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- Owner, classes, filing basis, and every key date
- The mark as it appears on the federal record
- Every prosecution event, filing to today
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AMERICAN EXPRESSSerial 97302865 · Principal Register
Pending · Under Examination
Owner: American Express Marketing & Development Corp.
Class 009 - Electrical & Scientific Apparatus
Class 035 - Advertising & Business
Class 036 - Insurance & Financial
Class 039 -
Class 041 - Education & Entertainment
Class 042 - Scientific & Technology Services
Class 045 - Legal & Personal Services
Filed Mar 09, 2022
The record shows that the mark “AMERICAN EXPRESS” is still pending on the Principal Register and is owned by American Express Marketing & Development Corp. The application covers a wide range of digital and virtual services, including downloadable software for payment card management, virtual wallet and banking services, advertising and incentive programs in the metaverse, travel agency services in virtual worlds, entertainment environments, and virtual personal concierge services. A similar name would raise the closest concern for use in any of those virtual or digital payment, banking, advertising, travel, entertainment, or concierge contexts. The record does not give the owner control over every use of the wording, only over the specific goods and services listed. The latest event is a Notice of Allowance on December 10, 2024, and the next significant date is the pending status date of May 20, 2026. No enforcement actions appear in the supplied history. For someone looking to use a similar name, the risk is that the mark could be considered too close for use in the listed virtual and digital payment or related services.
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.