HOUNDSTOOTH MAFIA
Live / Registered — Registered — Section 8 accepted (as of 30 Sept 2022)
What this means for you
Registered since 05 Apr 2016. 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 02 Oct 2026 and is awaiting the USPTO's acceptance).
Record
- Serial number
- 77342852
- Registration number
- 4929515
- Mark type
- Design + words
- Filed
- 03 Dec 2007
- Published for opposition
- 24 Jun 2008
- Registered
- 05 Apr 2016
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 & §9 renewal, filed 02 Oct 2026 — awaiting the USPTO's acceptance
- Attorney of record
- Jonathan C. Hill
Goods and services
- Class 025 — Clothing: shirts
Owner
- Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, US
- Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, US
- Pitts, William, Jr., Salem, AL, US
- Pitts, William, Jr., Salem, AL, US
- Blackburn, Christopher, Salem, AL, US
- Blackburn, Christopher, Salem, AL, US
Board proceedings on this mark
- Opposition No. 91187103 — The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama and Mr. Paul W. Bryant Jr. v. William Pitts Jr. and Christopher Blackburn, filed 22 Oct 2008 (Terminated)
- Extension of Time to Oppose No. 77342852 — Mr.PaulW.BryantJr. v. Pitts, William, Jr., filed 16 Jul 2008 (Terminated)
Board decisions about this mark
- Order: Request to Reopen, Vacate, and Dismiss Without Prejudice Denied; Remand to Examining Attorney for consideration of irregularities in application — STATE OF ALABAMA TRADEMARK REGISTRATION NO. 103-820 FOR PAUL W. BRYANT MUSEUM & DESIGN v. HOUNDSTOOTH MAFIA, 23 Jun 2015
- Opposition dismissed on likelihood of confusion — STATE OF ALABAMA TRADEMARK REGISTRATION NO. 103-820 FOR PAUL W. BRYANT MUSEUM & DESIGN v. HOUNDSTOOTH MAFIA, 23 Jul 2013
Prosecution history
- 02 Oct 2026 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 05 Apr 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 30 Sept 2022 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 - E-MAILED
- 30 Sept 2022 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED
- 28 Sept 2022 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION-POST REG RECEIVED
- 18 Aug 2022 — POST REGISTRATION ACTION MAILED - SEC. 8
- 29 Jul 2022 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 24 Feb 2022 — TEAS SECTION 8 RECEIVED
- 05 Apr 2021 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED
- 09 Jun 2020 — REVIEW OF CORRESPONDENCE COMPLETE - ADDRESS UPDATED
- 20 Apr 2020 — APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED
- 20 Apr 2020 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
- 20 Apr 2020 — TEAS WITHDRAWAL OF ATTORNEY RECEIVED-FIRM RETAINS
- 20 Apr 2020 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 20 Apr 2020 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED