World Series 2024
Trademark: World Series
First Used: September 1911
First Registered: November 1981
Current Owner: OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL [1]
Trademark Type: traditional trademark; word mark;
Primarily Associated With: entertainment services in the nature of baseball games and exhibitions rendered live and through the media of radio and television broadcasts [2]
Brief (and likely incomplete) History:
Congratulations to the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers for advancing to the 2024 World Series! This week we will be highlighting some World Series related trademark registrations, including those owned by Major League Baseball, the New York Yankees, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Play ball!
Kicking things off, WORLD SERIES® is a registered trademark used primarily in connection with entertainment services in the nature of baseball games [3], but also for a wide range of other products and services including ornamental novelty items and clothing [4], toys and sporting goods [5], jewelry [6], and many others.
FALL CLASSIC® is a nickname for the World Series, and also a registered trademark used primarily in connection with entertainment services in the nature of baseball exhibitions [7], and also for magazines and programs relating to professional baseball [8], clothing [9], among others.
Finally, the three-dimensional configuration of the World Series Trophy itself is a registered, non-traditional trademark, including primarily in connection with entertainment services, namely, baseball games and baseball exhibitions [10], but also for trophies of common metal [11] and trophies of precious metal, ornamental pins, lapel pins, rings, bracelets, charms for jewelry, non-monetary coins, clocks, key chains, and key rings [12].
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[1] About MLB, MLB, https://www.mlb.com/official-information/about-mlb.
[2] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,178,547, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=73230895&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[3] Id.
[4] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,559,036, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=73746394&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[5] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,615,625, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=73800222&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[6] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 3,410,585, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=78758454&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[7] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,653,242, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=73758564&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[8] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,745,773, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=74265679&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[9] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,859,780, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=74461657&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[10] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 5,511,000, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87443723&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[11] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 5,511,001, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87443726&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[12] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 5,511,002, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87443730&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.