CARTOON NETWORK

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “CARTOON NETWORK” is dead, having been abandoned by the applicant, Cartoon Network, The, a corporation organized in Georgia. The mark was registered on the Principal Register for class 038, covering cable telecasting services featuring animated films, with first use in commerce on October 1, 1992. Because the mark is no longer active, it does not give the owner control over every use of the wording, but it does establish that the owner once claimed rights to that name in the specific context of cable television animation services. The prosecution history ends with an express abandonment mailed on December 1, 2001, and no later maintenance or enforcement events appear in the supplied data. For someone considering a similar name, the closest concern would arise if the new use involves cable or broadcast services featuring animated content; otherwise the risk is lower, though the abandoned mark still signals that the owner once viewed the name as distinctive in that field.