ALPHABET

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “ALPHABET” is dead, having been abandoned because the applicant failed to respond or filed a late response to an Office action. The owner listed is DUGUY CREATIONS S.A., a corporation organized in France. The only goods listed are children’s footwear under class 025. Because the mark is no longer active, it does not give the owner control over the word “ALPHABET” in any other context, but the record does indicate that a similar name could raise the closest concern for children’s footwear. The prosecution history shows a final refusal in January 2003 followed by abandonment in September 2003; no supplemental register status is involved. No enforcement actions, oppositions, or cancellations appear in the supplied history. For someone thinking of using a similar name, the main risk would be in the children’s footwear market, where this abandoned mark still represents a potential, though not definitive, point of comparison.