WELLS FARGO

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “WELLS FARGO” is dead; it was abandoned on April 22, 1999 because the applicant did not respond to an Office action. The owner listed is Wells Fargo & Company, a Delaware corporation, and the mark was filed as a service mark on the Principal Register. The only goods or services listed are advertising services, specifically the promotion of banking services, in class 035. A similar name would raise the closest concern in the area of advertising or promotion of banking services, but the record does not give the owner control over every use of the wording. The prosecution history shows a non‑final action mailed on August 28, 1998, assignment to an examiner on April 21, 1999, and abandonment on April 22, 1999. No enforcement activity such as oppositions or cancellations appears in the supplied history. For someone considering a similar name, the record suggests a meaningful concern in advertising banking services, though it does not preclude all uses of the term.