<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Perhaps it would make sense to advise your client that JESSIE may not be as distinctive as a source-indicator for pencils as originally hoped, and the Lanham Act really wants marks to be more distinctive :)</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Sincerely,</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ed Timberlake </font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><i><a href="https://www.nclawspecialists.gov/for-the-public/find-a-board-certified-specialist/results/detail/?id=29473" target="_blank">Board Certified Specialist in Trademark Law</a></i></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://timberlakelaw.com/" target="_blank"><b>Timberlake Law</b></a></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Chapel Hill, NC<br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="https://clarity.fm/edtimberlake" target="_blank">Schedule a call on Clarity</a><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="mailto:ed@timberlakelaw.com" target="_blank">ed@timberlakelaw.com</a><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">919.960.1950<br></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><img width="96" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yqPkLcW3Y31kc85P6RS7NWfcWrwuOgQLDSt1RcISuArSpo9OMPIPpEM0gaFcPeg00KJcaNlw0"><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 11:56 AM Jessica R. Friedman via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg7715805248065050999">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,56,100)">I’m reviewing a full search for mark [JESSIE] for [pens and pencils]. The search report turned up some links to sites of foreign companies that show JESSI (NO “E”) used on a single
pencil product, manufactured by X. It looks like I can order that pencil on one of those foreign sites and get it shipped to the U.S. I can’t find this product online anywhere except on those few foreign sites.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,56,100)">Do these facts give rise to any inference that X is using JESSI in the U.S. for pencils?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,56,100)">More to the point, should I advise my client that she cannot use or apply to register JESSIE in the U.S. for pencils?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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