Decisions · 86409857
In re Heather Harley and Carolyn Jones
Serial No. 86409857 · Decided 2016-08-24 · Other
What happened
The Board refused registration of HEMP HOME HEALTH for home health care services because the applicants' appeal never addressed the actual descriptiveness-based refusals and an unanswered information request, instead arguing only about a hypothetical future issue that had never been formally refused.
The marks
Applicant
HEMP HOME HEALTH (standard characters; HOME HEALTH disclaimed)
"Home health care services" in International Class 44
Why this decision is significant
Precedential decision illustrating the appealability limits of advisory statements versus final refusals, and reinforcing that failure to brief the merits of a final refusal is itself grounds for affirmance.
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