The Brits Would be Disappointed to Learn that the USGA Owns the “Open” US Trademark

I was surprised to learn that the USGA owns the OPEN trademark in the US for “educational and entertainment services; namely, conducting a golf tournament.”

Interestingly there are only 4 distinct live US trademarks associated with the British Open. There are 2 word marks, namely BRITISH OPEN GOLF (mark 1, and mark 2) and BRITISH OPEN; and two trophy logo US trademarks, seen below.

logo 1

logo 2a and logo 2b

Looks like they need to play catch up!

David Dawsey – Watching Golf Trademarks

PS – click here to check out my post on the USGA’s US Open trademark portfolio, and click here for Oakmont’s trademark portfolio, and click here to view Augusta’s Masters trademark portfolio.

PPS – so why does The Golf Channel keep calling the tourny The Open Championship?