JUST BECAUSE A BUSINESS IS CLOSED, DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE CLOSED FOR BUSINESS

What this record means

The record shows the mark “JUST BECAUSE A BUSINESS IS CLOSED, DOESN’T MEAN THEY’RE CLOSED FOR BUSINESS” is dead – it was abandoned on February 5 1994 because the applicant never filed a required Statement of Use after the Notice of Allowance, and no extension was granted after that date. BellSouth Corporation is listed as the owner, and the only goods covered are communications services, specifically an interactive voice‑response system that lets callers order and purchase products by touch‑tone telephone. A similar phrase used in any other field would be far less likely to run into this record, but if you plan to offer a comparable telephone ordering service the concern would be fairly direct. The record does not give BellSouth control over every possible use of the wording, only over the described service. The prosecution history shows the usual steps of filing, publication, allowance and then the failure to submit a use statement, leading to abandonment; there is no indication of oppositions or other enforcement actions. I'd treat this as a moderate concern if your business involves similar phone‑based ordering services, but the risk drops sharply for unrelated goods or services.