HAPPY HATS

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “HAPPY HATS” is dead; it was abandoned because the applicant failed to respond to an Office action. The owner listed is Happy Hats Inc., a company organized in Canada. The mark was registered on the Principal Register for class 025, covering hats, caps, and visors, with first use in July 1989 and use in commerce in March 1991. A similar name used for hats, caps, or visors would raise the closest concern because the goods listed match that specific category. The record does not give the mark control over any other uses of the words “happy” or “hats” outside that scope. The prosecution history shows a typical sequence of publication, refusal, and abandonment, but no supplemental register activity. The last meaningful event was the abandonment on June 25, 1993, and no enforcement actions appear in the supplied history. For someone considering a similar name for hats or related headwear, this history suggests a meaningful risk of conflict in that specific product line.