“Romantic®” is a trademarked word. While often erroneously used to describe erotic romance, it legally can only be used with proper trademark symbol (®) and credit to Ellora’s Cave Publishing, Inc.. Since this question comes up a lot, I thought I’d post the answer here:
Word Mark ROMANTICA
Goods and Services
IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: DOWNLOADABLE ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS IN THE NATURE OF FICTION BOOKS AND NOVELS, NAMELY EROTIC ROMANCE. FIRST USE: 20001100. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20001100IC 016. US 002 005 022 023 029 037 038 050. G & S: PRINTED ADULT FICTION IN THE NATURE OF EROTIC ROMANCE BOOKS, NOVELS AND PUBLICATIONS. FIRST USE: 20001100. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20001100
Mark Drawing Code
(1) TYPED DRAWINGSerial Number
78190485Filing Date
December 2, 2002Published for Opposition
October 4, 2005Owner
(APPLICANT) Ellora’s Cave Publishing, Inc. CORPORATION OHIO 4427 Mannington Blvd. Stow OHIO 44224Attorney of Record
BARBARA LOEWENTHALType of Mark
TRADEMARKRegister
PRINCIPALLive/Dead Indicator
LIVE
Ellora’s Cave Publishing, Inc. also owns the trademarks ROMANTICA PUBLISHING® and ELLORA’S CAVE ROMANTICA PUBLISHING®
