⚖️ Files federal trademark or copyright suits

GUESS?, INC.

Trademark enforcement profile · on record 1984–2025

GUESS?, INC. has filed federal trademark or copyright enforcement actions. On record (1984–2025): 11 federal trademark or copyright lawsuits; 114 oppositions and cancellation petitions at the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (prevailed in 79% 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
11
Federal trademark cases
nature-of-suit 840
0
Federal copyright cases
nature-of-suit 820

At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

104
Oppositions
under 15 U.S.C. §1063
10
Cancellation petitions
under 15 U.S.C. §1064
70
Prevailed
on the merits, by default, or by abandonment
19
Did not prevail
adverse ruling on the merits
25
Settled / withdrawn
ended without a Board ruling on the merits

Prevailed in 79% of proceedings the Board actually decided on the merits (settled and withdrawn proceedings excluded from this calculation).

Designs GUESS?, INC. has opposed

Real trademark applications GUESS?, 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 GUESS?, INC. got the outcome it sought; settled/withdrawn cases ended without a Board ruling on the merits. Images from public USPTO records.

Marks GUESS?, INC. has asserted in proceedings

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asserted in 10 proceedings
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asserted in 3 proceedings
trademark
asserted in 2 proceedings
GUESS BELLA VITA
GUESS BELLA VITA
asserted in 2 proceedings
GUESS U.S.A WASHED JEANS ?
GUESS U.S.A WASHED JEANS ?
asserted in 2 proceedings
BROADWAY BLUES U.S.A.
BROADWAY BLUES U.S.A.
asserted in 1 proceedings
GUESS? WHO
GUESS? WHO
asserted in 1 proceedings
trademark
asserted in 1 proceedings
MarkSerialProceedings
?7429758310
?735165033
(design-only mark)751856302
GUESS BELLA VITA883578812
GUESS U.S.A WASHED JEANS ?742167352
GUESS JEANS AN AMERICAN TRADITIONtext744430942
GUESS GIRLStext751500881
BROADWAY BLUES U.S.A.736151221
GEORGES MARCIANOtext733639641
LA DENIM ATELIERtext874707291
GUESS? WHO722691591
(design-only mark)text127189601
GBGtext856966131
YEStext789779901
YEStext782266641
(design-only mark)737703381
G784698561
G784705841

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 GUESS?, 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.