Get it in writing
The official USPTO status record for FRONT: "IT'S LIKE A JUNGLE SOMETIMES IT MAKES ME WONDER HOW I KEEP FROM GOING UNDER." (BLACK) - DUKE BOOTEE (RED) (ED FLETCHER) BLACK BACK: DON'T PUSH ME CAUSE I'M CLOSE TO THE EDGE. I'M TRYING NOT TO LOSE MY HEAD. (RED WITH BLACK OUTLINE) DUKE BOOTEE (WHITE LETTERS WITHIN BLACK RECTANGLE) WWW.DUKEBOOTEEPRODUCTIONS.COM (WHITE LETTERS WITHIN RED RECTANGLE) [email protected] (BLACK), serial 87145498, 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 87145498 · Principal Register
Dead · Refused
Owner: Edward G. Fletcher
Class 025 - Clothing
Filed
The record shows that the mark is dead, having been refused because it did not meet minimum filing date requirements; the serial number was assigned in error. The owner listed is Edward G. Fletcher, a Georgia‑organized limited liability company. The mark covered T‑shirts for adults and children in class 025. Because the application was abandoned, the owner no longer holds any rights to the mark, and the record does not give control over any use of the wording. The prosecution history only notes the initial filing on August 24, 2016, with no further examination or amendment. There is no evidence of opposition, cancellation, or enforcement activity in the supplied history. For someone looking to use a similar name on apparel, the closest concern would be the exact wording on T‑shirts for adults and children, but the dead status means the mark no longer poses a legal barrier.
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.