MERLIN
Live / Registered — Registered and renewed (as of 06 Feb 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 18 Nov 1975. The owner can stop confusingly similar uses in the classes it covers; it stays on the register as long as the owner keeps up the maintenance filings (next due by 18 Nov 2025).
Record
- Serial number
- 73047135
- Registration number
- 1025371
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 19 Mar 1975
- Registered
- 18 Nov 1975
- Next maintenance due
- 18 Nov 2025
- Attorney of record
- Randel S. Springer
Goods and services
- Class 035 — Advertising and business services: FRANCHISING SERVICES-NAMELY, RENDERING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND/OR OPERATION OF AUTOMOBILE MUFFLER REPLACEMENT AND REPAIR SHOP FOR OTHERS
Owner
- Merlin Franchisor SPV LLC, CHARLOTTE, NC, US
- SBA-TLC, LLC, CHARLOTTE, NC, US
- MERLIN CORPORATION, GENEVA, IL, US
- MERLIN MUFFLER SHOPS, INC., HANOVER PARK, IL, US
Prosecution history
- 06 Feb 2026 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 06 Feb 2026 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FOURTH RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 06 Feb 2026 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 06 Feb 2026 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 04 Nov 2025 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 18 Nov 2024 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 07 Aug 2016 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 06 Aug 2016 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (THIRD RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 06 Aug 2016 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 06 Aug 2016 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 25 May 2016 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 19 May 2016 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 19 May 2016 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 18 May 2016 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 16 Sept 2015 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY