METROPOLITAN
Live / Registered — Registered and renewed (as of 29 Sept 2016)
What this means for you
Registered since 16 Jul 1996. 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 16 Jul 2016).
Record
- Serial number
- 74259216
- Registration number
- 1986428
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 26 Mar 1992
- Published for opposition
- 23 Apr 1996
- Registered
- 16 Jul 1996
- Next maintenance due
- 16 Jul 2016
- Attorney of record
- Steven M. Espenshade
Goods and services
- Class 008 — Hand tools: cutlery, namely parers, steak knives, bread knives, chef knives, boners, utility knives, fillet knives and slicers; and knife sharpening steels
Owner
- General Housewares Corp., Terre Haute, IN, US
- WORLD KITCHEN (GHC), LLC, RESTON, VA, US
- WKI HOLDING COMPANY, INC., ELMIRA, NY, US
- General Housewares Corp., Terre Haute, IN, US
- General Housewares Corp., Terre Haute, IN, US
Prosecution history
- 16 Jul 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 11 Sept 2024 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 16 Aug 2024 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 14 Jun 2023 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 14 Jul 2021 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 06 Jan 2021 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 28 Oct 2020 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 18 Jul 2019 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 18 Jul 2019 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 10 May 2017 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 29 Sept 2016 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 29 Sept 2016 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (SECOND RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 29 Sept 2016 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 29 Sept 2016 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 14 Jul 2016 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED