Decisions · 86840860
In re The Cardio Group, LLC
Serial No. 86840860 · Decided 2019-06-20 · Other
What happened
Registration refused — the Board found that The Cardio Group’s proof-of-use documents (a patient pulse-wave report webpage, a confidential sales agreement, and a sales invoice) showed only sales of medical devices, not the claimed ‘retail store services featuring medical devices,’ so the THE CARDIO GROUP logo cannot register for those services.
The marks
Applicant
THE CARDIO GROUP and design
"retail store services featuring medical devices" in Class 35
Why this decision is significant
Precedential TTAB decision holding that specimens reflecting only product sales (sales agreements and invoices) cannot show use for retail store services absent a direct association with a retail-store activity, and confirming that an applicant’s explanations are considered but cannot rescue specimens they contradict.
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