What this record means
The record shows that the mark “GROUNDED” is live and registered on the Principal Register under serial 79278826, owned by GROUNDED INVESTMENTS LIMITED, a New Zealand limited company. The registration covers biodegradable and compostable packaging goods, including paper and plastic bags, envelopes, pouches, and containers for food and beverages, as well as related packaging materials made from recycled paper or starches. A similar name would raise the closest concern for uses in the same packaging and container categories, especially those that are biodegradable or compostable. This record does not give control over every use of the word “grounded” in other contexts. The prosecution history is empty, so no descriptiveness refusal or Supplemental Register move is shown. The latest status event is the registration date, May 11, 2021, and no enforcement actions appear in the supplied history. For someone considering a similar name, the risk is that using it for biodegradable packaging could conflict with this active registration.
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Cl. 016Paper Goods & Printed Matter
ACTIVE Biodegradable and compostable packaging, namely, merchandise bags, paper bags, envelopes, pouches of paper or biodegradable or compostable plastics, and bags made of paper for packaging; biodegradable and compostable containers for food made of paper substitutes; paper packaging and containers for food and beverages comprised of materials designed to lessen adverse effects on the environment; packaging materials made of recycled paper; packaging materials made from mineral-based paper substitutes; packaging containers of regenerated cellulose; packaging material made of starches, namely, packaging and containers comprised of starch-based materials in the nature of a paper or plastic substitute for food, beverage and consumer products; bags of paper or biodegradable or compostable plastics, for packaging
Biodegradable and compostable packaging containers of plastic, namely boxes made of plastics materials for packaging; containers made of plastics for packaging; containers of plastics for packaging purposes; plastic packaging boxes in flat form; plastic packaging boxes in made-up form
