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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Trademark has a word which could arguably be considered merely descriptive (several other marks have a disclaimer of this word for similar goods). Examiner did not ask for a disclaimer and cited
a mark with the exact word (the word was not disclaimed in the cited mark). Has anyone successfully argued in response to an OA that a word(s), should be disclaimed since it is descriptive and thus, should not be the subject of a 2d objection given our not
claiming exclusive rights to the word? I tried to do this once and was unsuccessful as I wound up with both a disclaimer requirement and the Examiner maintained the 2d. Wondering if anyone has had a different result. Thanks!
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