QUALITY
Live / Registered — Registered and renewed (as of 12 Mar 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 12 Oct 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 12 Oct 2036: the §8 & §9 renewal).
Record
- Serial number
- 73068513
- Registration number
- 1050372
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 10 Nov 1975
- Registered
- 12 Oct 1976
- Current term from
- 12 Oct 2026
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 & §9 renewal, due by 12 Oct 2036 (grace period to 12 Apr 2037)
- Attorney of record
- N. Christopher Norton
Goods and services
- Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: HOTEL, MOTEL AND RESTAURANT SERVICES
Owner
- CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL, INC., North Bethesda, MD, US
- QUALITY INNS, INC., SILVER SPRING, MD, US
Prior registrations
Board proceedings on this mark
The owner also pleads this mark in 1 other Board proceeding.
Prosecution history
- 21 Sept 2026 — NOTICE OF SUIT
- 30 Jun 2026 — NOTICE OF SUIT
- 29 Jun 2026 — NOTICE OF SUIT
- 12 Mar 2026 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 12 Mar 2026 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FOURTH RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 12 Mar 2026 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 12 Mar 2026 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 18 Dec 2025 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 12 Oct 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 20 Nov 2023 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
- 20 Nov 2023 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 20 Nov 2023 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 20 Nov 2023 — APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED
- 20 Nov 2023 — TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED
- 16 Jul 2020 — NOTICE OF SUIT