<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">They are getting tougher in this type of situation. The short story is that we eventually failed to convince the examiner or his super, after extensive arguments about numerous ways in which the two marks were not likely to be confused. The super finally confessed that the real (only) reason was that the cited mark was the only registered mark they could find that included the word in question in the given classification, despite many other distinguishing features of the two marks, use, target customer, type of store..... The client finally decided to develop a new mark, although the subject mark is still being used on the same goods, with no objection by the owner of the cited mark. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">You can try arguing all the other elements which lead to lack of likelihood of confusion, but be sure to first search for other "similar" marks in the same class; the more the better. (Oh, yes, this client refused to have a search done because they had made up the mark themselves.)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Good luck,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">/Becky/</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 3, 2025 at 1:24\u202fPM Dale Quisenberry 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="msg6489417227878423106">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Listmates,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I have a pending application where my client\u2019s mark is a compound mark that includes a known word and a made up word.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Examiner issued LOC refusal based on a registered mark on the known word.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span 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?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thanks in advance.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dale<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">C. Dale Quisenberry<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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