Get it in writing
The official USPTO status record for A RED AND WHITE LOGO ON A BLACK BACKGROUND. THE TEXT "DIGITAL SQUAD FISHING" IN WHITE, WITH THE WORDS "DIGITAL" AND "SQUAD" IN RED. THE TEXT IS ARRANGED IN A STYLIZED FASHION, WITH THE LETTERS "S" AND "F" OVERLAPPING EACH OTHER. THE LETTERS "D" AND "S" IN "DIGITAL" ARE LARGER THAN THE OTHER LETTERS. THE WORD "FISHING" IS SMALLER THAN THE OTHER WORDS. THE TEXT IS CENTERED AND ALIGNED HORIZONTALLY. THE TEXT IS SURROUNDED BY A THIN WHITE BORDER. THE LOGO IS PLACED IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE FISHING GEAR BOXES. THIS DESCRIPTION IS MORE DETAILED AND SPECIFIC, AND IT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE TRADEMARK APPLICATION PROCESS. HOWEVER, IT IS STILL IMPORTANT TO CONSULT WITH A TRADEMARK ATTORNEY TO ENSURE THAT YOUR APPLICATION IS COMPLETE AND ACCURATE. HERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS THAT YOU MAY WANT TO INCLUDE IN YOUR TRADEMARK APPLICATION: THE SPECIFIC FONT USED FOR THE TEXT. THE EXACT PLACEMENT OF THE TEXT ON THE FISHING GEAR BOXES. THE SPECIFIC COLORS USED FOR THE TEXT AND BACKGROUND. WHETHER THE LOGO IS TRADEMARKED IN BLACK AND WHITE ONLY, OR WHETHER IT IS ALSO TRADEMARKED IN COLOR. YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO INCLUDE A SAMPLE OF THE FISHING GEAR BOX WITH THE LOGO APPLIED, SO THAT THE TRADEMARK EXAMINER CAN SEE HOW THE LOGO IS ACTUALLY USED. ENTER A PROMPT HERE BARD MAY DISPLAY INACCURATE OR OFFENSIVE INFORMATION THAT DOESN'T REPRESENT GOOGLE'S VIEWS. BARD PRIVACY NOTICE, serial 98181323, 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 98181323 · Principal Register
Dead · Refused
Owner: Romain Grimaldi
Class 028 -
Filed
The record shows that the mark “A RED AND WHITE LOGO ON A BLACK BACKGROUND. THE TEXT “DIGITAL SQUAD FISHING” …” was assigned serial 98181323 but is now dead because the application was void for not meeting minimum filing date requirements. The owner listed is Romain Grimaldi, a Maryland limited liability company. The goods covered are fishing lure boxes and fishing lures in class 028. A similar name would raise the closest concern in the fishing lure and fishing lure box market, where the logo is used. The record does not give the owner control over every use of the words “Digital Squad Fishing” in other contexts. The prosecution history shows only the initial filing on September 19, 2023, with no further examination or amendment. No enforcement activity appears in the supplied history. For someone considering a similar name, the dead status means the mark is no longer active, but the description of the goods still signals a potential concern in the fishing lure industry.
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.