TOAD

What this record means

The record shows that the mark TOAD is no longer live – it was abandoned on Nov 29 1991 after the applicant filed an express abandonment, and the owner listed is BT&D Technologies Limited, a UK corporation. The filing covered class 009, specifically “apparatus and instruments for optical transmission… lasers, light emitting diodes, photo‑detectors, optical transmitters, optical receivers, optical generators, optical switches, optical amplifiers, optical modulators, optical couplers, optical cables, optical waveguides; control circuitry; computers; microprocessors; optical data carrier in the form of discs, tapes and cards; encoded computer programs for optical data transmission; and cables for electrical or optical signal transmission.” Because the registration was limited to those technical optical and electronic items, a similar name used for unrelated goods—say clothing or food—would be farther from the scope shown here, though the record does not give the owner control over every possible use of the word. The latest meaningful event is the express abandonment on Nov 29 1991, and the history contains no oppositions, cancellations or court actions, so no enforcement signals appear. I'd treat this as a modest concern if you plan to market optical‑transmission equipment under a similar name, but the risk drops sharply for dissimilar product categories.