In November 2016, General Motors filed two trademark applications for DDB and Buick DDB. The filings appeared rather strange at first, but we later figured out that DDB is an acronym for Buick founder David Dunbar Buick. What’s more, the trademark filing states that both names will be used in conjunction with “Motor land vehicles, namely, passenger automobiles”. And the filings saw a major development last month.
Initial Buick DDB trademark filing on November 22, 2016
In November 2017, the USPTO granted GM its first extension on the filings, resulting in a movement of status to 730. Translating this legalese means the following: as part of the trademark registration process, applicants must submit to the trademark office a document called a Statement of Use (SOU) that demonstrates that the applicant is using in a real-world product or service the name it is applying for. Without this document, a trademark application will simply be denied. But there is one caveat: applicants may request six extensions to file the SOU to the USPTO with each extension lasting six months.
First extension granted for Buick DDB trademark, November 29, 2017
That’s exactly what GM on November 29 did with the DDB and Buick DDB trademark filings on November 29th, 2017. It now has four more extensions to file, each lasting six months, until being required to provide a Statement of Use or abandoning the applications altogether. As such, we believe that GM has serious plans for the trademarks, or else it would have already given up on them and not filed for the first extension.
Even so, it still remains a mystery how Buick will use the names, though when it does, we’re certain it will be for a future Buick car).
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Maybe the name for the new Buick electric crossover?
You’ve got to think there’s ‘method to General Motors’ madness’ as they need to have some major project for think moniker as who knows, maybe Buick gets to inherit the C7 Corvette platform after the C8 is introduced.
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