EMOTIONAL GOTHIC IS A BRAND AND METHOD CREATED BY THE APPLICANT FOR A SPECIFIC LITERARY GENRE AND WRITING FRAMEWORK. IT IDENTIFIES REALIST, EMOTIONALLY DRIVEN “GOTHIC” STORIES AND TEACHING MATERIALS IN WHICH THE PLOT IS POWERED BY EMOTIONAL HORROR, SPECIFICALLY GUILT, SHAME, DENIAL, OR RAGE, RATHER THAN BY SUPERNATURAL ELEMENTS. EMOTIONAL GOTHIC FUNCTIONS AS A TRADEMARK AND/OR SERVICE MARK FOR THE APPLICANT’S BOOKS, WRITTEN CONTENT, AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES IN THIS FIELD.
Live / Applied — Misassigned serial number (as of 18 Nov 2025)
What this means for you
Not registered yet, but its 14 Nov 2025 filing date beats anything filed after it. If it registers, the owner can stop confusingly similar uses in the classes it covers.
Record
- Serial number
- 99497692
- Mark type
- Stylized text
- Filed
- 14 Nov 2025
Goods and services
- Class 016 — Paper goods and printed matter: Printed novels; Printed instructional and teaching materials in the field of Creative writing.
Owner
- Amy Kristine Spackman, Cincinnati, OH, US
Prosecution history
- 14 Nov 2025 — APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED
- 14 Nov 2025 — NEW APPLICATION ENTERED