Get it in writing
The official USPTO status record for THE NAME "TRIDENT TRUE". A ROUND EMBLEM WITH THE WORDS "TRIDENT TRUE" ON THE UPPER HALF OF THE EMBLEM AND THE WORDS "FAITH, FAMILY, FREEDOM" ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE ROUND EMBLEM, WITH A TRIDENT IN THE CENTER OF THE ROUND EMBLEM AND TWO WAVES BELOW THE TRIDENT., serial 87631215, 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 87631215 · Principal Register
Dead · Refused
Owner: Tayse, Trevor c
Class 025 - Clothing
Filed
The record shows the application for “TRIDENT TRUE” is dead, having been refused on Dec 21 2017 because the filing did not meet the minimum filing‑date requirements, and the serial number was assigned in error; the owner listed is Trevor C Tayse, an individual. The only goods listed are clothing – specifically hats; athletic apparel such as shirts, pants, jackets, footwear, hats and caps, and athletic uniforms – so a similar name used on clothing would be the closest area of concern, while uses on unrelated products would fall farther from the scope shown. The record does not give the owner control over every use of the words “TRIDENT TRUE” in any context. This was a principal‑register filing, not a Supplemental Register entry, and the prosecution history simply notes a new application entered on Oct 05 2017 before the refusal. No oppositions, cancellations or court actions appear in the supplied history. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan to market apparel under a comparable name.
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.