What this record means
The record shows that “ALPHABET EMPIRE” is a live, registered mark on the Principal Register, owned by Charles Hanna. It covers printed educational posters in class 016, with first use in September 2021. A similar name would raise the closest concern in the same category of printed educational posters, because that is the only goods or services listed. The record does not give the owner control over every use of the words “Alphabet” or “Empire” in other contexts. The prosecution history shows the mark was approved for publication, published for opposition, and then allowed and registered without any descriptiveness refusal or Supplemental Register transfer. The latest status event is the registration on January 11, 2022, and no further maintenance dates are supplied. No oppositions, cancellations, or court actions appear in the supplied history. For someone looking to use a similar name, the visible risk is that the mark is active for printed educational posters, so using the same name for similar posters could create a meaningful concern.
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