MASTERCHEM

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “MASTERCHEM” is no longer active; it was cancelled on September 1, 2007 because the owner, MASTERCHEM INDUSTRIES LLC, failed to file a Section 8 declaration. The mark had been registered on the Principal Register on November 26, 1996 and covered paint primers, interior and exterior paints, shellac, varnish, paint sealers, and wood sealers and protectors. A new name that is very similar would raise the closest concern in the paint and coating industry, especially where paint primers or sealers are sold. The record does not give the owner control over every use of the word “master” or “chem” in unrelated fields. No enforcement actions, oppositions, or cancellations beyond the Section 8 cancellation are visible in the supplied history. For someone looking at a similar name, the cancelled status means the mark no longer protects that specific set of goods, but the earlier registration still signals that the owner once claimed rights in that narrow category.