OPENNOW

What this record means

The record shows that the mark OPENNOW is abandoned; the last status entry on Nov 5 1998 notes the applicant failed to respond to an Office action, and the application was never issued a registration. The owner listed is OpenNow Technologies, Inc., a California corporation, and the filing was based on an intent‑to‑use basis. The abandoned application covered computer‑software services for on‑line management of sales, customer and financial data (class 009), related training manuals, books and magazines (class 016), and maintenance of that software plus on‑line data‑management services (class 042). A similar name used for those same types of software or data‑management services would be the closest record‑based concern, but the record does not give the owner control over every use of the word “OPENNOW” in other fields. The prosecution history shows a non‑final action mailed in early 1997 and a final abandonment in late 1998, with no later maintenance filings or enforcement actions appearing in the file. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan a comparable software‑or‑data service under a similar name.