AFTON JEWELERS

What this record means

The record shows the mark AFTON JEWELERS is cancelled; the registration was cancelled on June 21, 2007 because the owner, A.A. Budhani, Inc., did not file an acceptable Section 8 declaration, and the USPTO lists the status as “dead.” The registration covered retail jewelry store services (class 042) with a first use date of November 30, 1992, so a similar name used in the same kind of jewelry retail context would be the closest record‑based concern. The record does not give the owner control over every use of the words “Afton” or “Jewelers” outside that specific service area. This was a Principal Register registration, not a Supplemental Register filing, and the prosecution history shows only the normal examination steps followed by the later cancellation. The supplied history contains no oppositions, cancellations by third parties, or other enforcement actions. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan to use a similar name for jewelry retail services.