MISS AMERICA

What this record means

The record shows that “MISS AMERICA” is a live Principal Register service mark owned by MAO IP HOLDING COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited‑liability company, and it has been renewed as of the November 11 2016 status date. The registration covers “providing information and educational materials about beauty pageants via a home page on a global computer network” in International Class 041, with the first use dated September 10 1995. Because the listed services focus on online education about beauty pageants, a similar name used for unrelated goods—say, clothing or food—would be farther from the scope shown here, while another online service about pageants would be the closest area of concern. The record does not give the owner control over every use of the words “Miss America.” No prosecution history is present, and the latest meaningful event is the 2016 renewal; no enforcement actions appear in the supplied history. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan a comparable online pageant‑education service.