Criteria for Determining What Constitutes a Service

The following criteria have evolved for determining what

constitutes a service: "(1) a service must be a real activity; (2) a service must be

performed to the order of, or for the benefit of, someone other than the applicant;

and (3) the activity performed must be qualitatively different from anything

necessarily done in connection with the sale of the applicant’s goods or the

performance of another service."

Blizzard Ent. Inc. v. Ava Labs,

Inc.

, Ser. No. 91285851, 2024 TTAB LEXIS 259, at *10-11 (2024) (citing

In re Canadian Pac. Ltd.

, 754 F.2d 992, 994-95 (Fed. Cir.

1985);

In re Husqvarna AB

, Ser. No. 78899587, 2009 TTAB LEXIS 492,

at *4-5 n.3 (2009);

Carefirst of Md., Inc. v. FirstHealth of the Carolinas,

Inc.

, Opp. No. 91116355, 2005 TTAB LEXIS 600, at *33 (2005));

In re Betz Paperchem

, Inc., 222 USPQ 89 (TTAB 1984);

In re Integrated Res., Inc.

, 218 USPQ 829 (TTAB 1983);

In re Landmark Commc’ns, Inc.

, 204 USPQ 692 (TTAB 1979).