BACK STAGE
Live / Registered — Registered and renewed (as of 13 Dec 2025)
What this means for you
Registered since 12 Aug 1986. 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 12 Aug 2026).
Record
- Serial number
- 73579302
- Registration number
- 1404920
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 24 Jan 1986
- Published for opposition
- 20 May 1986
- Registered
- 12 Aug 1986
- Next maintenance due
- 12 Aug 2026
- Attorney of record
- Elizabeth J. Rest
Goods and services
- Class 016 — Paper goods and printed matter: [ WEEKLY ] NEWSPAPER FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
Owner
- BACKSTAGE, LLC, Burbank, CA, US
- VNU BUSINESS MEDIA, INC., NEW YORK, NY, US
- BPI COMMUNICATIONS, INC., NEW YORK, NY, US
- BACKSTAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC., NEW YORK, NY, US
- BACKSTAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC., NEW YORK, NY, US
- BACKSTAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC., NEW YORK, NY, US
Prosecution history
- 13 Dec 2025 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 13 Dec 2025 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (THIRD RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 13 Dec 2025 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 13 Dec 2025 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 03 Sept 2025 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 12 Aug 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 07 Dec 2022 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 09 Aug 2022 — APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED
- 09 Aug 2022 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
- 09 Aug 2022 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 09 Aug 2022 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 09 Aug 2022 — TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED
- 23 Jun 2022 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 23 Mar 2022 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 24 Sept 2020 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY