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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">FWIW: there is a 2015 TMR article that discussed the Internet issue. (The link may not work unless you are an INTA member.)
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Online . . . And Keeping It: : The Internet’s Impact on Trademark Use and Coexistence"</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">As to this question, “Can the junior stop the senior from using the mark in the junior’s geographic area?”, you might look at this decision:
<a href="http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2014/04/precedential-no-14-junior-user-awarded.html">
The TTABlog<sup>®</sup>: Precedential No. 14: Junior User Awarded Concurrent Use Registration for Entire Country Except New Jersey and New York</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Eshaghian via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 2, 2024 9:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Michael Eshaghian <michael@meshiplaw.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] Senior v. Junior Users<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Listmates,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If a junior user is the first to file, I’m aware that the senior user can’t stop the junior user from using the mark in the junior’s geographic area (and area of expansion).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Can the junior stop the senior from using the mark in the junior’s geographic area?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, I would appreciate cases in which the junior user extensively advertises or sells on the internet, and which discusses how that affects the analysis of what the junior’s geographic area is.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Michael<o:p></o:p></p>
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