⚖️ Files federal trademark or copyright suits

Build-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc.

Trademark enforcement profile · on record 2004–2025

Build-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc. has filed federal trademark or copyright enforcement actions. On record (2004–2025): 5 federal trademark or copyright lawsuits; 36 oppositions and cancellation petitions at the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (prevailed in 85% of merits decisions).

Data summary based on public records (USPTO TTAB proceedings and PACER/CourtListener federal court dockets). Figures reflect filings on record, not a characterization of the merits or good faith of any individual action. Not legal advice.

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Federal court filings

0
Schedule-A cases
naming online sellers as defendants
5
Federal trademark cases
nature-of-suit 840
0
Federal copyright cases
nature-of-suit 820

At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

33
Oppositions
under 15 U.S.C. §1063
3
Cancellation petitions
under 15 U.S.C. §1064
23
Prevailed
on the merits, by default, or by abandonment
4
Did not prevail
adverse ruling on the merits
9
Settled / withdrawn
ended without a Board ruling on the merits

Prevailed in 85% of proceedings the Board actually decided on the merits (settled and withdrawn proceedings excluded from this calculation).

Designs Build-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc. has opposed

Real trademark applications Build-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc. challenged at the USPTO — the kind of design that draws an opposition. If your artwork looks like one of these, expect pushback. Each links to its USPTO docket.

Source: USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board records. “Prevailed” means Build-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc. got the outcome it sought; settled/withdrawn cases ended without a Board ruling on the merits. Images from public USPTO records.

Marks Build-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc. has asserted in proceedings

BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP WHERE BEST FRIENDS ARE MADE
BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP WHERE BEST FRIENDS ARE MADE
asserted in 21 proceedings
BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP
BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP
asserted in 18 proceedings
BUILD A BEAR WORKSHOP
BUILD A BEAR WORKSHOP
asserted in 9 proceedings
BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP
BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP
asserted in 6 proceedings
FRIENDS 2B MADE 1DERFUL 2 COOL MEANT 2B 2 CUTE 4 W
FRIENDS 2B MADE 1DERFUL 2 COOL MEANT 2B 2 CUTE 4 W
asserted in 1 proceedings
trademark
asserted in 1 proceedings
BABW
BABW
asserted in 1 proceedings
2B
2B
asserted in 1 proceedings
MarkSerialProceedings
BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP WHERE BEST FRIENDS ARE MADE7588307521
BUILD-A-PARTYtext7542681919
BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP7598076418
BUILD-A-SOUNDtext7592752918
BUILDABEAR.COMtext7824844016
BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOPtext7524581211
BUILD-A-CARDtext7809789210
BUILD A BEAR WORKSHOP753796749
BUILD-A-BEARtext789040479
BUILD-A-SONGtext780978478
BUILD-A-STORYtext787854007
BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP782394736
BUILD-A-PUZZLEtext787854685
BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOPtext773311885
BUILD-A-SMILEtext755768405
BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOPtext773320124
BUILD-A-BUGtext755571084
BUILD-A-BEARVILLEtext776309754
BUILD-A-MONSTERtext780923174
BUILD-A-PUZZLEtext787854313
BUILD-A-DINOtext785448723
BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOPtext773313452
BUILD A BOWtext771575032
HUGGABLE HEROEStext783705331
HUGTIMEtext784739141
HUG FREELYtext780866911
HUG FREELYtext780866861
FRIENDS 2B MADE 1DERFUL 2 COOL MEANT 2B 2 CUTE 4 W783442971
HUGDAYtext756230421
(design-only mark)760666161
BABW758991481
BUILD-A-GRAMtext754439841
2B783442821
FRIENDS 2B MADEtext756579021
FRIENDS 2B MADE783389361
FRIENDS 2B MADEtext783010931
FRIENDS 2B MADE783393541
2B PRETTYtext784703551
BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOPtext773312341
BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOPtext773320411
BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOPtext773320631
WORKSHOPtext781186541
FRIENDS 2B MADE 1DERFUL 2 COOL MEANT 2B 2 CUTE 4 W783443371
BUILD-A-PAGEtext763339201
BUILD-A-HEROtext787793621
HONEY GIRLStext905345491
HONEY GIRLS905345431
HONEY GIRLS905345341
HONEY GIRLStext905345291
BUILD-A-BEARVILLEtext776052371
BUILD-A-FAVORtext786449201

From public USPTO records. A mark is listed when it appears as a senior asserted mark in TTAB or federal-court proceedings on file. Serial links open the USPTO TSDR record.

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Data sources: publicly published USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings (1951–2026, with possible gaps before electronic filing) and U.S. federal court dockets (PACER/CourtListener, nature-of-suit codes 840 and 820). Figures reflect filings on record and do not characterize the merits, validity, or legitimacy of any individual action by Build-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc.. Trademark holders have legal rights — and in some doctrines, an obligation — to enforce registered marks. This page does not provide legal advice; consult licensed counsel for case-specific questions. See the full leaderboard.