Get it in writing
The official USPTO status record for THE ALEXANDER ( IN BLOCK LETTERS). THE LITERAL ELEMENT OF THE MARK CONSISTS OF THE ALEXANDER. THE APPLICANT IS NOT CLAIMING COLOR AS A FEATURE OF THE MARK. THE MARK CONSISTS OF THE WORDS' THE ALEXANDER' WITH THE WORD "THE' BETWEEN TWO STYLIZED HYPHENS OVER THE WORD 'ALEXANDER' IN LARGE BLOCK CAPITAL LETTERS., serial 86563890, 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 86563890 · Principal Register
Dead · Refused
Owner: YAHAV ENTERPRISES LLC
Class 043 - Restaurant & Hotel Services
Filed
The record shows that the service mark "THE ALEXANDER" is dead, with YAHAV ENTERPRISES LLC as the owner. This mark covered hotel and restaurant services, which is where a similar name would create the closest concern. The record does not establish control over every use of the wording "THE ALEXANDER". The application was never registered and the latest meaningful event was the status date of March 25, 2015, when the application was refused. The supplied history shows no visible enforcement activity. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if considering a similar name for hotel or restaurant services, as the owner may still have common law rights, even though the application is no longer active.
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.