⚖️ Files federal trademark or copyright suits

Hearst Communications, Inc.

Trademark enforcement profile · on record 1998–2025

Hearst Communications, Inc. has filed federal trademark or copyright enforcement actions. On record (1998–2025): 2 federal trademark or copyright lawsuits; 45 oppositions and cancellation petitions at the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (prevailed in 61% 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
2
Federal trademark cases
nature-of-suit 840
0
Federal copyright cases
nature-of-suit 820

At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

35
Oppositions
under 15 U.S.C. §1063
10
Cancellation petitions
under 15 U.S.C. §1064
19
Prevailed
on the merits, by default, or by abandonment
12
Did not prevail
adverse ruling on the merits
14
Settled / withdrawn
ended without a Board ruling on the merits

Prevailed in 61% of proceedings the Board actually decided on the merits (settled and withdrawn proceedings excluded from this calculation).

Designs Hearst Communications, Inc. has opposed

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 “Prevailed” means Hearst Communications, Inc. got the outcome it sought; settled/withdrawn cases ended without a Board ruling on the merits.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

Marks Hearst Communications, Inc. has asserted in proceedings

COSMO QUIZ
COSMO QUIZ
asserted in 19 proceedings
COSMOPOLITAN
COSMOPOLITAN
asserted in 16 proceedings
COSMOPOLITAN
COSMOPOLITAN
asserted in 9 proceedings
MarkSerialProceedings
COSMOPOLITANtext7456830528
COSMOPOLITAN.COMtext7598109624
COSMOtext7713737321
COSMO GIRL!text7562390220
COSMO HAIRtext7711603119
COSMOPOLITANtext7442433919
COSMO QUIZ7658930219
COSMO GIRLtext7562434519
COSMO WEEKENDtext7711382618
COSMO GYNOtext7711487618
COSMOPOLITAN.COMtext7652125718
COSMO COMMANDMENTStext7711230318
COSMOPOLITAN7657240416
COSMOPOLITANtext7418214716
COSMOPOLITANtext7848789914
COSMOPOLITANtext7363218814
COSMOPOLITANtext7846619613
COSMO GIRL!text7576160913
COSMOGIRL!text7627186313
COSMOGIRL!text7635365813
COSMO MOBILEtext7729112613
COSMOtext7719565213
COSMOPOLITANtext7851105713
COSMOPOLITAN STYLEtext7657442211
COSMOPOLITANtext7892004411
COSMOPOLITANtext7526601110
COSMOGIRL! COOL ROOMtext7651069910
COSMOPOLITANtext7851038610
COSMOPOLITANtext7856852410
COSMOPOLITANtext7856362810
COSMOGIRL!text7856361510
COSMOGIRL!text7697613510
COSMOPOLITAN765724099
COSMOGIRL!text769759969
COSMOLICIOUStext772911219
COSMOPOLITANtext787120749
CLUB COSMOtext773016579
COSMOGIRL!text785209039
COSMO GIRL!text771286868
COSMOGIRL!text788929238
COSMOGIRL!text788319477
COSMO KISSEStext772911317
COSMOGIRL!text785103836
THE COSMOPOLITAN CHANNELtext784475466
COSMOGIRL!text784662136
COSMOPOLITANtext784983396
COSMOGIRL!text787913936
COSMO GIRL!text773787906
COSMOtext771320145
COSMOPOLITANtext773782784
COSMOPOLITANtext773782744
COSMOPOLITANtext787120704
COSMO BACHELORStext777540294
COSMOPOLITAN TELEVISIONtext789679344
COSMO MENtext777466344
COSMOPOLITANtext778030133
COSMOPOLITAN TVtext774081913
COSMOPOLITANtext773782703
COSMOGIRL!text772063462
COSMOPOLITANtext779799542

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 Hearst Communications, 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.