HYPHENED NATION

What this record means

The record shows that “HYPHENED NATION” is not a live mark – it was abandoned after the applicant filed an express abandonment, with the final abandonment notice dated November 11 2015, and the owner listed as Nicole M. Broadwater, an individual. The application covered educational and entertainment services in International Class 041, specifically a continuing program about individual freedom of choice delivered through books, brochures, television, audio and web‑based applications, with a first use claim of January 7 2015. Because the filing was limited to that educational‑entertainment scope, a similar name used for unrelated goods or services would be farther from the concern shown here, but a comparable name in any media‑based educational program could raise a record‑based issue. The prosecution history contains only the abandonment entries and no oppositions, cancellations or court actions, so the supplied history shows no enforcement activity. I'd treat this as a modest concern if you plan a comparable educational‑media offering, but the abandonment means the mark no longer blocks any use.