<div dir="ltr"><div>Remember that failing to provide some statement as to a word's significance in a mark is also likely to kick in one of the new surcharges, multiplied by all classes in an application.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Michael Brown<br>Michael J Brown Law Office<div>354 Eisenhower Parkway</div><div>Plaza I, 2nd Floor, Suite 2025<div>Livingston, NJ 07039<br><div><a href="mailto:michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com</a></div><div><a href="mailto:michael@mjbrownlaw.com" target="_blank">michael@mjbrownlaw.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.mjbrownlaw.com" target="_blank">www.mjbrownlaw.com</a> <br>+1 973-577-6300 fax +1 973-577-6301<br></div><div>Google Voice +1 973-637-0358</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 6:31\u202fPM carla calcagno 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 dir="ltr">Good point Carl, but let's remember that even if Applicant is innocent, the registration still will be vulnerable to cancellation for at least the first five years on the inherently improper significance grounds. After, that you can only cancel on the grounds of fraud. Very High bar.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 4:50\u202fPM Miriam Richter, Esq. via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">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>
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<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
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<p>So far as geography and foreign language are concerned, I feel pretty strongly that I cannot say categorically it has no foreign language equivalent or geographic meaning. Seems to me you could string any twelve characters together it by chance it might
turn out to be the name of an intermittent stream in Siberia, or it might turn out to mean something in some language that I do not know about. Seems to me I would be lying to say that I actually know the answer to be "no".<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>So what I always say is "applicant is unaware of" any geographical or foreign language significance.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>As to industry significance, I typically say "yes of course the wording such-and-so has
<b><i>enormous</i></b> significance in the relevant industry, namely as an indicator of the origin of the applicant's goods. Applicant is unaware of any other significance." I often put "enormous" in bold and italics.<u></u><u></u></p>
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