What this record means
The record shows that “COTTAGECARE” is a live, registered service mark owned by COTTAGECARE, INC., a corporation organized in Kansas. The mark is on the Principal Register and covers residential cleaning services, with first use and use in commerce recorded on March 2, 1989. A similar name would raise the closest concern in the same field of residential cleaning, because that is the only goods or services listed. The record does not give the owner control over every use of the wording; it applies only to the specified services. There is no prosecution history to indicate a descriptiveness refusal or supplemental registration, so the mark was granted directly. The most recent maintenance event was the renewal noted on January 2, 2019. No oppositions, cancellations, or other enforcement actions appear in the supplied history. For someone looking to use a similar name, the record suggests a meaningful risk of conflict in residential cleaning services.
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