Like to file TM, but old, dead, abandoned TM already filed

[domain_investor]

(moderator: I posted this already mistakenly in the legal forum. Can you delete that dup thread please?)

I would like to start an online magazine with the name [keyword]today.com. I cannot find any publication with that name via searching. None of the other major tld's are registered.

I searched the US trademarks and there is one filing with that name, but it is DEAD, and ABANDONED in 1991. And it is for class IC 042. US 100. G & S.

The filing company was called [keyword] Today Corporation, in Florida. However, a google search does not find any such company.

Do you believe I would be safe in starting this site, and applying for registration with my mark?

Does the trademark examiner ignore dead, abandoned filings as if they do not exist?

 

[Theo]

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[Dale Hubbard]

(moderator: I posted this already mistakenly in the legal forum. Can you delete that dup thread please?)

I would like to start an online magazine with the name [keyword]today.com. I cannot find any publication with that name via searching. None of the other major tld's are registered.

I searched the US trademarks and there is one filing with that name, but it is DEAD, and ABANDONED in 1991. And it is for class IC 042. US 100. G & S.

The filing company was called [keyword] Today Corporation, in Florida. However, a google search does not find any such company.

Do you believe I would be safe in starting this site, and applying for registration with my mark?

Does the trademark examiner ignore dead, abandoned filings as if they do not exist?

Dead and abandoned - get your TM application in now.