GRUPPO AMERICANO

What this record means

The record shows that “GRUPPO AMERICANO” is no longer active – the registration was cancelled on Jan 13 2007 because the owner, Rexmoda, Inc., did not file a required Section 8 declaration, and the USPTO marked the mark as dead. The registration covered only clothing (class 025) such as jackets, skirts, pants, dresses, suits, blouses, sweaters, knit T‑shirts, knitted shirts, jeans, coats, shirts and vests, with a stated first use in 1988. Because the protection was limited to those apparel items, a similar name used for unrelated goods or services would be farther from the scope shown here, though the record does not give the owner control over every possible use of the words. The mark was on the Principal Register and never moved to the Supplemental Register, so the prosecution history simply reflects normal examination, publication and registration steps. The supplied history contains no oppositions, cancellations beyond the Section 8 lapse, or other enforcement actions. I'd treat this as a moderate concern if you plan to market clothing under a comparable name, since the cancelled registration still signals a past claim in that product area.