⚖️ Files federal trademark or copyright suits

Diageo North America, Inc.

Trademark enforcement profile · on record 2000–2026

Diageo North America, Inc. has filed federal trademark or copyright enforcement actions. On record (2000–2026): 9 federal trademark or copyright lawsuits; 103 oppositions and cancellation petitions at the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (prevailed in 88% 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
8
Federal trademark cases
nature-of-suit 840
1
Federal copyright cases
nature-of-suit 820

At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

92
Oppositions
under 15 U.S.C. §1063
11
Cancellation petitions
under 15 U.S.C. §1064
67
Prevailed
on the merits, by default, or by abandonment
9
Did not prevail
adverse ruling on the merits
26
Settled / withdrawn
ended without a Board ruling on the merits

Prevailed in 88% of proceedings the Board actually decided on the merits (settled and withdrawn proceedings excluded from this calculation).

Designs Diageo North America, Inc. has opposed

Real trademark applications Diageo North America, 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 “Prevailed” means Diageo North America, Inc. got the outcome it sought; settled/withdrawn cases ended without a Board ruling on the merits. Images from public USPTO records.

Marks Diageo North America, Inc. has asserted in proceedings

CROWN ROYAL
CROWN ROYAL
asserted in 15 proceedings
CAPTAIN MORGAN
CAPTAIN MORGAN
asserted in 12 proceedings
BULLEIT BOURBON FRONTIER WHISKEY
BULLEIT BOURBON FRONTIER WHISKEY
asserted in 10 proceedings
CIROC
CIROC
asserted in 9 proceedings
CROWN ROYAL
CROWN ROYAL
asserted in 7 proceedings
CAPTAIN MORGAN
CAPTAIN MORGAN
asserted in 7 proceedings
PARROT BAY
PARROT BAY
asserted in 6 proceedings
CAPTAIN MORGAN BLACK
CAPTAIN MORGAN BLACK
asserted in 5 proceedings
MarkSerialProceedings
CAPTAIN MORGANtext7241745016
CROWN ROYAL7200044815
CAPTAINtext7728316314
CROWN ROYALtext7827131313
CAPTAIN MORGAN8503901112
CAPTAIN & COLAtext7728460212
BULLEIT BOURBON FRONTIER WHISKEYtext7537749110
BULLEIT BOURBON FRONTIER WHISKEY7847261910
CIROC781256829
CAPTAIN MORGANtext773030608
CAPTAIN'S ORDERS!text855183088
CROWN ROYAL BLACKtext778171947
CROWN ROYAL751509247
CAPTAIN MORGAN784105447
PARROT BAY784105626
CAPTAIN MORGANtext771842786
CAPTAIN MORGAN BLACKtext856094166
DRINK RESPONSIBLY - CAPTAIN'S ORDERS!text786695906
CAPTAIN MORGAN BLACK856023105
FRONTIER WHISKEYtext860700745
CROWN ROYAL EXTRA XR RARE789184395
CAPTAIN MORGAN TATTOOtext773108695
BULLEIT BOURBONtext784726215
CROWN ROYALtext784697175
BULLEITtext784726105
CALLING ALL CAPTAINStext868310474
GO FULL CAPTAINtext866856374
BEAULIEU VINEYARD BV COASTAL755017594
CROWN ROYAL RESERVE CROWN ROYAL RESERVECRR773636924
LIVE LIKE A CAPTAINtext866041854
GOT A LITTLE CAPTAIN IN YOUtext784105704
(design-only mark)772098454
CROWN ROYAL RESERVEtext773636894
(design-only mark)774602634
CROWN ROYAL784697554
CROWN ROYAL784697254
CAPTAIN'S COCKTAILStext902892584
CROWN ROYALtext781184454
CROWN ROYAL XRtext787347774
CAPTAIN MORGAN LOCO NUTtext870552243
CAPTAIN MORGAN BLACK SPICED RUMtext854155613
CAPTAIN MORGAN TATTOO860205323
CROWN ROYAL CASK NO. 16text771897493
CAPTAIN MORGAN TATTOOtext785425323
CÎROCtext776254793
(design-only mark)784103872
(design-only mark)784104552
CAPTAIN MORGAN PARROT BAYtext773101522
SMIRNOFF BE THERE777604422
CAPTAIN MORGAN 1671text862496062
CR CROWN ROYAL SPECIAL RESERVE788626682
CAPTAIN MORGAN PRIVATE STOCK PREMIUM BARREL860413902
MOON MOUNTAINtext761879452
MYERS'S785772762
MYERS'Stext720011652
CAPTAIN MORGAN ORIGINAL SPICED RUM HENRY MORGAN851880342
CAPTAIN MORGAN LIME BITEtext779395652
(design-only mark)782713182
TATTOOtext782439142
CR CROWN ROYAL SPECIAL RESERVE741668012

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 Diageo North America, 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.