📋 Files Schedule-A mass-defendant suits

Top Tobacco, L.P

Trademark enforcement profile · on record 1999–2026

Yes. Top Tobacco, L.P has filed federal trademark enforcement actions naming online sellers as defendants. On record (1999–2026): 1 federal "Schedule A" trademark infringement (and frequently counterfeiting) lawsuits in which online sellers are named under a sealed defendant exhibit — these proceedings, predominantly filed in the Northern District of Illinois, typically seek ex parte temporary restraining orders under 15 U.S.C. §1116(d) that direct marketplaces and payment processors to restrain the listed defendants' accounts; 24 federal trademark or copyright lawsuits; 108 oppositions and cancellation petitions at the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (prevailed in 97% 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

1
Schedule-A cases
naming online sellers as defendants
24
Federal trademark cases
nature-of-suit 840
0
Federal copyright cases
nature-of-suit 820

Schedule-A cases list defendants under a sealed exhibit and commonly seek ex parte temporary restraining orders under 15 U.S.C. §1116(d). When granted, the court order directs marketplaces (Etsy, Amazon, eBay) and payment processors (PayPal, Stripe) to restrain the listed defendants’ accounts pending the proceeding.

At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

92
Oppositions
under 15 U.S.C. §1063
16
Cancellation petitions
under 15 U.S.C. §1064
93
Prevailed
on the merits, by default, or by abandonment
3
Did not prevail
adverse ruling on the merits
11
Settled / withdrawn
ended without a Board ruling on the merits

Prevailed in 97% of proceedings the Board actually decided on the merits (settled and withdrawn proceedings excluded from this calculation).

Designs Top Tobacco, L.P has opposed

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 “Prevailed” means Top Tobacco, L.P got the outcome it sought; settled/withdrawn cases ended without a Board ruling on the merits.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

Marks Top Tobacco, L.P has asserted in proceedings

TOP
TOP
asserted in 27 proceedings
TOP
TOP
asserted in 26 proceedings
TOP
TOP
asserted in 26 proceedings
TOP
TOP
asserted in 25 proceedings
TOP-O-MATIC
TOP-O-MATIC
asserted in 21 proceedings
TOP
TOP
asserted in 16 proceedings
TOP
TOP
asserted in 16 proceedings
GAMBLER
GAMBLER
asserted in 3 proceedings
MarkSerialProceedings
TOPtext7607418660
TOPtext7603394360
TOPtext7897971259
TOPtext7798095456
TOP7539386927
TOP7607418226
TOP7884900326
TOP7898116525
TOP-O-MATIC7657030321
TOP7884917416
TOP7898117216
REALtext7741235712
TOPtext9789915912
REALtext867484398
REALtext861843637
FOUR ACEStext742133897
CLASSIC CANADIANtext743363426
GAMBLERtext778368855
GAMBLERtext852418005
GAMBLERtext765892085
4 ACEStext856352064
GAMBLERtext771084093
GAMBLER740650603
T2text774842133
GAMBLERtext778380903
SWIFTtext859754012
LARGOtext852760982
WASHINGTONtext859799522
SEVILLEtext852898292
HIGH CARDtext773432202
GAMBLERtext867905282
SUPERMATIC881074261
SUPERMATICtext881074341
LASERtext778842621
SUPERMATICtext881074251
PARADISEtext853737181
TIN STARtext859796771
JPS859755611
BALI SHAG744160101
JPStext779823131
BALI SHAGtext774065971
LASER TUBEStext778842601
SUPERMATICtext765298771
SUPERMATIC881074291

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 Top Tobacco, L.P. 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.