ALMOST AS GOOD AS ICE CREAM

What this record means

The record shows that “ALMOST AS GOOD AS ICE CREAM” is an abandoned application – the USPTO marked it dead after the owner, BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL DESSERTS, INC., failed to file a required Statement of Use following the Notice of Allowance, with the abandonment notice dated Aug 5 2019. The filing covered only Class 030, specifically frozen confections such as ice cream, ice‑cream desserts, sorbet, frozen yogurt, non‑dairy and soy‑based frozen treats, Italian ices and fruit ices. Because the claim is limited to those frozen‑food items, a similar phrase used for unrelated goods (for example, clothing or software) would be farther from the scope shown here, though the wording itself is not cleared for all uses. The prosecution history shows the usual sequence of extensions for the Statement of Use, ending in abandonment; the mark was never placed on the Supplemental Register. The supplied history contains no oppositions, cancellations or court actions, so no enforcement signal appears. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan a comparable name for frozen desserts, but the record does not block other product categories.