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<blockquote type="cite">On Jun 17, 2025, at 6:33\u202fPM, Jessica R. Friedman via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#163E64;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#163E64;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Client sells lingerie, each item of which is cleverly packaged to resemble a rose on a stem, under the
mark PANTYROSE BOUQUET. There is no such thing as a PANTYROSE and the word BOUQUET does not describe lingerie. But the examiner has rejected the application, saying,
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#163E64;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#163E64;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">\u201cThese words merely describe applicant\u2019s lingerie in that they are underpants for women packaged decoratively to resemble
a medley of roses, but is [sic] instead a medley of lingerie.[?] Moreover, applicant\u2019s specimen clearly shows that its lingerie is packaged
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#163E64">to resemble a bouquet of roses.\u201d
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#163E64">A mark is merely descriptive if it describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature, purpose or use of an applicant\u2019s
<b><i>goods or services </i></b>(and the examiner actually cites this rule).<b><i>
</i></b>Is there some rule that I have just never heard of that says that a mark is descriptive if it describes a product\u2019s creative
<b><i>packaging</i></b>? </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">Jessica R. Friedman</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">300 East 59 Street, Ste. 2406<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">New York, NY 10022</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">Phone: 212-220-0900</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">Cell: 917-647-1884</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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