What this record means
The record shows that the mark “SMILES FOR THE SOUL” is dead, having been abandoned after the applicant failed to respond to a final refusal. The owner listed is Dr. Mark Farina, an individual, and the mark was filed on December 8, 2021 for medical and beauty services in class 044, specifically charitable orthodontic services first used on November 1, 2021. Because the mark is no longer active, it does not give the owner control over the wording in any other context, but the closest concern would arise if someone used a similar name for services that overlap charitable orthodontic or related medical and beauty services. The prosecution history shows a final refusal followed by abandonment, with no indication that the mark was ever moved to the Supplemental Register. The latest event is the abandonment notice on July 24, 2023, and no enforcement actions appear in the supplied history. For someone considering a similar name, the record suggests a meaningful concern only in the narrow area of charitable orthodontic services, and no broader claim of protection exists.
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