On June 18, 2025, TikTok Ltd. filed with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office an Opposition to the trademark application for “TIKDOCK.” The Opposition states that: (1) TikTok Ltd. is a global technology company that owns a video-sharing entertainment platform using the “TIKTOK” trademark; and (2) it registered the “TIKTOK” trademark for clothing, paper products and software for creating videos, entertainment services, an online community for creation and sharing of videos, online social networking services and advertising services, among others. The “TIKDOCK” trademark is intended to cover “stands for handheld digital electronic devices, namely, cell phones and tablet computers.” The Opposition claims that: (1) “TIKDOCK” is aurally, phonetically and visually similar to “TIKTOK;” (2) “TIKTOK” and “TIKDOCK” have the same initial syllable “TIK,” they have the same number of syllables and cadence, and they both end with the same syllable “ok;” and (3) The letters “T” and “D” sound nearly identical. (https://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue)