⚖️ Files federal trademark or copyright suits

MEREDITH CORPORATION

Trademark enforcement profile · on record 1971–2022

MEREDITH CORPORATION has filed federal trademark or copyright enforcement actions. On record (1971–2022): 25 federal trademark or copyright lawsuits; 32 oppositions and cancellation petitions at the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (prevailed in 90% 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
23
Federal trademark cases
nature-of-suit 840
2
Federal copyright cases
nature-of-suit 820

At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

30
Oppositions
under 15 U.S.C. §1063
2
Cancellation petitions
under 15 U.S.C. §1064
18
Prevailed
on the merits, by default, or by abandonment
2
Did not prevail
adverse ruling on the merits
12
Settled / withdrawn
ended without a Board ruling on the merits

Prevailed in 90% of proceedings the Board actually decided on the merits (settled and withdrawn proceedings excluded from this calculation).

Designs MEREDITH CORPORATION has opposed

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 “Prevailed” means MEREDITH CORPORATION got the outcome it sought; settled/withdrawn cases ended without a Board ruling on the merits.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

Marks MEREDITH CORPORATION has asserted in proceedings

SHAPE
SHAPE
asserted in 5 proceedings
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS.
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS.
asserted in 4 proceedings
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS
asserted in 4 proceedings
S SHAPE
S SHAPE
asserted in 3 proceedings
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS
asserted in 3 proceedings
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS
asserted in 3 proceedings
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS
asserted in 3 proceedings
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS
asserted in 2 proceedings
MarkSerialProceedings
SHAPEtext870214325
SHAPE870214515
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext721547424
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext731902694
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS.786081684
SHAPEtext867838804
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS712027214
BE BETTERtext861731573
S SHAPE861544843
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext785402663
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext772341463
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext736923843
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS775186183
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS775186193
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS721070303
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext787015183
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext737988173
PARENTStext775306602
PARENTStext775298262
PARENTStext763500282
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS731441272
SHAPE869314062
PARENTStext760425082
PARENTS COMMUNITY778473882
PARENTS763500272
SHAPEtext734902312
PARENTS. WE'RE EVERYWHERE.text787707662
PARENTS.COMtext751531582
PARENTStext760155822
PARENTStext771991432
EXPECT BETTERtext876364792
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS716375202
BETTER HOMES & GARDENStext874265392
BETTERtext901714992
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext783147012
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext783146902
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext779567972
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS786081972
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext764949472
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext785589632
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext776141152
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext851030072
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext762768272
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext856355712
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A WOMANtext731853062
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext731441262
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext851880492
BETTER EVERY WEEKtext901716212
FAMILY CIRCLEtext855108281
FAMILY CIRCLEtext855095381
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS786085191
FAMILY CIRCLEtext856094521
SHOP TESTED PROVEN PROJECTS FROM THE WOOD MAGAZINE745610281
BETTER HOMES & GARDENStext764984381
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENStext778553771
S861432831
SHAPE BODY SHOP870835601
PHONICS WE USEtext723774501
ADAPTtext736827041
HOMETOWN PRIDE AWARDStext741324891

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 MEREDITH 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.