Get it in writing
The official USPTO status record for "ONE HOUR A YEAR" WILL MOST LIKELY BE A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION BUT FOR NOW IS A SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP. THIS ORGANIZATION WILL FOCUS TO ENCOURAGE "EVERY WORKING INDIVIDUAL" NOT ONLY IN THE U.S. BUT OF THE WHOLE WORLD TO DONATE ONE HOUR OF THEIR SALARY OR WAGE TO ANY CHARITY THEY CHOOSE TO DONATE OVER A PROFESSIONALLY MADE WEBSITE OR BY MAIL. THE CONCEPT IS TO GIVE EVEN THE MINIMUM WAGE EARNER A CHANCE OR REASON TO BE ABLE TO DONATE ONE HOUR OF THEIR TIME/SALARY/WAGE TO CHARITY. PEOPLE WILL HAVE AN IDEA HOW MUCH TO DONATE AND WHETHER THE AMOUNT IS BIG OR SMALL THE POINT IS THAT ONE HAS DONATED ONE HOUR OF THEIR TIME TO CHARITY. MOST PEOPLE ESPECIALLY LOW INCOME WORKERS DO NOT DONATE TO CHARITY BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TO DONATE AND WHEN THEY DO HAVE THE MONEY TO DONATE THEY STILL DO NOT DONATE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH IS GOOD ENOUGH. THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN PEOPLE DONATE ANY KIND AMOUNT OF DOLLARS AND DONATING SPECIFICALLY ONE HOUR A YEAR OF YOUR PRECIOUS AND HARD WORK TIME TO CHARITY. ONE CAN ALWAYS SAY "YEAH, I HAVE DONATED ONE HOUR OF MY TIME TO CHARITY THIS YEAR!", AND FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT IT. THE CONCEPT IS APPLICABLE TO ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK AND GET PAID WHETHER BY THE HOUR OR BY SALARY BECAUSE WE CAN ALWAYS CALCULATE HOW MUCH THEY EARN PER HOUR EVEN IF HE OR SHE IS PAID MONTHLY, SEMI-MONTHLY, ANNUALLY OR SEMI-ANNUALLY. THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNDER "WWW.ONEHOURAYEAR.ORG", serial 78757761, 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 78757761 · Principal Register
Dead · Refused
Owner: Amascual, Pablito M
Class 035 - Advertising & Business
Filed
The record shows that the mark “ONE HOUR A YEAR” was never successfully registered; the application was declared dead because it did not meet minimum filing date requirements, and the serial number was assigned in error. The owner listed is Amascual, Pablito M, a sole proprietorship organized in Hawaii. The only goods or services claimed were “Providing a searchable online advertising guide featuring the goods and services of other online vendors on the internet” in class 035. Because the mark was never granted, it does not give the owner control over the phrase in any context. The prosecution history contains only the initial filing date, with no further examination, opposition, or cancellation events. No enforcement activity is visible in the supplied history. For someone looking to use a similar name, the closest concern would be in online advertising or related services, but the lack of a registration means the owner’s rights are limited and the phrase is not protected nationwide.
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.