TTAB Affirms Reexamination Decision Cancelling DISCUSS.IO Registration: Mere Offering of Services is not Use of the Mark

The Board upheld a reexamination decision cancelling a registration for the mark DISCUSS.IO for streaming services and SAAS market research services, on the ground that the registrant had failed to use the mark prior to the filing date of its underlying use-based application. The Board tossed aside registrant's claim that it was "unclear" that rendering of the services was required, rather than…