[Bougie]

What does it mean if a trademark is dead? Does that mean that someone else can use it and register it?

I searched for t-shirts in the trademark site and only 192 results came up. I am getting the feeling that the t-shirt market isn't really all that saturated. On the other hand I think the fine art market is extremely saturated.

 

[aokusman]

I think it means that the process for obtaining that particular trademark has ended. In essence that trademark that was applied for is no longer being processed, thus making it available. If you searched for t-shirts, the result will be trademark applications that contain the word t-shirt. Not all T-shirt applications, in fact most do not contain the word T-shirt.