W WORDPRESS

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “W WORDPRESS” is no longer active; it was cancelled on November 24, 2017 because the registrant, the WordPress Foundation, failed to file a required Section 8 declaration. The mark had been registered on the Principal Register in 2007 for two classes: class 009, covering downloadable software for designing and managing website content, and class 042, covering online, non‑downloadable software that enables internet publishing. Because the cancellation was due to a maintenance failure, the record does not give the owner any ongoing control over those goods or services. No opposition, cancellation, or court action appears in the supplied history, so there is no visible enforcement activity. The closest concern for a new name would be in the same software and internet‑publishing areas. If you are thinking of a similar name, be aware that the cancelled mark still indicates that the Foundation once claimed rights in those specific software services, and that could raise a risk of confusion in that narrow field.