MASTERCHEF

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “MASTERCHEF” is dead, having been abandoned on July 14 2008 because the applicant, MIELE, INC., a Delaware corporation, failed to respond to an Office action. The mark was filed on July 14 2006 on the Principal Register for the single class 011, covering apparatus for cooking such as cooktops and cooking ovens, with first use in commerce on April 30 2003. This history indicates that a similar name would raise the closest concern in the cooking appliance field, but the record does not give the owner control over every use of the wording. No enforcement activity—oppositions, cancellations, or court actions—is visible in the supplied history. The latest meaningful event is the abandonment notice on July 14 2008. For someone considering a similar name, the abandoned status means there is no active registration, yet the prior refusal and abandonment in the cooking appliance area suggest a potential risk of similarity if the name is used in that same market.