VAROOM!

What this record means

The record shows that VAROOM! (Serial 78330876) is an abandoned service mark; the last status date was January 22, 2008 when the USPTO recorded abandonment because no Statement of Use or extension was filed after the Notice of Allowance. The owner listed is Varoom, Inc., a North Carolina corporation. The registration covered only class 041 services – “educational and entertainment services for children, namely, providing an Internet website featuring games, puzzles, stories, lessons, diagrams, illustrations, photographs, current events, and news articles, all in the field of stock car racing.” A similar name used for anything outside that narrow online‑children‑and‑racing niche would be the closest record‑based concern; the record does not give Varoom, Inc. control over every possible use of the word VAROOM! in other industries or contexts. The prosecution history shows the application proceeded to a Notice of Allowance in early 2005, then a series of five extensions of time to file a Statement of Use before the final abandonment in 2008. No opposition, cancellation or court action appears in the supplied history, so there are no visible enforcement signals. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan a child‑focused, racing‑themed website, but the risk drops sharply for unrelated goods or services.