World Series 2025
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; non-traditional trademark; trade dress; configuration 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 Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays for advancing to the 2025 World Series! This week we will be highlighting some World Series related trademark registrations, including those owned by Major League Baseball, the Dodgers, and the Blue Jays. 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 Commissioner 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].
Interested in learning more about trademarks from other 2025 sporting events? Check out our 2025 posts on College Football National Championship, Super Bowl, March Madness (and Final Four), Stanley Cup, NBA Championship, WNBA Championship, and MLS Cup.
[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.