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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E2841">I would agree that the Board has issued enough decisions finding different alcoholic beverages related for 2(d) purposes that it seems ridiculous and inefficient
to expect examiners to have to reprove that relatedness every single time. Is there anything unique about gin as compared to vodka or whiskey or tequila (\u201cblue agave\u201d) or the like that would make it stand out as possibly being in its own trade channel and
requiring evidence specifically showing that brewers also manufacture gin? Maybe the examiner looked for that evidence and could not actually find it.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin Grierson via E-trademarks<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Kevin Grierson <kgrierson@cm.law><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXT] [E-trademarks] FW: Heck Freezes Over: USPTO Fails to Prove Gin Related to Beer Under Section 2(d)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Interesting decision by the TTAB. Although as a general matter I am not a fan of the PTO\u2019s \u201cthree websites\u201d relatedness arguments, it seems to me that at some point the Board\u2019s numerous decisions
about the relatedness of beer, wine, and other alcoholic beverages ought to serve as persuasive precedent even if the examiner makes a hash of the evidentiary record.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">The USPTO fumbled the ball here in what should have been a fairly easy run for a touchdown. The Board reversed a refusal
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<p><a name="0"></a><span style="color:black">The USPTO fumbled the ball here in what should have been a fairly easy run for a touchdown. The Board reversed a refusal to register the mark shown below left, for "gin," finding that the USPTO failed to prove confusion
likely with the mark on the right, for various beers. The Board found the marks to be "more similar than dissimilar," but the USPTO's feeble evidentiary showing regarding the relatedness of gin and beer led the Board to weigh the second
<i>DuPont </i>factor as dispositive in favor of Applicant Cobblestone Brands. <i>
<a href="http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/ttabvue-97453097-EXA-8.pdf">In re Cobblestone Brands Ltd</a></i>, Serial No. 97453097 (December 19, 2024) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Lawrence T. Stanley, Jr.).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><span style="color:black">The Marks:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Applicant disclaimed AMERICAN GIN, while the cited registration includes disclaimers of BREWING CO and DALLAS TX. Cobblestone argued that the design elements of the marks are the
dominant features but the Board gave that assertion a bumpy ride, finding FOUR CORNERS to be dominant in both. Although the design elements are "noticeable," "it will be the words rather than colors or designs in the marks that will be used to call for and
discuss Applicant\u2019s and Registrant\u2019s goods."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.6pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#223344">Although we recognize that there are differences between the marks when viewed on a side-by-side basis, when compared in their
entireties we find them more similar than dissimilar in appearance, sound, meaning, and commercial impression due to presence of the identical dominant phrase FOUR CORNERS in both marks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="color:black">The Goods:</span></b><span style="color:black"> The Office relied on "a smattering of third-party Internet evidence" to show the relatedness of gin and beer: a mere three websites offering the goods under the same mark. The Board
found that evidence "unconvincing."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.6pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#223344">While there is no threshold number, three examples are a relatively small amount given the number of breweries and distilleries
in the United States and the Internet resources for research easily available on the subject to examining attorneys. *** [O]n the record before us, there is simply insufficient evidence of third parties using the same mark in connection with beer and gin,
or evidence that a maker of gin also actually produces beer, or that the goods are complementary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:black">The Examining Attorney pointed to prior Board decisions finding various alcoholic beverages related, but the Board was unimpressed: "Put simply, the Examining Attorney cannot evade the burden to prove relatedness by bootstrapping
upon previous factual findings made in other decisions on different records." In any event, the evidence here "pales in comparison to the evidence in those cases."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="color:black">Trade Channels:</span></b><span style="color:black"> The Office also failed to prove that the trade channels overlap. "Although the consolidation of production, distribution, and/or sale in the beer, wine, and spirits markets
suggests that there may be some overlap in trade channels, we cannot make such a finding on this record." [Seems like the Board could take judicial notice that gin and beer are sold in the same retail stores. -
<i>ed</i>.].</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="color:black">Conclusion:</span></b><span style="color:black"> The applicant wins! The applicant wins!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="color:#38761D">Read comments and post your comment </span></b><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/9072179/5344228739086636993">here</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="color:#FF6600">TTABlogger comment:</span></b><span style="color:#FF6600">
</span><span style="color:black">As I recently said in my comment on the JERSEY GIRL case [</span><b><span style="color:#FF6600">TTABlogged</span></b><span style="color:black">
<a href="http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/12/jersey-girl-whiskey-for-distilled.html">
here</a>], "In these alcoholic beverages case, an applicant's principal hope seems to be the weakness of the Office's evidence of third-party registration and use."
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:#000016">Text Copyright John L. Welch 2024.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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