MERLIN
Live / Registered — Registered and renewed (as of 06 Oct 2025)
What this means for you
Registered since 11 Jun 1985. 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 11 Jun 2025).
Record
- Serial number
- 73500728
- Registration number
- 1340568
- Mark type
- Stylized text
- Filed
- 24 Sept 1984
- Published for opposition
- 02 Apr 1985
- Registered
- 11 Jun 1985
- Next maintenance due
- 11 Jun 2025
- Attorney of record
- Randel S. Springer
Goods and services
- Class 012 — Vehicles: [ SHOCK ABSORBERS, BRAKES, MUFFLERS AND EXHAUST SYSTEM PIPES FOR LAND VEHICLES ]
- Class 037 — Building construction and repair services: AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP SERVICES
Owner
- MERLIN FRANCHISOR SPV LLC, CHARLOTTE, NC, US
- SBA-TLC, LLC, CHARLOTTE, NC, US
- MERLIN CORPORATION, GENEVA, IL, US
- MERLIN MUFFLER SHOPS, INC., HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL, US
- MERLIN MUFFLER SHOPS, INC., HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL, US
- MERLIN MUFFLER SHOPS, INC., HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL, US
Prior registrations
Prosecution history
- 28 Oct 2025 — NOTICE OF UPDATED REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION EMAILED
- 06 Oct 2025 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 06 Oct 2025 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (THIRD RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 06 Oct 2025 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 06 Oct 2025 — AMENDMENT UNDER SECTION 7 - PROCESSED
- 22 Sept 2025 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 06 Jun 2025 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 06 Jun 2025 — TEAS SECTION 7 REQUEST RECEIVED
- 11 Jun 2024 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 25 May 2016 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 07 Oct 2015 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 16 Sept 2015 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 26 Aug 2015 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 19 Aug 2015 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 12 Aug 2015 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY