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Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation

Trademark enforcement profile · on record 1996–2025

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation has filed federal trademark or copyright enforcement actions. On record (1996–2025): 1 federal trademark or copyright lawsuits; 51 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
1
Federal trademark cases
nature-of-suit 840
0
Federal copyright cases
nature-of-suit 820

At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

50
Oppositions
under 15 U.S.C. §1063
1
Cancellation petitions
under 15 U.S.C. §1064
29
Prevailed
on the merits, by default, or by abandonment
4
Did not prevail
adverse ruling on the merits
18
Settled / withdrawn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Prevailed in 88% of proceedings the Board actually decided on the merits (settled and withdrawn proceedings excluded from this calculation).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 Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation has opposed

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 “Prevailed” means Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation got the outcome it sought; settled/withdrawn cases ended without a Board ruling on the merits.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

Marks Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation has asserted in proceedings

MEDICIS THE DERMATOLOGY COMPANY
MEDICIS THE DERMATOLOGY COMPANY
asserted in 7 proceedings
MEDICIS
MEDICIS
asserted in 7 proceedings
MEDICIS AESTHETICS
MEDICIS AESTHETICS
asserted in 6 proceedings
ZIANA
ZIANA
asserted in 3 proceedings
ZIANA (CLINDAMYCIN PHOSPHATE 1.2% AND TRETINOIN 0.025%) GEL
ZIANA (CLINDAMYCIN PHOSPHATE 1.2% AND TRETINOIN 0.025%) GEL
asserted in 3 proceedings
PLEXION
PLEXION
asserted in 3 proceedings
SOLODYN (MINOCYCLINE HCI, USP) EXTENDED
SOLODYN (MINOCYCLINE HCI, USP) EXTENDED
asserted in 1 proceedings
SOLODYN
SOLODYN
asserted in 1 proceedings
MarkSerialProceedings
MEDICIStext7434879613
MEDICIStext7534139712
MEDICIS THE DERMATOLOGY COMPANY758847987
MEDICIS THE DERMATOLOGY COMPANYtext746978117
MEDICIS THE DERMATOLOGY COMPANYtext746142237
MEDICIS763555417
MEDICIS AESTHETICStext782584486
MEDICIS AESTHETICS783501716
LIDEX-Etext737719125
PLEXION SCTtext763295925
LIDEXtext723504305
MEDICIS UNITYtext753350464
MEDICIS UNIVERSITYtext771236254
PLEXIONtext759318493
ZIANA770551203
ZIANA (CLINDAMYCIN PHOSPHATE 1.2% AND TRETINOIN 0.025%) GEL770551223
ZIANAtext764029593
PLEXION761785163
PLEXION TStext761787303
MEDICIS DERMATOLOGICStext740507013
RELOXINtext782671633
THERAPLEXtext740038652
TRIAZtext747100622
SOLODYNtext785955832
MEDICIStext771983172
SOLODYN (MINOCYCLINE HCI, USP) EXTENDED788834731
PALLADIOtext745354981
SOLODYN788834621
SCIENCE OF DERMATOLOGYtext740506701

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 Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation. 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.