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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
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◆ TRADEMARKCHECKER.AITRADEMARK STATUS REPORT
XBOXSerial 78026626 · Principal Register
Dead · Refused
Owner: Microsoft Corporation
Class 028 -
Filed Sep 19, 2000
The record shows that the mark “XBOX” is dead and was abandoned by Microsoft Corporation, a corporation organized in Washington, because no Statement of Use or Extension Request was filed after the Notice of Allowance. The mark was registered on the Principal Register for class 028, covering a wide range of toys and games such as playground balls, basketballs, action skill games, board games, card games, golf balls, tennis balls, baseballs, rubber sports balls, plush toys, action figures, and related accessories. A similar name would raise the closest concern for uses in those toy and game categories. The record does not give Microsoft control over every use of the word “XBOX” outside that scope. No enforcement activity—oppositions, cancellations, or court actions—is visible in the supplied history. The last significant event was the abandonment notice in May 2005. For someone considering a similar name, the risk is that using “XBOX” for toys or games could still trigger a claim of infringement against Microsoft’s abandoned but previously registered 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.