What this record means
The record shows that the mark “WELLS FARGO CASH BACK COLLEGE” is a dead, cancelled registration on the Principal Register, owned by Wells Fargo & Company. The mark covered credit card payment processing services and credit card transaction processing services in class 036, with first use in commerce on November 14, 2008. A similar name would raise the closest concern for services related to credit‑card processing or related financial services. The record does not give Wells Fargo control over every use of the phrase “cash back” or “college” in unrelated contexts. The prosecution history shows the mark was registered on December 17, 2019, then cancelled on July 3, 2026 for failure to file a Section 8 declaration. No opposition, cancellation, or court action appears in the supplied history, so the supplied record shows no visible enforcement activity. For someone considering a similar name, the cancelled status means the mark is no longer enforceable, but the earlier registration still signals that Wells Fargo once claimed rights to that combination of words in the financial services field.
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