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ORSON WELLESSerial 85451167 · Principal Register
Dead · Refused
Owner: Beatrice Welles
Class 009 - Electrical & Scientific Apparatus
Class 016 - Paper Goods & Printed Matter
Class 041 - Education & Entertainment
Filed Oct 19, 2011
The record shows the application for “ORSON WELLES” is dead, having been abandoned on May 21 2016 because the applicant did not respond to an Office action, and the owner listed is Beatrice Welles. The filing covered three classes: Class 009 for audio‑visual recordings, downloadable files and electronic publications related to Orson Welles; Class 016 for graphic art prints, paintings and printed theatre‑related publications; and Class 041 for live theatrical performances and a television series of comedy, drama and science‑fiction. A similar name used in any of those media would raise the closest record‑based concern, while uses outside those categories are farther from the scope shown. The record does not give the owner control over every possible use of the words “Orson Welles.” No prosecution history is present, and the mark was never placed on the Supplemental Register. The latest meaningful event is the abandonment status date in 2016, and the supplied history shows no enforcement actions. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan a name that touches audio‑visual, printed theatre material, or live performance content.
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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.