<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Dear Shabnam,</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">This question has come up before, and </span>I<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">'ve gathered several of these in a Word doc for when I need them. Admittedly, a bunch of these are non-prededential, but it should be enough to get you started.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><br></span></span></div><div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(\u201c. . . although the Board had before it a few
registrations for both restaurant services and beer, . . . the small number of
such registrations suggests that it is quite uncommon for restaurants and beer
to share the same trademark.\u201d)</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">--<i>In re Coors Brewing Co.,</i> 68 U.S.P.Q.2d 1059,
1063 (Fed. Cir. 2003)</p></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><br></span></span></div><div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">\u201cWe have given no weight to those third-party
registrations for marks which are in the nature of house marks, designer marks
and merchandising marks, as it is well-recognized that such marks may be used
for a wide variety of items, and therefore they are of little value in showing
that the goods for which they are registered are all related.\u201d</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">--<i>In re Gebhard</i>, Serial No. 78950320 (T.T.A.B.
March 26, 2009) (non-precedential)</p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span><span style="font-size:12pt">\u201cThird-party registrations in the nature of house marks
used for a wide variety of items are of little value by themselves to show that
the various goods for which they are registered are all related.</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt">Similarly, here where the website evidence
shows house marks used on a wide variety of goods, it is not so probative of
this factor.\u201d</span><br></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">--</span><i style="font-size:12pt">In re Marko Schuhfabrik GmbH</i><span style="font-size:12pt">, Serial No. 79040612
(T.T.A.B. December 23, 2009) (non-precedential).</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">\u201c[M]any of the third-party registrations are owned by
supermarkets that sell their own brand of virtually every product. In that marketing milieu, consumers do not
perceive the supermarket house brand, appearing on a wide variety of products,
as necessarily signaling that all such branded products are commercially
related products. Otherwise, giving such
third-party registrations probative value would in effect create a \u201cper se\u201d
rule that all products and services available in a modern supermarket are related.
In this regard, the fact that applicant
has applied to register a wide variety of products does not change the
perception of consumers or give the third-party registrations any added
probative value.\u201d</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> --<i>In re Land O Sky, LLC</i>, No. 76633815, 2010
WL 183227, at *6 (T.T.A.B. Jan. 4, 2010) (nonprecedential).</p><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:tahoma;font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Cheers,</span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:tahoma;font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16px"> </span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:tahoma;font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0);font-size:12pt">Sam<span> Castree, III</span></span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:tahoma;font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0);font-size:12pt"><br></span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:medium"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0);font-size:12pt"><span><i>Sam Castree Law, LLC</i></span></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><span><span style="font-size:12pt"><i>3421 W. 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Any help is greatly appreciated. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!</div><div>Shabnam</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT";font-size:large">Shabnam Malek</span></div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(255,38,0);font-family:Raleway-Regular"><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px"><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);margin:0px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(133,94,41);font-family:Raleway">BRAND & BRANCH, PC</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px"><div style="font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">1531 17th Ave.<br>San Francisco, CA 94122</div></div></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Raleway;color:rgb(133,94,41)">p:</span><font color="#6c6c6c" style="font-family:Raleway"> </font><span style="font-family:Raleway"><a href="tel:%28510%29%20984-4285" value="+15109844285" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">(510) 984-4285</a> </span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><font color="#855e29" style="font-family:Raleway">e: </font><font face="Raleway"><a href="mailto:shabnam@brandandbranch.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">shabnam@brandandbranch.com</a></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Raleway;color:rgb(133,94,41)">w:</span><span style="font-family:Raleway;color:rgb(16,60,192)"> <a href="http://www.brandandbranch.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.brandandbranch.com</a></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><font face="Raleway-Regular"><br></font></div></div><div><font face="Raleway-Regular"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Have you heard about the </b><span style="color:rgb(133,94,41);font-weight:bold">International Cannabis Bar Association?</span><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </b><span style="color:rgb(56,110,255);font-weight:bold"><a href="http://www.canbar.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Check us out</a> </span><span style="font-weight:bold"><font color="#000000">and use my name MALEK for a 15% discount on membership and events.</font></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><font face="Raleway-Regular"></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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