⚖️ Files federal trademark or copyright suits

The Coca-Cola Company

Trademark enforcement profile · on record 1970–2026

The Coca-Cola Company has filed federal trademark or copyright enforcement actions. On record (1970–2026): 68 federal trademark or copyright lawsuits; 286 oppositions and cancellation petitions at the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (prevailed in 91% 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
68
Federal trademark cases
nature-of-suit 840
0
Federal copyright cases
nature-of-suit 820

At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

276
Oppositions
under 15 U.S.C. §1063
10
Cancellation petitions
under 15 U.S.C. §1064
201
Prevailed
on the merits, by default, or by abandonment
21
Did not prevail
adverse ruling on the merits
60
Settled / withdrawn
ended without a Board ruling on the merits

Prevailed in 91% of proceedings the Board actually decided on the merits (settled and withdrawn proceedings excluded from this calculation).

Designs The Coca-Cola Company has opposed

Real trademark applications The Coca-Cola Company 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 “Prevailed” means The Coca-Cola Company got the outcome it sought; settled/withdrawn cases ended without a Board ruling on the merits. Images from public USPTO records.

Marks The Coca-Cola Company has asserted in proceedings

COKE
COKE
asserted in 56 proceedings
COCA-COLA
COCA-COLA
asserted in 32 proceedings
COCA-COLA
COCA-COLA
asserted in 28 proceedings
COCA-COLA
COCA-COLA
asserted in 21 proceedings
COCA-COLA
COCA-COLA
asserted in 20 proceedings
COCA-COLA
COCA-COLA
asserted in 19 proceedings
FANTA
FANTA
asserted in 18 proceedings
FANTA
FANTA
asserted in 18 proceedings
MarkSerialProceedings
COKE7146870856
COKEtext7715371255
COKEtext7357387844
COKEtext7421607442
COKEtext7826441041
COKEtext7511428141
COKEtext7826438239
COKEtext7826430838
COKEtext7610236837
COKEtext7826439737
COCA-COLAtext7125469637
COKEtext7826440537
COKEtext7826431836
COKEtext7826435736
COKEtext7826430136
COKEtext7826442136
COKEtext7826437436
COCA-COLA7125469532
COCA-COLA7360116728
COCA-COLA7340614521
COCA-COLA7357388020
FANTAtext7151052919
COCA-COLA7002240619
DIET COKEtext7782908419
COKE CLASSICtext7439947119
WANTA FANTAtext8701556218
FANTA8577131318
FANTA7848261618
FANTAtext7167982418
FANTAtext8840159917
FANTAtext8735806117
FANTAtext8679579816
FANTAtext8673133516
(design-only mark)7903659116
GLACEAU SMARTWATERtext7552648415
SMARTWATERtext7617446414
GLACÉAU SMARTWATER7879983414
VANILLA COKEtext7640569313
DIET COKE7338966912
DIET COCA-COLA7338825312
FANTA STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKEtext8675872012
CHERRY COKEtext7719867412
FRESCAtext7231585211
COCA-COLA7850954511
COCA-COLA736915089
COCA-COLA733485549
SPRITE776382969
ARCTIC COKEtext872745949
COCA-COLAtext782637939
COCA-COLA737458799
COCA-COLA737458808
GLACÉAU SMARTWATER781586168
DIET COKE PLUStext788378828
MELLO YELLO731899538
COCA-COLAtext782639518
COCA-COLAtext782638548
COCA-COLAtext782639998
COCA-COLAtext737057938
SPRITEtext752023227
SPRITEtext716815017

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 The Coca-Cola Company. 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.