2015 Advertising Registration Service Mark 
Above the Fold
DECEMBER 21, 2021
On December 10, 2021, the TTAB issued a precedential decision reminding trademark practitioners and applicants that service mark use requires that an applicant actually render the services recited in the trademark application; mere preparation to render the services is insufficient. Opinion, at p. Opinion, at pp.
IP Intelligence
JANUARY 4, 2022
If you desire to register a service mark asserting use that is preparatory for the rendering of your services, your application will fail in the U.S. Instead, the services must be actually rendered in connection with the mark for a registration to be granted. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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LexBlog IP
JANUARY 4, 2022
If you desire to register a service mark asserting use that is preparatory for the rendering of your services, your application will fail in the U.S. Instead, the services must be actually rendered in connection with the mark for a registration to be granted. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). ” Id.
The TTABlog
MARCH 12, 2024
The Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark MRS. COLORADO , finding that Respondent Abundance Productions had not used the mark in commerce in connection with "Entertainment in the nature of beauty pageants" on or before the filing date of the underlying application. Emphasis supplied].
The TTABlog
DECEMBER 13, 2021
In an application based on use in commerce under Section 1(a) of the Lanham Act, the applicant must use the mark in commerce on or in connection with all the goods and services listed in the application as of the application filing date. See Couture v. Playdom, Inc. , 3d 1379, 113 USPQ2d 2042, 2043 (Fed. See Stawski v.
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