NORTHWEST

What this record means

The record shows a cancelled Principal Register service mark – registration number 2264931 – that was owned by Northwest Airlines, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, and it was cancelled on Feb 28 2010 because the registrant did not file a required Section 8 declaration. The mark covered “Air Transportation Services, and Transporting Passengers and Cargo by Air,” so a similar name used in the airline or air‑freight business would raise the closest record‑based concern. The record does not give the owner control over every use of the word “NORTHWEST” in other industries or contexts. This is not a Supplemental Register filing, so there is no descriptiveness refusal or amendment to note. The latest meaningful event is the Section 8 cancellation in 2010, and the history contains no oppositions, cancellations by a third party, or other enforcement actions. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan to use the name for air‑transport services, but the risk is far lower for unrelated goods.