In June a notice of allowance was filed for "Lia," dolls, doll clothes, etc.
In July, a similar notice of allowance was filed historical books, etc. for Rebecca. They appear to be having some issues with the trademark for the doll and doll clothes line using "Rebecca." In April, AG filed for extensions for the "Rebekah" trademarks.
In Rebecca's case, there are 4 separate trademark applications, two for Rebekah (one for dolls, one for books), and two for Rebecca (one for dolls, one for books). In Lia's case, there is only one for dolls, as in the cases of Marisol and Jess.
Essentially, after a notice of allowance, a company has 6 months to show that the trademark is used in commerce, or the application will be abandoned (they can probably file for an extension).
Diane, Shelly, Julie, and Emily have not even been published for opposition. Elizabeth is still not a registered trademark either (as near as I can tell).
This is all just amateur trademark searching, but it is fun. At this point, Lia is the doll name closest to being a registered trademark. I'd probably bet money that she is the next LE. As for Rebekah, she is the only doll with trademark applications pending for both a historical book line and a doll line.
Edited to add: Nellie's trademark application has the same status as the "Rebecca" doll application.
<font color="#33CCCC" size="1">[ August 25, 2006 01:55 AM: Message edited by: MissMooMoo ]</font>
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