DRAGON BALL Z

What this record means

The record shows that “DRAGON BALL Z” is a cancelled Principal Register registration (status “dead”) owned by KABUSHIKI KAISHA SHUEISHA, also trading as SHUEISHA INC., and the cancellation was entered on April 22 2006 because the registrant failed to file a required Section 8 declaration. The registration covered Class 028 goods described as electronic toys – specifically video‑game machines, handheld units for playing LDC and LED games, computer game software and video arcade game machines – with a first‑use claim of 1986 and a use‑in‑commerce claim of 1997. Because the protection was limited to those electronic‑toy items, a similar name used for unrelated products would be farther from the scope shown here, though the record does not give the owner control over every possible use of the words “Dragon Ball Z.” No Supplemental Register filing appears, and the latest meaningful event is the Section 8 cancellation in 2006; the prosecution history contains no oppositions, cancellations beyond that, or other enforcement actions. I'd treat this as a moderate concern if you plan to market electronic‑toy or video‑game products under a similar name, but the risk is lower for dissimilar goods.