WINDOWS
Live / Registered — Registered and renewed (as of 06 Jul 2016)
What this means for you
Registered since 08 Oct 1996. 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 (the §8 & §9 renewal was filed 10 Sept 2026 and is awaiting the USPTO's acceptance).
Record
- Serial number
- 74716365
- Registration number
- 2005901
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 16 Aug 1995
- Published for opposition
- 18 Jun 1996
- Registered
- 08 Oct 1996
- Current term from
- 08 Oct 2016
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 & §9 renewal, filed 10 Sept 2026 — awaiting the USPTO's acceptance
- Attorney of record
- Karen Kreider Gaunt
Goods and services
- Class 016 — Paper goods and printed matter: publications, namely user manuals, instruction guides, reference guides, newsletters, magazines, books about computer programs
Owner
- Microsoft Corporation, Cincinnati, OH, US
- Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, US
- Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, US
Prior registrations
Board proceedings on this mark
- Counterclaim to cancel, in Opposition No. 91154223 — Microsoft Corporation v. Lindows, Inc., filed 25 Nov 2002 (Terminated)
The owner also pleads this mark in 2 other Board proceedings.
Prosecution history
- 10 Sept 2026 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 08 Oct 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 14 Mar 2023 — APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED
- 14 Mar 2023 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
- 14 Mar 2023 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 14 Mar 2023 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 14 Mar 2023 — TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED
- 13 Sept 2021 — APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED
- 13 Sept 2021 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
- 13 Sept 2021 — TEAS WITHDRAWAL OF ATTORNEY RECEIVED-FIRM RETAINS
- 13 Sept 2021 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 13 Sept 2021 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 13 Sept 2021 — TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED
- 10 Oct 2020 — APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED
- 10 Oct 2020 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED