FRODO

What this means for you

Registered since 04 Sept 2012. 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 05 Sept 2022 and is awaiting the USPTO's acceptance).

Record

Serial number

78723326

Registration number

4202767

Mark type

Word mark

Filed

29 Sept 2005

Published for opposition

21 Apr 2009

Registered

04 Sept 2012

Next maintenance filing

§8 & §9 renewal, filed 05 Sept 2022 — awaiting the USPTO's acceptance

Attorney of record

Megan Martin

Goods and services

• Class 030 — Staple foods: Food, namely, cookies

Owner

• MIDDLE-EARTH ENTERPRISES, LLC, Livermore, CA, US
• The Saul Zaentz Company, Berkeley, CA, US
• The Saul Zaentz Company, Berkeley, CA, US
• The Saul Zaentz Company, Berkeley, CA, US

Prior registrations

• Registration 2989895
• Registration 3032594
• Registration 3052144
• Registration 3052146

Board proceedings on this mark

• Counterclaim to cancel, in Opposition No. 91237940 — The Saul Zaentz Company v. Frodoh, LLC, filed 21 Nov 2017 (Terminated)

The owner also pleads this mark in 3 other Board proceedings.

Board decisions about this mark

• Opposition sustained on likelihood of confusion — FRODO v. FRO-DOUGH, 15 Apr 2025

Prosecution history

• 03 Sept 2025 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
• 03 Sept 2025 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
• 03 Sept 2025 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
• 03 Sept 2025 — APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED
• 03 Sept 2025 — TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED
• 18 Sept 2023 — TEAS WITHDRAWAL OF ATTORNEY RECEIVED-FIRM RETAINS
• 18 Sept 2023 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
• 18 Sept 2023 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
• 18 Sept 2023 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
• 18 Sept 2023 — APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED
• 18 Sept 2023 — TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED
• 22 Aug 2023 — NOTICE OF UPDATED REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION EMAILED
• 19 Jul 2023 — CORRECTION UNDER SECTION 7 - PROCESSED
• 11 Apr 2023 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
• 31 Jan 2023 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL