MOUNTAIN DEW

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “MOUNTAIN DEW” is dead on the Principal Register, owned by PEPSICO, INC., a corporation organized in North Carolina. The application was filed on April 7, 2006 and abandoned on November 22, 2007 because no Statement of Use or Extension Request was filed after the Notice of Allowance. The only goods listed are metal key chains in class 006, so a similar name used for metal key chains would raise the closest concern. The record does not give the mark any control over other uses of the wording. No enforcement activity—oppositions, cancellations, or court actions—appears in the supplied history. The last meaningful event was the abandonment notice in January 2008. For someone considering a similar name, the main risk is that the mark’s abandonment does not clear the name; the owner still holds rights to the specific goods listed, and the name could still be protected in that narrow scope.