OPENVOTE

What this record means

The record shows that “OPENVOTE” is a cancelled Principal Register service mark that was owned by Openvote Inc., a Delaware corporation, and that the registration was terminated on July 3 2015 because the owner failed to file a required Section 8 declaration; there is no current live registration. The only goods listed are “Conducting public opinion polls via a web site” in International Class 035, so a later application using the same word for a very different service—say, software development or apparel—would be farther from the scope shown here, while another poll‑or‑survey service would be the closest area of concern. Because the mark is cancelled, the record does not give the owner control over every use of the word “OPENVOTE.” The prosecution history shows a normal path to registration in 2008 followed by the later cancellation, with no oppositions or other enforcement actions recorded. I'd treat this as a moderate concern if you plan a similar name in the polling‑service space.