APPLE

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “APPLE” is live and registered on the Principal Register under serial 75434873, owned by Taiwa Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, a corporation organized in Japan. It covers metal horseshoe nails and metal horseshoes (class 006) and manually operated hand tools such as horseshoe nail applicators and removers (class 008). A similar name would raise the closest concern in the narrow field of metal horseshoe nails and related hand tools. The record does not give the mark control over every use of the word “APPLE.” The prosecution history shows a standard examination path with a notice of allowance, registration, and subsequent renewals; no supplemental register steps are involved. The most recent significant event is the renewal on July 28, 2020, which keeps the mark active. No oppositions, cancellations, or enforcement actions appear in the supplied history. For someone considering a similar name, the risk is that use in the same or closely related goods could be seen as infringing this specific registered mark.