THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG” is dead because the owner, University Games, a corporation organized in California, failed to file a Statement of Use or Extension Request after the Notice of Allowance was issued. The mark was on the Principal Register and covered board games, dice games, equipment sold as a unit for playing board games, and printed positionable toys for use in children’s board games. A similar name would raise the closest concern in the same category of board‑game products. The record does not give the owner control over every use of the wording, only over the specific goods listed. No enforcement activity such as oppositions or cancellations appears in the supplied history. The last meaningful event was the abandonment notice on January 26, 2015. If you are thinking of a similar name, be aware that the abandoned mark still signals a prior claim in the board‑game space.