OPENHOME

What this record means

The record shows that “OPENHOME” is an abandoned application, filed on Nov 23 2010 by iControl Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the USPTO marked it dead on Oct 1 2011 after the applicant failed to respond to an Office action. The goods and services listed are limited to education services that provide information and news about broadband home‑management, security, monitoring, automation, energy management and health‑care, plus scientific‑technology services that organize events, develop voluntary standards, and offer accreditation testing in those same areas. Because the coverage is confined to those home‑management and related tech fields, a similar name used for unrelated products—say, clothing or food—would be farther from the record’s scope, while a name in the same broadband‑home‑automation space would raise the closest concern. The prosecution history shows a pseudo‑mark notice and a non‑final action before the abandonment, but no supplemental‑register filing appears. The latest status event is the abandonment notice on Oct 1 2011, and the supplied history shows no oppositions, cancellations or court actions. I'd treat this as a moderate concern if you plan a mark in the same home‑automation or broadband‑home‑management arena.