Get it in writing
The official USPTO status record for THIS IS IT. THIS IS MY SHIRT. WHEN I BOUGHT IT I PAID MORE THAN TWICE WHAT IT'S WORTH. WHY YOU ASK? BECAUSE WHEN I BOUGHT THIS SHIRT, I PUT ANOTHER SHIRT ON SOMEONE ELSE'S BACK, A RAPE VICTIM, A REFUGEE, A STARVING CHILD, A HOMELESS PERSON. WHY'D I DO THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON I AM AND IF I HAVE TO HIDE IT FROM THE WORLD UNDERNEATH MY SHIRT, I'M NOT AFRAID TO SAY IT LOUD. I AM PROUD. WEAREPROUD.ORG, serial 77467403, 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 77467403 · Supplemental Register
Dead · Refused
Owner: WEAREPROUD, LLC
Class 025 - Clothing
Filed May 06, 2008
The record shows that the mark “THIS IS IT. THIS IS MY SHIRT. WHEN I BOUGHT IT I PAID MORE THAN TWICE WHAT IT'S WORTH. WHY YOU ASK? BECAUSE WHEN I BOUGHT THIS SHIRT, I PUT ANOTHER SHIRT ON SOMEONE ELSE'S BACK, A RAPE VICTIM, A REFUGEE, A STARVING CHILD, A HOMELESS PERSON. WHY'D I DO THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON I AM AND IF I HAVE TO HIDE IT FROM THE WORLD UNDERNEATH MY SHIRT, I'M NOT AFRAID TO SAY IT LOUD. I AM PROUD. WEAREPROUD.ORG” is dead on the Supplemental Register, owned by WEAREPROUD, LLC, a California limited liability company. The mark was filed as an intent‑to‑use application for clothing, specifically shirts, sweatpants, sweatshirts, shorts, pants, pajamas, socks, shoes, hats, belts, and jackets, with first use in November 2007. Because the mark is on the Supplemental Register, the examination history shows a final refusal followed by an abandonment due to failure to respond; the mark never moved to the Principal Register. The latest status event is the abandonment notice mailed on November 30, 2009. No opposition, cancellation, or court action appears in the supplied history, so there is no visible enforcement activity. For someone considering a similar name, the closest concern would be in the clothing category, and while the mark no longer has active registration, the wording remains associated with that specific class of goods.
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.