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<p class="MsoNormal">Dale:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The answer here really depends on the nature of the “known word” in the blocking mark. Is the “knownm word” descriptive/generic in the context of your or their services or does it instead have some strength as part of the other mark? Is
it disclaimed from the blocking mark? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There’s good [well, bad in this situation] authority that a using a “known word” that is/is incorporated in someone else’s trademark along with a coined term doesn’t defang it, because it suggests an association or cobranding type situation.
But if the shared “known word” is highly or merely descriptive in the context of the goods/services then it seems like the usual arguments for that situation would apply.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">An admittedly extreme situation might be say, “[Coined term] Apple”. If the goods/services are music/computers/anything where the word “apple” (a very well-known word]) is not highly descriptive (fruit-related, perhaps?), then the “known
word” apple is going to be assumed to be associated with Apple, Inc. for LOC purposes. But if it’s [XYRWYXY] APPLE STAND, and the other mark is [BOB’S] “APPLE STAND” then the word apple there is generic in that context and can’t cause confusion.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kindly,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Laura<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#174E86">Laura Talley Geyer</span></b><span style="color:#333333"> |
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Dale Quisenberry via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 3, 2025 1:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Crane, Susan via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Dale Quisenberry <dale@quisenberrylaw.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] Compound Mark That Incorporates Another Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Listmates,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I have a pending application where my client’s mark is a compound mark that includes a known word and a made up word.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Examiner issued LOC refusal based on a registered mark on the known word.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Does anyone have a handy reference to another application with a response to office action that rebuts this type of refusal?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dale<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">C. Dale Quisenberry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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