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Cable News Network, Inc.

Trademark enforcement profile · on record 1983–2025

Cable News Network, Inc. has filed federal trademark or copyright enforcement actions. On record (1983–2025): 14 federal trademark or copyright lawsuits; 22 oppositions and cancellation petitions at the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (prevailed in 95% 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
12
Federal trademark cases
nature-of-suit 840
2
Federal copyright cases
nature-of-suit 820

At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

21
Oppositions
under 15 U.S.C. §1063
1
Cancellation petitions
under 15 U.S.C. §1064
19
Prevailed
on the merits, by default, or by abandonment
1
Did not prevail
adverse ruling on the merits
2
Settled / withdrawn
ended without a Board ruling on the merits

Prevailed in 95% of proceedings the Board actually decided on the merits (settled and withdrawn proceedings excluded from this calculation).

Designs Cable News Network, Inc. has opposed

Real trademark applications Cable News Network, 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.

CNN PLASTIC SYSTEM
CNN PLASTIC SYSTEM
Opposed · Settled / withdrawn2025
CNNM
CNNM
Opposed · Prevailed2020
IREPORTER
IREPORTER
Opposed · Prevailed2008
CSN CONSUMER SAVINGS NETWORK
CSN CONSUMER SAVINGS NETWORK
Opposed · Prevailed1993

Source: USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board records. “Prevailed” means Cable News Network, Inc. got the outcome it sought; settled/withdrawn cases ended without a Board ruling on the merits. Images from public USPTO records.

Marks Cable News Network, Inc. has asserted in proceedings

CNN
CNN
asserted in 19 proceedings
CNN
CNN
asserted in 18 proceedings
CNN
CNN
asserted in 18 proceedings
CNN
CNN
asserted in 18 proceedings
CNN
CNN
asserted in 18 proceedings
CNN
CNN
asserted in 18 proceedings
CNN
CNN
asserted in 18 proceedings
CNN
CNN
asserted in 18 proceedings
MarkSerialProceedings
CNN7382989819
CNN7751683918
CNN7562944118
CNN7562944618
CNN7562944218
CNN7751982718
CNN7562953318
CNN7562942518
CNN7562944518
CNN IMAGESOURCEtext7470914218
CNN7562954218
CNN7562944318
CNN GOtext8555481018
CNN7757528318
CNN SANStext8648150518
CNNtext7823914418
CNNMONEYtext7631748518
CNN7734116218
CNN8514546418
CNN GOtext8555481218
CNN7562944418
CNN8530013918
CNN HEROEStext8612553218
CNN FILMStext8561665018
CNN GOtext8555482218
CNN8514545718
CNN7734092318
CNN NEWSOURCEtext7537098718
CNN COLLECTIONtext8628721018
CNN7562944818
CITIZEN BY CNNtext8803560217
CNN8805943417
CNN8805943217
CNN8805942117
WATCH CNNtext8597151514
CNN756386618
CNN775809773
VAULT BY CNNtext974415481
CNN FLASHDOCStext975424461
CNNtext970491121
IREPORTtext774342271
IREPORTtext774364311
IREPORTtext774334271
THE CNN 101text870159551
CNN EN ESPANOLtext753416301
CNN SPORTS ILLUSTRATED755657071
DIGITAL JAMtext751801371
CNN SPORTS ILLUSTRATED755657081

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 Cable News Network, 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.