⚖️ Files federal trademark or copyright suits

The Saul Zaentz Company

Trademark enforcement profile · on record 1989–2022

The Saul Zaentz Company has filed federal trademark or copyright enforcement actions. On record (1989–2022): 6 federal trademark or copyright lawsuits; 92 oppositions and cancellation petitions at the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (prevailed in 89% 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
4
Federal trademark cases
nature-of-suit 840
2
Federal copyright cases
nature-of-suit 820

At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

83
Oppositions
under 15 U.S.C. §1063
9
Cancellation petitions
under 15 U.S.C. §1064
62
Prevailed
on the merits, by default, or by abandonment
8
Did not prevail
adverse ruling on the merits
22
Settled / withdrawn
ended without a Board ruling on the merits

Prevailed in 89% of proceedings the Board actually decided on the merits (settled and withdrawn proceedings excluded from this calculation).

Designs The Saul Zaentz Company has opposed

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 “Prevailed” means The Saul Zaentz Company got the outcome it sought; settled/withdrawn cases ended without a Board ruling on the merits.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

Marks The Saul Zaentz Company has asserted in proceedings

FRODO'S PIZZA
FRODO'S PIZZA
asserted in 4 proceedings
MarkSerialProceedings
HOBBITtext7312439513
ARWEN EVENSTARtext7609860410
RIVENDELLtext7739761210
RIVENDELLtext7720659810
RIVENDELLtext7720658510
RIVENDELLtext7720662610
BILBOtext772893089
MITHRILtext772444868
HOBBITtext761649348
ARWEN EVENSTARtext761649448
ARWENtext787793978
BILBOtext772033568
BILBOtext854583828
BILBOtext774031728
BILBOtext769756288
BILBOtext772033058
BILBOtext772033428
ARWENtext776629498
MITHRILtext772445288
BILBOtext772033877
GANDALFtext771984337
ARWENtext774019297
MITHRILtext853666047
THE SCENT OF MITHRILtext852597617
THE HOBBITtext771972356
THE HOBBITtext853991886
GANDALFtext772034276
GANDALFtext769771386
GANDALFtext772034316
GANDALFtext761649386
GANDALFtext774037206
GANDALFtext772034296
HOBBITtext769768316
GANDALFtext772034326
ARKENSTONEtext772444765
FRODOtext769773055
FRODOtext777294775
FRODOtext763191565
GANDALFtext877324595
FRODOtext874071885
GANDALFtext877273435
GANDALF THE WHITEtext777294925
GANDALF THE WIZARD-CLOWNtext744199215
THE HOBBITtext853992065
FRODOtext774032675
FRODOtext771960305
THE ONE RINGtext786584365
THE HOBBITtext854304364
RIVENDELL BICYCLE WORKStext860057754
THE HOBBITtext769773104
GANDALFtext746812824
FRODO'S PIZZAtext765572084
FRODOtext776699914
ONE RING TO RULE THEM ALLtext763191704
RIDERS OF ROHANtext852659424
RIDERS OF ROHANtext776958204
FRODOtext787233264
FRODO'S PIZZA765572104
HOBBITtext854181514
THE ONE RINGtext789795994

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 The Saul Zaentz Company. 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.