BATMAN

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “BATMAN” is live and registered on the Principal Register, owned by DC COMICS, a general partnership organized in New York. The registration covers class 016, specifically comic magazines, with first use in commerce dated May 08, 1939. A similar name would raise the closest concern for use on comic books or related printed matter. The record does not give DC COMICS control over every use of the word “BATMAN”; it is limited to the goods listed. The prosecution history is empty, indicating no descriptiveness refusal or supplemental registration sequence. The latest maintenance event is the renewal noted on July 13, 2023, and no other dates are supplied. No oppositions, cancellations, or court actions appear in the supplied history, so there is no visible enforcement signal. For someone considering a similar name, the presence of this active registration in the comic‑magazine field suggests a meaningful risk of conflict if the new use falls within that scope.