DRAGON BALL Z

What this record means

The record shows that the application for “DRAGON BALL Z” was abandoned on November 12, 1996 after the applicant filed an express abandonment, so the mark is not live, registered, pending, or cancelled; it is simply dead, and the listed owner is Saban Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation. The only goods covered were lunch‑related items such as lunch pails, lunch boxes, non‑metal piggy banks, toothbrushes, hair brushes, vanity cases, comb cases, hair combs, cookie cutters, decorative boxes, soap dispensers, drinking glasses, glass bowls, plates, figurines, garbage cans, paper cups, paper plates, plastic cups, plastic plates and meal trays, all in International Class 021. A similar name used on any of those items would raise the closest record‑based concern, but the record does not give the owner control over the wording in unrelated categories. The prosecution history shows only routine examiner assignments and a non‑final action before the express abandonment; there is no indication of any opposition, cancellation or court action, so the supplied history shows no enforcement activity. I'd treat this as a modest concern if you plan to market comparable lunch‑box or kitchen‑related products under a similar name.