SMILE BALL
Dead · Cancelled DEAD/REGISTRATION/Cancelled/Invalidated
What this record means
The record shows that “SMILE BALL” is a dead, cancelled registration on the Principal Register, owned by House Foods Group Inc., a corporation organized in Japan. The mark covered a wide range of food‑related goods, including pharmaceuticals, meats and processed foods, staple foods, unprocessed edible seaweeds, and retail store services for foods and beverages. A similar name would raise the closest concern in these food and beverage categories, especially where the goods or services are directly comparable to those listed. The record does not give the owner control over every use of the wording; it is limited to the goods and services shown. The prosecution history indicates a refusal in July 2016, a subsequent registration in May 2017, and a cancellation in December 2023. 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 cancelled status reduces the risk of infringement, but the goods covered remain a potential point of concern.
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| Drawing type | 3 - AN ILLUSTRATION DRAWING WHICH INCLUDES WORD(S)/ LETTER(S) /NUMBER(S) |
| Filing basis | Madrid Protocol (§66(a)). |
| Status | Registration cancelled because registrant did not file an acceptable declaration under Section 71. To view all documents in this file, click on the Trademark Document Retrieval link at the top of this page. |
Key dates
| Application filed | Feb 23, 2016 |
| Published for opposition | Mar 07, 2017 |
| Registered (Principal) | May 23, 2017 |
| Status date | Dec 08, 2023 |
Goods & services
Pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of infectious diseases; lacteal flour for babies; dietary supplements for humans in the form of liquid; dietary supplements for humans; dietetic foods, namely, pasta and crackers adapted for medical purposes; dietetic beverages, namely, dietary supplemental drinks in the nature of vitamin and mineral beverages adapted for medical purposes; beverages for babies; food for babies; dietary supplements for animals
Milk products excluding ice cream, ice milk and frozen yogurt; processed meat products, namely, beef, pork, chicken, ham, turkey, lamb and veal; processed fish products for human consumption, namely, boiled and dried fish, smoked fish, processed fish roe and processed fish spawn; processed vegetables and processed fruits; fried tofu pieces (abura-age); freeze-dried tofu pieces (kohri-dofu); jelly made from devils' tongue root (konnyaku); soybean milk; tofu; fermented soybeans (natto); stew mixes, namely, mixes for making stew, instant stew, pre-cooked stew; soup mixes, namely, instant soup, pre-cooked soup; curry stew mixes, namely, mixes for making soups and broth containing curry stew, instant curry stew, pre-cooked curry stew; dried flakes of laver for sprinkling on rice in hot water (ochazuke-nori); prepared meals consisting primarily of meat; prepared meals consisting primarily of fish; prepared meals consisting primarily of vegetables; prepared meals consisting primarily of tofu
Confectionery made of sugar, fruit, nut, chocolate, or yogrut ; bread and buns; prepared sandwiches; steamed buns stuffed with minced meat (niku-manjuh); prepared hamburgers sandwiches; pizzas; hot dogs sandwiches; meat pies; seasonings; seasoned powder for sprinkling on rice (furi-kake); spices; cereal preparations, namely, breakfast cereal, cereal bars and cereal-based snack food; Chinese stuffed dumplings (gyoza, cooked); chinese steamed dumplings (shumai, cooked); sushi; fried balls of batter mix with small pieces of octopus (takoyaki); pre-packaged boxed lunches consisting primarily of rice or noodle, and also including meat, fish or vegetables; ravioli; instant confectionery mixes, namely, pre-processed mixes for making non-dairy frozen confections and sherbet confectionery ice; instant pudding mix; jelly mix, namely, mixes of sweet adzuki-bean jelly (mizu-yokan-no-moto), mixes of chocolate jelly, and mixes of fruit jelly (confectionery); pasta sauce; curry sauce mixes, namely, mixes for making soups and broth containing curry sauce, instant curry sauce, pre-cooked curry sauce
Unprocessed edible seaweeds, namely, wakame, kelp and ulva; fresh vegetables; fresh onions; unprocessed tea leaves; fresh fruits; unprocessed foxtail millet; unprocessed proso millet; unprocessed edible sesame; unprocessed buckwheat; unprocessed corn; unprocessed japanese barnyard millet; unprocessed wheat, barley and oats; unprocessed rice; unprocessed sorghum; animal foodstuffs; seeds and bulbs; live trees; grasses, namely, natural grass for decoration, fresh pasture grass; turf; dried flowers; seedlings; saplings; flowers; grass seed; pasture grass seed; potted dwarfed trees (bonsai)
Retail store services and wholesale store services featuring foods and beverages
Madrid Protocol · §66(a)
| Intl. registration no. | 1300170 |
| Intl. registration date | Feb 23, 2016 |
| Intl. renewal date | Feb 23, 2026 |
| Date of automatic protection | Dec 30, 2017 |
| Notification of designation | Jun 30, 2016 |
| First refusal flag | Yes |
Owner & representation
| Owner | House Foods Group Inc. |
| Address | 5-7, Mikuriya-sakae-machi 1-chome,, Higashi-Osaka-shi, Osaka 577-8520, JAPAN |
| Entity | CORPORATION - organized in JAPAN |
| Attorney of record | |
| Correspondent | HOUSE FOODS GROUP INC. |
| Correspondent address | Tokyo 102-8560, JAPAN |