Lin-Manuel Miranda Trademarks
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September 6, 2023
Lin-Manuel Miranda is a playwright, actor and producer from New York, New York. Miranda’s career has spanned across genres and mediums and won him awards across the board. He is most famous for Broadway musicals In the Heights and Hamilton: An American Musical, both of which he wrote and starred in.
Lin-Manuel Miranda was born in New York City in 1980. He is of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent. In his youth, he spent time regularly with his grandparents in Puerto Rico. He attended Hunter College High School in Manhattan, New York and graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut in 2002.
From very early in his career, Miranda had many irons in the fire. He had written, produced, and acted in the earliest version of his award-winning stage adaptation of In the Heights. In 2003, he helped to found Freestyle Love Supreme, which was an improv comedy musical troupe. He continued to work on this play after college, having a short run with it in Connecticut and later an off-Broadway run in 2007. He also worked as a writer, teacher, and composer throughout these years.
In the Heights became a Broadway musical, running from 2008 until 2011 for more than one thousand performances. It won four Tony Awards and a Grammy Award. During these years he also made television appearances on shows including The Sopranos, House and Modern Family. He appeared in the Disney movie The Odd Life of Timothy Green in 2012, which would be the beginning of a very long working relationship with Disney.
Miranda continued his work in theatre working on the music for Bring It On: The Musical (2011) and then appearing in Merrily We Roll Along (2012).
Inspired by a biography of Alexander Hamilton, Miranda started with a single rap song, which would lead to several pieces which he called Hamilton Mixtape. His award-winning play, Hamilton: An American Musical debuted off-Broadway in 2015 and on Broadway later in the year. Hamilton: An American Musical was a smash hit and a cultural phenomenon, winning a plethora of awards including the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. There have been many books, documentaries and workshops dedicated to exploring the show. The show was only suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the years after he stopped performing with the cast of Hamilton: An American Musical, he has spent time doing extensive work with Disney as well as appearing on television and films. He helped to write and perform music for the Disney films Moana (2016), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), voiced a character for DuckTales (2018) and acted on screen in Mary Poppins Returns (2018). Miranda also had a cameo in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. In television, he was the executive producer for the series Fosse/Verdon in 2018 and played Lee Scoresby in His Dark Materials (2019).
More recently, he worked with Universal Pictures on the film adaptation of his In the Heights (2021). He starred in and wrote eleven songs for the Netflix original Vivo (2021) and made his directing debut with the Netflix movie Tick, Tick…Boom! (2021). He also helped to write the song “Checks and Balances” for the series We the People. He is currently working on a movie called Encanto, with Disney.
Throughout his career, he has been awarded with three Tony Awards, three Grammys, two Olivier Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize. He received an honorary degree from Yeshiva University in Manhattan, New York and was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2016.
Miranda has been very socially conscious and politically active throughout his career. He specifically championed funding for the aid needed for recovery after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico.
He owns a trademark for “TeeRico by Lin-Manuel Miranda” for all types of products including costume jewelry, travel mugs, clothing and more. TeeRico is Miranda’s officially licensed line of merchandise. He registered this trademark in 2021. He also owns the trademark for the brand’s logo, which he registered in 2017. He owns a trademark for “Siempre, Lin-Manuel” for merchandise like greeting cards, baseball caps, refrigerator magnets and clothing. He also owns the trademark for the associated logo. Interestingly, he has never registered a trademark for his own name as an entertainer.
Lin-Manuel Miranda continues to be very involved in the entertainment industry, still working on various projects including movies and music. He lives with his wife, Vanessa Nadal, who he married in 2010, and their two children in New York, New York, not far from his childhood home. It is believed that his current net worth is around $80 million, mostly coming from his popular plays, In the Heights and Hamilton: An American Musical.
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IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S Decorative magnets; hand grips specially adapted for cell phones. FIRST USE: 20191004. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20191004.
IC 014. US 002 027 028 050. G & S Costume Jewelry, ornamental lapel pins. FIRST USE: 20190217. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20190217.
IC 016. US 002 005 022 023 029 037 038 050. G & S Cards, namely, greeting cards; Post cards; Posters; blank writing journals; stickers. FIRST USE: 20170201. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20170201.
IC 021. US 002 013 023 029 030 033 040 050. G & S Drinkware, travel mugs; cups; water bottles sold empty. FIRST USE: 20170715. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20170715.
IC 025. US 022 039. G & S Baseball caps; Beanies; Hats; Hoodies; Infant and toddler one piece clothing; Long sleeve pullovers; Short-sleeve shirts; Tank tops; Tee shirts. FIRST USE: 20170129. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20170129.
IC 026. US 037 039 040 042 050. G & S Embroidered patches for clothing; cloth patches for clothing; ornamental cloth patches, ornamental novelty pins. FIRST USE: 20180727. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20180727.
IC 028. US 022 023 038 050. G & S Collectable Toy Figures. FIRST USE: 20180124. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20180124.
IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S On-line retail store services featuring clothing, personal items and household items. FIRST USE: 20160615. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20160615.
IC 016. US 002 005 022 023 029 037 038 050. G & S Cards, namely, greeting cards; Post cards; Posters. FIRST USE: 20170201. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20170201.
IC 025. US 022 039. G & S Baseball caps; Beanies; Hats; Hoodies; Infant and toddler one piece clothing; Long sleeve pullovers; Short-sleeve shirts; Tank tops; Tee shirts. FIRST USE: 20170129. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20170129.
IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S On-line retail store services featuring clothing, personal items and household items. FIRST USE: 20170615. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20170615.
IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S On-line retail store services featuring clothing, personal items and household items. FIRST USE: 20160615. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20160615.
IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S Decorative magnets; fridge magnets; refrigerator magnets. FIRST USE: 20161001. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20161001.
IC 016. US 002 005 022 023 029 037 038 050. G & S Cards, namely, greeting cards; post cards; posters. FIRST USE: 20161026. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20161026.
IC 025. US 022 039. G & S Baseball caps; beanies; hats; hoodies; infant and toddler one piece clothing; long sleeve pullovers; short-sleeve shirts; tank tops; tee shirts. FIRST USE: 20160824. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20160824.
IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S Decorative magnets; fridge magnets; refrigerator magnets. FIRST USE: 20161001. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20161001.
IC 016. US 002 005 022 023 029 037 038 050. G & S Cards, namely, greeting cards; post cards; posters. FIRST USE: 20161026. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20161026.
IC 025. US 022 039. G & S Baseball caps; beanies; hats; hoodies; infant and toddler one piece clothing; long sleeve pullovers; short-sleeve shirts; tank tops; tee shirts. FIRST USE: 20160824. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20160824.