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VIVENDI
Serial 75613187 · Principal Register
Dead · Cancelled

Owner: VIVENDI
Class 001 -
Class 006 -
Class 009 - Electrical & Scientific Apparatus
Class 011 -
Class 017 -
Class 019 -
Class 035 - Advertising & Business
Class 036 - Insurance & Financial
Class 037 -
Class 038 - Communication Services
Class 039 -
Class 040 -
Class 041 - Education & Entertainment
Class 042 - Scientific & Technology Services
Filed Dec 29, 1998
Registered Dec 11, 2001

The record shows that the VIVENDI mark is no longer active – it was cancelled on September 13, 2008 because the registrant failed to file a required Section 8 declaration, and the USPTO lists it as “dead · cancelled.” The owner is VIVENDI, a corporation organized in France, and the registration covered a very broad set of goods and services ranging from chemicals for water‑softening (Class 001) and metal and non‑metal pipes (Classes 006, 017, 019) to telephone apparatus, networking cables, water‑filtering units, real‑estate and financial services, construction and installation work, telecommunications, public‑utility water and transport services, waste‑treatment and energy production, as well as advertising, conference organization, media production, scientific‑technology consulting and related hotline counseling (Classes 009, 011, 035‑042). A similar name would raise the closest concern if used for any of those listed categories, especially the water‑treatment, telecommunications or construction services that dominate the record. The cancellation does not give the owner control over every possible use of the word “VIVENDI,” and the record contains no indication of oppositions, cancellations by third parties, or court actions. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern for anyone planning to use a comparable name in any of the listed fields, because the historic registration still signals a prior claim over those specific goods and services.

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