PENGUIN
Live / Registered — Registered and renewed (as of 27 Oct 2017)
What this means for you
Registered since 19 Nov 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 26 Oct 2026 and is awaiting the USPTO's acceptance).
Record
- Serial number
- 74375485
- Registration number
- 2016643
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 05 Apr 1993
- Published for opposition
- 11 Apr 1995
- Registered
- 19 Nov 1996
- Current term from
- 19 Nov 2016
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 & §9 renewal, filed 26 Oct 2026 — awaiting the USPTO's acceptance
- Attorney of record
- Claudia W. Stangle
Goods and services
- Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: [ audio ] [ and video ] [ tapes ] [, phonographic records, compact, audio and video discs and motion picture films ] [ featuring music, dramatic works, books read aloud, poems, stories, novels, literary works * ; * ] [, films on educational and literary subjects, or documentaries; ] [ audio ] [ and video ] [ recordings featuring music, books on tape, ] [ animation ] [ or dramatic works; ] [ computer programs for word processing; cinematographic film and photographic film featuring animation or dramatic works, all prepared for exhibition; ] [ pre-recorded audio ] [ and video ] [ cassettes and cartridges featuring music, dramatic works, books read aloud, poems, stories, novels, * OR * literary works ] [, films on educational and literary subjects, documentaries, or television programs; photographic, cinematographic and optical apparatus and instruments, namely, photographic cameras and video cameras ] (( * digital media, namely, downloadable digital audio files and CDs featuring works recorded on computer media, namely, books and books read aloud in the nature of fiction and non-fiction books on a variety of topics, and literary works, namely, memoirs, essays, short stories, poems, and novels * ))
- Class 028 — Toys and sporting goods: [ computer programs for games ]
Owner
- Penguin Books Limited, London, GB
- Penguin Books Limited, Middlesex, UB7 ODA, GB
- Penguin Books Limited, Middlesex, UB7 ODA, GB
Prior registrations
Board proceedings on this mark
- Counterclaim to cancel, in Opposition No. 91121651 — PENGUIN BOOKS LIMITED v. PENGUIN COMPUTING, INC., filed 21 Dec 2000 (Terminated)
The owner also pleads this mark in 3 other Board proceedings.
Prosecution history
- 26 Oct 2026 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 21 Oct 2026 — TEAS WITHDRAWAL OF ATTORNEY RECEIVED-FIRM RETAINS
- 21 Oct 2026 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
- 21 Oct 2026 — TEAS CHANGE OF DOMESTIC REPRESENTATIVES ADDRESS
- 21 Oct 2026 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 21 Oct 2026 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 19 Nov 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 19 Nov 2024 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
- 19 Nov 2024 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 19 Nov 2024 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 19 Nov 2024 — APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED
- 19 Nov 2024 — TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED
- 20 May 2022 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
- 20 May 2022 — TEAS CHANGE OF DOMESTIC REPRESENTATIVES ADDRESS
- 20 May 2022 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED