GMA

What this record means

The record shows that “GMA” is a live Principal Register service mark owned by Consumer Brands Association, a non‑stock corporation organized in Virginia, and it has been renewed as of the November 9 2017 second‑renewal filing. The registration covers, in class 041, “arranging and conducting educational conferences and seminars,” and in class 042, “association services, namely, promoting the interests of members of the grocery manufacturers industry.” A similar name would raise the closest record‑based concern if it were used for comparable educational events or industry‑association activities, because those are the exact goods and services the USPTO has linked to this mark. The record does not give the owner control over every possible use of the letters GMA in unrelated fields. There is no supplemental‑register history here, and the prosecution timeline shows only routine filings, renewals and address updates with no oppositions, cancellations or court actions, so the supplied history shows no visible enforcement activity. I’d treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan a name in the same educational‑conference or grocery‑industry‑association space.