TULIP COLORBLENDS, TEXTUREBLENDS, COLORWAYS AND COLORWAVES

What this record means

The record shows the mark “TULIP COLORBLENDS, TEXTUREBLENDS, COLORWAYS AND COLORWAVES” was registered on the Principal Register to Timothy Schipper, an individual, for “living plants and live flowering plants and/or live flowering arrangements” (International Class 031), but the registration was cancelled on Nov 4 2006 because the required Section 8 declaration was not filed. Because the protection was limited to live plants and floral arrangements, a similar name used for anything outside that narrow horticultural scope would be the closest record‑based concern, while uses in unrelated categories (for example, software or apparel) are farther from the listed goods. The record does not give the owner control over every use of the word “Tulip” or the descriptive terms. No Supplemental Register filing appears, and the prosecution history simply moves from approval to registration and 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 market live plants under a comparable name.