Get it in writing
The official USPTO status record for COURAGE IS A VERB. EXCELLENCE IS A VERB. HEALTH IS A VERB. DREAM IS A VERB. PURE IS A VERB. IMAGINE IS A VERB. PASSION IS A VERB. BRAVE IS A VERB. DESIRE IS A VERB. LEADERSHIP IS A VERB. WORK IS A VERB. POWER IS A VERB. SPEED IS A VERB. STRENGTH IS A VERB. JUMP IS A VERB. PUMP IS A VERB. LIFT IS A VERB. DRIVE IS A VERB. SWEAT IS A VERB. ACCELERATION IS A VERB. GENUINE IS A VERB. INTEGRITY IS VERB. AGILITY IS A VERB. OFF SEASON IS A VERB. COMPETITION IS A VERB. PLAYOFFS IS A VERB. FAN IS A VERB. GIFT IS A VERB. WIN IS VERB. BASEBALL IS A VERB. BASKETBALL IS A VERB. SOCCER IS A VERB. FOOTBALL IS A VERB. HOCKEY IS A VERB. VOLLEYBALL IS A VERB. YOGA IS A VERB. TENNIS IS A VERB. PONG IS A VERB. SOFTBALL IS A VERB. RUN IS A VERB. SWIM IS A VERB. SURF IS A VERB. TEAM IS A VERB. SUCCESS IS A VERB. CHAMPION IS A VERB. PRAISE IS A VERB. HERO IS A VERB. CONNECTIVITY IS A VERB. NETWORK IS A VERB. I AM A VERB. YOU ARE A VERB. 3G IS A VERB. 4G IS A VERB. WE ARE A VERB. CHANGE IS A VERB. NOW IS A VERB. LIFE IS A VERB., serial 85240963, 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
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Serial 85240963 · Principal Register
Dead · Refused
Owner: Olive, Jason L.
Class 035 - Advertising & Business
Filed Feb 13, 2011
The record shows the application for “COURAGE IS A VERB… NOW IS A VERB” is dead; it was abandoned on Jan 10 2013 after the applicant failed to respond to a final refusal, and the owner listed is Jason L. Olive. The only goods covered are “advertising and marketing services, namely, promoting the goods and services of others” in International Class 035, so a similar phrase used in any advertising or promotional context would be the closest area of concern. The record does not give the owner control over every possible use of those words in unrelated fields. This was a Principal Register filing, not a Supplemental Register entry, and the prosecution history shows a final refusal followed by abandonment rather than a supplemental amendment. No oppositions, cancellations or court actions appear in the supplied history. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan to use the same wording for advertising services.
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.