ESIGN

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “ESIGN” is dead, having been abandoned because the applicant failed to respond or filed a late response to an Office action. The owner listed is the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The abandoned application covered a range of goods, including paper goods and printed matter such as newsletters, book covers, notebooks, decals, and clip boards, as well as wall plaques, cups, mugs, glasses, wine carafes, shirts, belt buckles, ash trays, and post‑secondary education and entertainment services. A similar name would raise the closest concern in any of those categories, especially the paper goods and printed matter or the educational services, because those are the exact goods or services the abandoned mark claimed. The record does not give the owner control over every use of the word “esign.” No enforcement activity—such as oppositions or cancellations—is shown in the supplied history. The last meaningful status event was the abandonment on February 22, 1984. For someone considering a similar name, the abandoned status means there is no active registration, but the specific goods and services listed still represent a potential area of concern if the new use is in the same or a closely related field.