SUPERMAN
Dead · Refused DEAD/APPLICATION/Refused/Dismissed or Invalidated
What this record means
The record shows that the mark “SUPERMAN” was abandoned by DC COMICS, a partnership organized in New York, and is no longer live on the Principal Register. The abandoned application covered a wide range of food products in class 030, including cookies, candy, ice cream, and related confectionery items. Because the goods are specific to that class, a similar name used for other types of products or services would be farther from the scope of this record, but the record does not give control over every use of the word “Superman.” The prosecution history indicates that the mark was approved for publication on the Principal Register, a Notice of Allowance was issued, and the applicant failed to file a Statement of Use, leading to abandonment. 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 abandoned status means the mark is not currently enforceable, but the specific food‑product scope could still raise concerns if the new use is closely related.
Informational only - not legal advice.Mark Trademark
| Drawing type | 4 - STANDARD CHARACTER MARK |
| Filing basis | Intent-to-Use (§1(b)). |
| Status | Abandoned because no Statement of Use or Extension Request timely filed after Notice of Allowance was issued. To view all documents in this file, click on the Trademark Document Retrieval link at the top of this page. |
Key dates
| Application filed | Sep 25, 2008 |
| Published for opposition | May 12, 2009 |
| Notice of Allowance | Aug 04, 2009 |
| Status date | Mar 08, 2010 |
Goods & services
Cookies, bases for making milkshakes, breakfast cereal, bubble gum, cake decorations made of candy, chewing gum, frozen confections, crackers, frozen yogurt, ice cream, pretzels, peanut butter confectionery chips, malt for food purposes; soybean malt for food purposes; malt biscuits; sugar confectionery, namely, candy, candy bars, candy mints, candy coated and caramel popcorn, and candy decorations for cakes; edible decorations for cake; rice cakes; pastilles; pastries; biscuits and bread; coffee beverages with milk; cocoa beverages with milk, chocolate food beverages not being dairy-based or vegetable based, coffee and coffee-based beverages, cocoa and cocoa-based beverages; tea, namely, ginseng tea, black tea, oolong tea, barley and barley-leaf tea; meat tenderizers for household purposes; starch based binding agents for ice-cream
Owner & representation
| Owner | DC COMICS |
| Address | 1700 Broadway, New York, NEW YORK UNITED STATES 10019 |
| Entity | PARTNERSHIP - organized in NEW YORK |
| Attorney of record | Janet A. Kobrin |
| Correspondent | JANET A. KOBRIN |
| Correspondent phone | 8********7 |
| Correspondent address | BURBANK, CALIFORNIA |