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SUPERMANSerial 78033603 · Principal Register
Dead · Refused
Owner: DC COMICS
Class 005 - Pharmaceuticals
Filed Nov 02, 2000
This record shows that the mark “SUPERMAN” is dead and was abandoned by DC COMICS, a partnership organized in New York, because the applicant failed to file a Statement of Use or an Extension Request after the Notice of Allowance was issued. The mark was registered on the Principal Register for class 5, covering vitamins. A similar name would raise the closest concern in the pharmaceutical or vitamin space, but the record does not give DC COMICS control over every use of the word “Superman.” The prosecution history shows the applicant filed a Statement of Use extension, received the extension, and then abandoned the application. 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 abandoned status means the mark is no longer enforceable, but the prior registration in class 5 still signals that DC COMICS once claimed rights in that specific goods category.
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