Get it in writing
The official USPTO status record for IT ALL STARTED IN THE MIND OF A SLIGHTLY CRAZY GUY. SOMEONE WHO WILL TRY ANYTHING ONCE. HIS PASSION FOR THE MARTIAL ARTS LED TO AN IDEA . . . DESIGN AN IMAGE THAT MERGES THESE PRINCIPLES WITH BOTH HIS RESPECT OF MOTHER NATURE AND THE SPIRIT OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN. A SYMBOL THAT CONNECTS EAST AND WEST. YING YANG: THE RELATIONSHIP OF OPPOSITES - MASCULINE/FEMININE, NIGHT/DAY; AN INTERACTION OF ENERGIES THE BEAR: AN ANIMAL REPRESENTING POWER, STRENGTH AND INTUITION; A SPIRITUAL GUIDE WITH A LITTLE CREATIVE ASSISTANCE, THIS LOGO WAS BORN. NOW WHAT? OKAY, LET'S PUT IT ON SOME TOP-NOTCH CLOTHING AND SUCH, THEN OFFER IT TO COOL PEOPLE, LIKE YOURSELF, WHO EXPERIENCE LIFE AND RELATE TO OUR PHILOSOPHY. SO TRY IT ON, CHECK IT OUT, AND CATCH THE "ATTITUDE!", serial 77137745, as a dated PDF. One price, one document, delivered in about a minute.
Trademark Status Report
The USPTO's own status record for this mark, on one dated page.
- Current status with a plain-English verdict
- Owner, classes, filing basis, and every key date
- The mark as it appears on the federal record
- Every prosecution event, filing to today
- Source-cited with the exact retrieval date
Built from the USPTO's TSDR record. Assignment chain of title and TTAB proceeding files sit in separate USPTO systems and are not included.
Serial 77137745 · Principal Register
Dead · Withdrawn
Owner: Chambers, Cynthia E
Class 025 - Clothing
Filed Mar 22, 2007
The record shows that the mark is dead, having been abandoned by the applicant, Cynthia E. Chambers, on May 24, 2007. The mark was filed on an intent‑to‑use basis for clothing items such as shirts, pants, hats, and accessories in class 025. Because the mark is no longer live, it does not give the owner control over the wording in any other goods or services. The prosecution history shows a quick abandonment after the application was assigned to an examiner, with no opposition or enforcement activity recorded. No supplemental register status is involved. The last meaningful event was the express abandonment notice mailed on the same day the status changed. Since the mark is abandoned, there is no active enforcement signal. A similar name used on clothing could still raise a concern if it is identical or confusingly similar, but the abandoned status means the owner is not currently protecting the mark.
Full event history, owner details, and verdict inside.
The way I'd use it, honestly, is as the thing you attach when a bank, a marketplace, or a co-founder asks "are we clear on the name". It answers in one page.