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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".</p>
<p>So what I always say is "applicant is unaware of" any
geographical or foreign language significance.</p>
<p>As to industry significance, I typically say "yes of course the
wording such-and-so has <i><b>enormous</b></i> 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.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/12/2025 1:42 PM, carla calcagno
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<div dir="ltr">If it is an unusual word and the Examiner can't
find any meaning in the numerous resources available to them, I
have seen them issue this inquiry just to ensure that they
haven't missed anything. A simple response that the term has no
industry, geographical,or foreign language significance in
relation to the goods suffices.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I received an office action with a
\u201cMark Significance\u201d requirement asking for industry,
geographical, and foreign language significance. I am
trying to determine what triggered it. An application
for a nearly identical name (for different goods)
sailed through without triggering it. The office
action don\u2019t cite the TMEP for this and I wasn\u2019t able
to find TMEP instructions on point. Does the examiner
do any sort of research that causes this?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!</p>
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