PROTECTING THE PLANET. ONE GARDEN AT A TIME.

What this record means

The record shows that the mark PROTECTING THE PLANET. ONE GARDEN AT A TIME. was abandoned on September 8 2009 after the applicant, Jackie Riffice of Riffice, Jackie LLC (Illinois), failed to answer an Office action, so it is not live or registered. The only goods and services listed are garden‑care related offerings in International Class 044 – garden care services, garden or flower‑bed care, garden tree planting, gardener and gardening services, landscape gardening, and landscape gardening design for others – and the earliest use in commerce is dated March 15 2008. Because the filing covered only those horticultural services, a similar phrase used for unrelated products such as clothing or software would be farther from the scope shown here, but the record does not give the owner control over every possible use of the wording. The prosecution history records a non‑final Office action in early 2009 and the abandonment notice on September 8 2009, which is the latest meaningful status event; no enforcement actions or oppositions appear in the file. I'd treat this as a moderate concern if you plan a garden‑service brand with a comparable tagline, since the abandoned filing still signals that the USPTO once linked the phrase to that specific service area.