GLOBAL CONQUEST A GAME OF STRATEGY AND EXPLORATION BY DAN BUNTEN

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “GLOBAL CONQUEST A GAME OF STRATEGY AND EXPLORATION BY DAN BUNTEN” was once registered on the Principal Register but was cancelled on October 18, 1999 because the registrant, MICROPROSE SOFTWARE, INC., did not file a Section 8 declaration. The mark covered computer game programs, with first use in August 1991 and use in commerce by March 1992. Because the cancellation was due to a maintenance failure, the mark no longer controls any use of the wording. The record does not give the owner any blanket rights over the phrase in other contexts, but a similar name used for computer games could raise the closest concern. No opposition, cancellation, or court actions appear in the supplied history, so there is no visible enforcement activity. For someone looking at a similar name, the cancelled status means the mark is not currently enforceable, but the earlier registration still signals that the phrase was once considered distinctive for computer games.