Get it in writing
The official USPTO status record for THE PHRASE, "3-FENSE" OR "THREE-FENSE." INCLUDES ALL PUNCTUATION VARIATIONS OF HYPHENS OR SPACING BETWEEN WORDS, AS WELL AS CAPITALIZATION.THE MARK CONSISTS OF STANDARD CHARACTERS WITHOUT CLAIM TO ANY PARTICULAR FONT, STYLE, SIZE, OR COLOR., serial 86520800, 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 86520800 · Principal Register
Dead · Refused
Owner: Wells, Ryan C
Class 025 - Clothing
Filed
The record shows the application for “3‑FENSE” (including all punctuation, spacing and capitalization variations) is dead, marked as refused and void because it did not meet the minimum filing date requirements, with the status dated Feb 12 2015; the owner listed is Ryan C Wells, an individual. The filing covered only clothing in International Class 025 – a long list that includes shirts, sweatshirts, pants, leggings, jackets, athletic apparel, business wear, baby and children’s fire‑retardant garments, and related accessories – so a similar name used on apparel would be the closest area of concern. The record does not give the owner any control over uses of the wording outside that specific clothing description, and it is not on the Supplemental Register. The only meaningful event in the prosecution history is the entry of the new application on Feb 04 2015 followed by the refusal, and no oppositions or cancellations appear. I'd treat this as a moderate concern if you plan to brand clothing with a similar phrase.
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.