⚖️ Files federal trademark or copyright suits

Starbucks Corporation

Trademark enforcement profile · on record 1992–2026

Starbucks Corporation has filed federal trademark or copyright enforcement actions. On record (1992–2026): 20 federal trademark or copyright lawsuits; 30 oppositions and cancellation petitions at the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (prevailed in 96% 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
16
Federal trademark cases
nature-of-suit 840
4
Federal copyright cases
nature-of-suit 820

At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

28
Oppositions
under 15 U.S.C. §1063
2
Cancellation petitions
under 15 U.S.C. §1064
23
Prevailed
on the merits, by default, or by abandonment
1
Did not prevail
adverse ruling on the merits
4
Settled / withdrawn
ended without a Board ruling on the merits

Prevailed in 96% of proceedings the Board actually decided on the merits (settled and withdrawn proceedings excluded from this calculation).

Designs Starbucks Corporation has opposed

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 “Prevailed” means Starbucks Corporation got the outcome it sought; settled/withdrawn cases ended without a Board ruling on the merits.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

Marks Starbucks Corporation has asserted in proceedings

STARBUCKS
STARBUCKS
asserted in 24 proceedings
STARBUCKS
STARBUCKS
asserted in 23 proceedings
STARBUCKS COFFEE
STARBUCKS COFFEE
asserted in 22 proceedings
STARBUCKS COFFEE
STARBUCKS COFFEE
asserted in 22 proceedings
STARBUCKS COFFEE
STARBUCKS COFFEE
asserted in 21 proceedings
STARBUCKS COFFEE-TEA-SPICES
STARBUCKS COFFEE-TEA-SPICES
asserted in 20 proceedings
STARBUCKS COFFEE
STARBUCKS COFFEE
asserted in 18 proceedings
STARBUCKS COFFEE
STARBUCKS COFFEE
asserted in 18 proceedings
MarkSerialProceedings
STARBUCKS7354082424
STARBUCKS7780815423
STARBUCKS COFFEE7434880322
STARBUCKS COFFEE7856771322
STARBUCKS COFFEE7538646021
STARBUCKS COFFEE-TEA-SPICES7309343720
STARBUCKS COFFEE7538649618
STARBUCKS COFFEE7597649918
STARBUCKS COFFEE7856790817
STARBUCKS COFFEE7660717117
STARBUCKS COFFEE7441660817
STARBUCKS COFFEE7598297816
STARBUCKS COFFEE7370171316
STARBUCKS COFFEE7500184916
STARBUCKS COFFEE7434880216
STARBUCKS COFFEE7856773115
STARBUCKS COFFEE7700928512
STARBUCKStext7856767712
STARBUCKS COFFEE7536266212
CUSTOM ROAST ROASTED BY STARBUCKS COFFEE CO. TRADE MARK7593220311
STARBUCKS RESERVEtext8559209711
STARBUCKStext8572389711
STARBUCKStext7700927510
STARBUCKStext7697501210
STARBUCKS COFFEE753868419
STARBUCKStext750018489
STARBUCKS COFFEEtext750722779
STARBUCKS COFFEEtext751166619
STARBUCKStext753627139
STARBUCKS COFFEEtext753626599
STARBUCKS COFFEE753868439
(design-only mark)852445175
(design-only mark)852445155
FRAPPUCCINOtext785677664
(design-only mark)857928721
STARBUCKStext745869701
R877286811
R869137181
R851009431
R855920961
(design-only mark)746340531
CLOVERNETtext771479851
CLOVER BREWEDtext855106021
CLOVERtext787683151
AWAKEtext776883061
(design-only mark)875399271

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 Starbucks 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.