KEEP IT SIMPLE SOFTWARE KISS

What this record means

The record shows a cancelled Principal Register service mark for “KEEP IT SIMPLE SOFTWARE KISS,” owned by Michael Fuller as an individual, and it is no longer live. The registration covered class 042 services described as “providing temporary use of online non‑downloadable software for business accounting and managing real estate commissions which is available for third‑party use and license over the Internet,” so a similar name used for comparable online accounting or commission‑management software would raise the closest record‑based concern. The record does not give the owner control over every use of the words “keep it simple” or “kiss” in other contexts or industries. The prosecution history shows the mark was registered on the Principal Register in 2007, maintained with a Section 8 filing in 2013, and then cancelled on Oct 27 2017 for failure to file an acceptable declaration, which is the latest meaningful status event. No oppositions, cancellations, or court actions appear in the supplied history. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan a comparable online software service, because the existing registration still signals a prior claim in that niche.