What this record means
The record shows that the mark “XBOX” was abandoned by its owner, XBOX Technologies, Inc., a corporation organized in Minnesota, and is no longer live. The abandoned application was for a service mark in class 038, covering electronic mail services, wireless voice and data transmission, voice messaging, wireless digital messaging, and online bulletin boards for educational information. Because the mark was withdrawn, it does not give the owner control over the wording in any other context, but the specific services listed represent the closest area of concern for a similar name. The prosecution history shows the mark was approved for publication in the Principal Register, published for opposition, and then the applicant expressed abandonment on August 10, 2001. No opposition, cancellation, or court action appears in the supplied history, so there is no visible enforcement activity. For someone considering a similar name, the record suggests a meaningful risk if the new use falls within those communication services, but the abandonment means the mark no longer protects that wording.
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Cl. 038Communication Services
ACTIVE Electronic mail services; telecommunication services, namely, wireless transmission of voice, data, information, images, signals and messages over a broad communications network; voice messaging, namely, the recording storage and subsequent electronic transmission of voice messages by telephone; wireless digital messaging services; providing on-line electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among computer users concerning educational information
