THE SHADOW
Live / Registered — Registered and renewed (as of 02 Apr 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 13 Jul 1976. The owner can stop confusingly similar uses in the classes it covers; it stays on the register as long as the owner keeps up the maintenance filings (next due by 13 Jul 2036: the §8 & §9 renewal).
Record
- Serial number
- 73038765
- Registration number
- 1043492
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 05 Dec 1974
- Registered
- 13 Jul 1976
- Current term from
- 13 Jul 2026
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 & §9 renewal, due by 13 Jul 2036 (grace period to 13 Jan 2037)
- Attorney of record
- Eric E. Gisolfi
Goods and services
- Class 016 — Paper goods and printed matter: NOVELS IN PAPERBACK FORM
Owner
- ADVANCE MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS INC., NEW YORK, NY, US
- CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC., THE, NEW YORK, NY, US
Prior registrations
Board proceedings on this mark
- Cancellation No. 92045348 — Disruptive Publishing v. ADVANCE MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS INC., filed 13 Jan 2006 (Terminated)
The owner also pleads this mark in 2 other Board proceedings.
Prosecution history
- 02 Apr 2026 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 02 Apr 2026 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FOURTH RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 02 Apr 2026 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 02 Apr 2026 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 21 Jan 2026 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 13 Jul 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 07 Mar 2024 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
- 07 Mar 2024 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 07 Mar 2024 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 16 Apr 2019 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 16 Apr 2019 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 09 Jun 2017 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 09 Jun 2017 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (THIRD RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 09 Jun 2017 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 07 Jun 2017 — PETITION TO DIRECTOR GRANTED