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ROT- THIS -WAYSerial 88072340 · Principal Register
Dead · Cancelled
Owner: Smith Creek, Inc.
Class 001 -
Filed Aug 09, 2018
Registered Apr 16, 2019
The record shows that ROT‑ THIS‑WAY is a cancelled Principal Register registration (status “dead”) owned by Smith Creek, Inc., a corporation organized in Indiana; the cancellation was entered on Oct 31 2025 because the registrant failed to file an acceptable Section 8 declaration. The only goods listed are “bacterial additive for breakdown of animal waste” in International Class 001, so a similar name used for anything else would be farther from the scope shown here, while a name applied to a comparable waste‑treatment product would present the closest record‑based concern. The record does not give Smith Creek, Inc. control over every use of the words “ROT‑ THIS‑WAY” in any other field. No Supplemental Register filing appears, and the prosecution history simply tracks the normal examination, publication, registration and later Section 8 cancellation. The supplied history contains no oppositions, cancellations beyond the Section 8 event, or other enforcement activity. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan a mark in the same waste‑treatment niche, but the risk drops sharply for unrelated goods or services.
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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.