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Due to the DNS problems we were unable to bring you these updates until now. You can find the entries on the USPTO website by searching on the Serial Numbers ilsted on our pages.
For those do not understand how the US Trademark & Patent process works, it normally takes between 10 and 15 months for a trademark application to be registered. During this time the mark is pubilshed for opposition and can be, and most often is, used by Hasbro for their toys. They, Hasbro, do NOT need a trademark to be registered in order to use it. It simlpy means if the Trademark fails to be registered, there is nothing stopping anyone else from applying to use it or from using it themselves. Hasbro will often use a trademark registration whilst releasing a toy but then never follow up on that application with the correct documentation, so the application becomes abandoned.