, sheet music and paper items related to those productions; Class 025 for sweatshirts, T‑shirts and hats sold at theatres or performances; and Class 041 for theatrical productions of dramatic, dance and musical works. A similar name used in any of those entertainment‑related areas would raise the closest record‑based concern, while uses outside those categories are farther from the scope shown. The prosecution history shows a final refusal mailed in October 2001 followed by abandonment in 2002, but the mark never reached the Supplemental Register. The supplied history contains no oppositions, cancellations or court actions, so no enforcement signals appear. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan a name tied to theater, music or related merchandise, because the abandoned filing still signals that the USPTO once linked “CINDERELLA” to those specific entertainment goods and services.

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