ABOUT.COM
Live / Registered — Registered and renewed (as of 04 Oct 2017)
What this means for you
Registered since 01 Jan 2008. 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 01 Jan 2018).
Record
- Serial number
- 78747140
- Registration number
- 3363403
- Mark type
- Stylized text
- Filed
- 04 Nov 2005
- Published for opposition
- 06 Feb 2007
- Registered
- 01 Jan 2008
- Next maintenance due
- 01 Jan 2018
- Attorney of record
- Gerald J. Ferguson
Goods and services
- Class 016 — Paper goods and printed matter: series of non-fiction books on a variety of topics
Owner
- DOTDASH MEREDITH INC., NEW YORK, NY, US
- DOTDASH MEDIA INC, NEW YORK, NY, US
- About, Inc., New York, NY, US
- About.com, New York, NY, US
- About.com, New York, NY, US
- About.com, New York, NY, US
Prior registrations
Prosecution history
- 25 Jun 2025 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 16 Oct 2024 — AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP
- 23 Jun 2022 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 30 Mar 2022 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 02 Mar 2022 — AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP
- 04 Oct 2017 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 04 Oct 2017 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FIRST RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 04 Oct 2017 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 29 Sept 2017 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 24 Aug 2017 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 01 Jan 2017 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 09 Sept 2016 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 09 Sept 2016 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
- 23 Mar 2015 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
- 23 Mar 2015 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED