Take-Two revived a briefly abandoned GTA VI trademark application

The application used an intent-to-use basis. After the USPTO issued a Notice of Allowance on March 4, 2025, Take-Two needed either to show qualifying use of the mark for those services or keep requesting extensions. The docket shows a first extension granted in August 2025, followed by the April abandonment and revival, a second extension in July 2026 and the third extension in August.

One filing, not the whole trademark

The word “abandoned” can sound broader than the record supports. It applied to this specific application during an eight-day procedural lapse; it did not erase every GTA VI trademark filing or indicate that Take-Two had abandoned the game.

GTAVice's review of the portfolio counted 16 active U.S. GTA VI applications spanning multiple logo versions and categories such as games, printed materials, clothing and entertainment services. The outlet also identified a different printed-material application that was abandoned in 2024 and never revived, apparently because another live filing covered the same general category.

Neither the USPTO record nor the reporting connects the April lapse to GTA VI's development schedule or release plans. The documented event is narrower: one application missed a use-related deadline, Take-Two filed the available revival paperwork, and the application returned to live status.