STELLA'S PLACE

What this record means

The record shows the application for “STELLA'S PLACE” is abandoned, so the mark is not live or registered; the owner listed is James Colligan & Tiffany Hendry Partnership, The, a New York partnership. The filing, which was based on an intent‑to‑use claim, covered a very specific set of goods in International Class 009: a motivational home video tape featuring Stella J. Reichman and her artwork, plus a logo for merchandising outlets such as shopping‑mall kiosks where “Stella’s Place” merchandise—including clothing, audio and video tapes, posters, greeting cards, housewares, jewelry, health products, cosmetics and exercise equipment—would be sold, together with related promotion, publicity, public‑relations and merchandising services. Because the record is limited to those described items, a similar name used for unrelated products or services would be farther from the scope shown here, though the wording itself is not cleared for all uses. The prosecution history shows a non‑final office action mailed on July 10 1996, assignment to an examiner on July 26 1996, and an abandonment entry on May 21 1997 when the applicant failed to respond or responded late; that is the most recent status event. No oppositions, cancellations or court actions appear in the supplied history. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan to market video‑related or merchandising goods under a similar name, but the risk lessens for dissimilar categories.