What is the registration number for the 'CITY PUBLICATIONS' service mark with the logo?
City_Publications Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
United States Patent Office ("PTO"):
| Mark | Registration Number | Registration Date | |---|---|---| | CITY PUBLICATIONS | 2,924,821 | February 8, 2005 | All required affidavits and renewals have been filed. There are no other agreements currently in effect which significantly limit our rights to use or license the use of the Marks in any manner material to the franchise.
There are currently no effective material determinations of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, trademark trial and appeal board, the trademark administrator of any state or any court; pending infringement, opposition or cancellation; or pending material litigation involving the Marks.
There are no infringing or prior superior uses actually known to us that could materially affect the use of the Marks in any state in which Franchised Businesses are to be located.
We are obligated to protect your right to use our Marks and will protect you against claims of infringement from third parties, based on your proper use of our marks. You are obligated to notify us of any trademark uses by third parties similar to ours and we will take the action on those that we deem appropriate. In all of these cases, we control any administrative proceeding or litigation involving the trademarks and you are required to participate, at our direction, in any administrative action or litigation and we will indemnify you from any claims resulting from your proper use of our Marks. We have the right to modify our Marks and you must comply with any changes that we require.
**ITEM 14.
Source: Item 13 — TRADEMARKS (FDD page 25)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to City Publications's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the service mark 'CITY PUBLICATIONS' with the logo has a registration number of 2,924,821. The registration was filed with the United States Patent Office and granted on February 8, 2005. City Publications grants franchisees the right to operate under this trademark, as well as any other marks the company designates in writing, in exchange for royalty payments throughout the term of the Franchise Agreement.
City Publications is obligated to protect the franchisee's right to use their marks and will protect them against claims of infringement from third parties, based on the proper use of their marks. The franchisee is obligated to notify City Publications of any trademark uses by third parties similar to theirs, and City Publications will take action on those that they deem appropriate. City Publications controls any administrative proceeding or litigation involving the trademarks, and the franchisee is required to participate, at their direction, in any administrative action or litigation. City Publications will indemnify the franchisee from any claims resulting from their proper use of the Marks.
City Publications retains the right to modify their Marks, and franchisees must comply with any changes that they require. All required affidavits and renewals have been filed for the service mark. There are no other agreements currently in effect which significantly limit City Publication's rights to use or license the use of the Marks in any manner material to the franchise. There are currently no effective material determinations of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, trademark trial and appeal board, the trademark administrator of any state or any court; pending infringement, opposition or cancellation; or pending material litigation involving the Marks. There are no infringing or prior superior uses actually known to City Publications that could materially affect the use of the Marks in any state in which Franchised Businesses are to be located.