Yankees
Trademark: Yankees
First Used: 1921
First Registered: January 14, 1992
Current Owner: NEW YORK YANKEES PARTNERSHIP [1]
Trademark Type: traditional trademark; word mark
Primarily Associated With: entertainment services, namely, baseball games, competitions and exhibitions [2]
Brief (and likely incomplete) History:
Congratulations to the ALCS® [3] champion New York Yankees for advancing to the 2024 World Series® [4]! 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!
To kick things off, NEW YORK YANKEES® [5], YANKEES® [6], any NY® [7] are registered trademarks used in connection with goods and services such as entertainment services in the nature of baseball exhibitions, paper goods and printed matter (like stickers and posters), clothing, and others
The Yankees also own some other famous word mark registrations, including YANKEE STADIUM® [8], BRONX BOMBERS® [9], THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT® [10], and most recently, JUDGE’S CHAMBERS® [11]. All of these word marks are used with a variety of goods and services, such as toys and sporting goods, entertainment services in the form of professional baseball games and organizing exhibitions for entertainment purposes, clothing, paper goods and printed matter (like stickers and posters), and fan clubs, among others.
Speaking of YANKEE STADIUM®, a visual depiction of the stadium is also used as a logo on a variety of goods and services. The Yankee Stadium Logo [12] is used primarily on clothing and paper goods and printed matter (like stickers and posters). The visual look and design of YANKEE STADIUM® has become so famous that the Yankees also own a non-traditional trademark protecting the visual configuration of the stadium. The Yankee Stadium Configuration mark [13] is registered in connection with entertainment services in the nature of baseball games and exhibitions.
Of course, the Yankees own some of the most famous logos used in sports, including the Yankees Baseball Logo [14], the NY Logo [15], the Yankees Cursive Logo [16], the New York Block Letters Logo [17], and the New York Yankees Cursive Logo [18], all used for a variety of goods and services such as entertainment services in the nature of baseball exhibitions, clothing, baseball caps, beverage containers, and others.
Finally, the Yankees have one of the most recognizable uniforms in sports: the Yankees Pin-Stripe Uniform [19]. You guessed it, the visual appearance of the Yankees Pin-Stripe Unform is a registered, non-traditional trademark used in connection with entertainment services in the nature of baseball games and exhibitions.
[1] New York Yankees, MLB, https://www.mlb.com/yankees.
[2] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 3,345,306, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=78637664&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[3] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 3,781,217, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=77875562&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[4] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,178,547, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=73230895&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[5] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,073,346, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=73097307&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[6] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,671,731, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=74086360&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[7] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,898,998, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=74294048&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[8] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 2,886,760, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=75500316&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[9] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 2,970,839, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=75500589&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[10] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 2,884,499, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=75501098&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[11] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 5,379,376, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87493270&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[12] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 2,970,918, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=75981703&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[13] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 2,866,959, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=75505795&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[14] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,032,767, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=73009257&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[15] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,076,665, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=73097286&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[16] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,161,865, https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=73221672&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[17] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,677,662, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=73746645&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[18] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,550,798, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=73746675&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.
[19] USPTO, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 2,029,421, available at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=74321978&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch.