SAMSUNG

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “SAMSUNG” was registered on the Principal Register in 1994 but was cancelled in 2002 because the registrant failed to file a Section 8 declaration. The owner listed is Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a corporation organized in Korea. The goods covered by the cancelled registration are a range of electric appliances for domestic use, including refrigerators, air‑conditioning units, electric stoves, toasters, fans, hair dryers, frying pans, rice cookers, air‑purifying units, microwave ovens, and gas ranges. A similar name would raise the closest concern in the same category of household electric appliances. The record does not give the owner control over every use of the word “Samsung.” The prosecution history shows a normal sequence of publication, allowance, and registration, with no indication of opposition or enforcement activity. The last visible event is the cancellation in 2002. For someone considering a similar name, the cancelled status means the mark no longer protects that exact wording in those goods, but the history still signals that the owner once claimed rights in that area.