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The following
Hasbro trademarks for Transformers related products have had their status upgraded to "Application has been published for opposition":-
Category: Transformers Trademark News
| Submitted by: Moonbug -
on: Wednesday, 31st January 2007 at 08:32:38 GMT
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Hasbro's trademark for
TRANSFORMERS (
serial number 75759100) has now been cancelled. Don't worry, this isn't the end of the Transformers line, this mark was in the category "Equipment sold as a unit for playing a parlor type game". The mark had been registered twice, and has been cancelled under Section 8, 6 year registration.
You can view full details on the mark, as well as all of Hasbro's other Transformers related applications in our extensive
Transformer Trademarks section.
Category: Transformers Trademark News
| Submitted by: quartz -
on: Saturday, 20th January 2007 at 14:45:13 GMT
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Not really an exciting update this, but the Hasbro mark for Dirt Boss was updated on the 17th January (mark number 76359090), with the new status of Extension Of Time To Oppose Process - Terminated.
The original mark was registered on January 16th, 2002
Category: Transformers Trademark News
| Submitted by: Moonbug -
on: Thursday, 18th January 2007 at 08:30:14 GMT
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The USPTO have updated the trademark for
STEAMHAMMER, serial number 76663880, to show that the mark has now been published for opposition.
Category: Transformers Trademark News
| Submitted by: quartz -
on: Tuesday, 9th January 2007 at 16:36:41 GMT
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Hasbro's trademark application for
Soundbite has now been published for oppoisition. This is the time where other companies / individuals can challenge Hasbro's application for the mark. Based on the normal timeframe, if unchallenged, Soundbite is still on course to become a registered mark before the movie is released.
Category: Transformers Trademark News
| Submitted by: quartz -
on: Wednesday, 20th December 2006 at 12:53:16 GMT
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Hasbro's trademark for
Beast Wars, filed with the USPTO, had an update to it's status on the 18th December. The new status for this mark is
Current Status:
Section 8 and 15 affidavits have been accepted and acknowledged.
Category: Transformers Trademark News
| Submitted by: Moonbug -
on: Tuesday, 19th December 2006 at 08:16:21 GMT
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Category: Transformers Trademark News
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on: Thursday, 14th December 2006 at 08:48:00 GMT
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The trademark for
Dinobot, filed by Hasbro with the USPTO has been approved for a ten year period. The mark was first registered on 25th November 1985
Category: Transformers Trademark News
| Submitted by: Moonbug -
on: Wednesday, 13th December 2006 at 08:23:22 GMT
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Category: Transformers Trademark News
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on: Thursday, 7th December 2006 at 21:42:58 GMT
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Hasbro's Trademark application for
Cyber Slammers has now passed into it's final stage, with it's status updated to
Final review prior to publication has been completed, application will be published for opposition.
Category: Transformers Trademark News
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on: Thursday, 7th December 2006 at 08:22:39 GMT
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The
trademark for Transformers, mark number 78909808 , was updated by the USPTO yesterday with the following new status:-
A non-final action has been mailed. This is a letter from the examining
attorney requesting additional information and/or making an initial
refusal. However, no final determination as to the registrability of
the mark has been made.
Category: Transformers Trademark News
| Submitted by: Moonbug -
on: Friday, 1st December 2006 at 08:33:07 GMT
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Hasbro Inc's
trademark application for the mark "
SOUNDBITE" ()76662065) has been updated by the USPTO to a status of " Notice of publication". This means that the final review prior to publication of the mark has been completed, and that the application will be published for opposition shortly.
Category: Transformers Trademark News
| Submitted by: quartz -
on: Wednesday, 29th November 2006 at 22:37:43 GMT
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Hasbro's
trademark application for "
Transformers The Movie" (serial number 78909815) has been updated by the USPTO. The mark has had a non-final action e-mailed to Hasbro. This basically means that a letter from the examining attorney has been sent to the applicant, requesting additional
information and/or making an initial refusal.
Category: Transformers Trademark News
| Submitted by: quartz -
on: Tuesday, 28th November 2006 at 09:12:41 GMT
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The following
Transformers Trademarks had their registrations renewed and entered the
First Renewal 10-year status :-
Category: Transformers Trademark News
| Submitted by: Moonbug -
on: Wednesday, 22nd November 2006 at 20:56:14 GMT
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In a direct followup to our
Trademark Progress Upates on the 19th November many of those Trademarks have been updated again. Here's is the latest batch of
Transformer related Trademarks to be updated by the USPTO.
- Knockdown - (76665720) - Approved for Publication of Opposition.
- Menasor - (serial number 1411528) - This registration has been renewed under section 8 (10 year renewal). Interestingly enough this is a renewal for the 20 year old mark
- Steamhammer - (76663880) - Approved for Publication of Opposition.
- Fast Action Battlers - (76666003) - Approved for Publication of Opposition.
- Decepticon Frenzy - (76665019) - Non-Final Action Written
- Cyber Stompin' - (76665721) - Approved for Publication of Opposition.
Incase you wondered what those status' mean, here's some definitions.
- "Approved for Publication of Opposition" means that the the USPTO have approved what has been submitted so far, and that the mark will be allowed to be published for opposition. The USPTO normally say to allow two months for the mark to be published for oppoisition. Assuming there are no successful challenges, or that the USPTO do not change there mind, it is after this opposition period that the marks can become registered.
- "Non-Final Action Written" means that a letter from the examining attorney has been sent. The letters is either requesting additional information
and/or making an initial refusal for the application of the specified mark. It is not a final rejection decision.
Category: Transformers Trademark News
| Submitted by: quartz -
on: Tuesday, 21st November 2006 at 14:47:58 GMT
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