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See <i>In re Wella</i>. Sorry, I don't have the cite handy, but you should find it in the TMEP.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of Katherine Koenig via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 6, 2025 4:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Katherine Koenig <katherine@koenigipworks.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] 2(d) and unity of control</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I hope your week is off to a good start. Im looking for an example of how much information is required to establish unity of control where an applied-for mark and cited application have different owners,
but each of those owners is owned by a third company. </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Junior application = Company 1</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Senior application = Company 2</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Company 1 and Company 2 are both owned by Company 3. To my knowledge, Company 1 does not control the activities of Company 2, or vice versa. Company 3 controls the activities of both Company 1 and Company
2. </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">How much evidence is needed to show unity of control here? The TMEP makes it sound like one of the sister companies should control the other, but not where a third company controls both.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">TMEP 1201.07(b)(iii) states that if both the applicant and the registrant are wholly owned by a third common parent
<b>[as is the case here]</b>, the applicant would have to provide detailed evidence to establish
<b><i>how one sister corporation controlled the trademark activities of the other</i></b> to establish unity of control to support the contention that the sister corporations constitute a single source. <i>See In re Pharmacia Inc.</i>, 2 USPQ2d 1883 (TTAB 1987)
; <i>Greyhound Corp. v. Armour Life Ins. Co.</i>, 214 USPQ 473 (TTAB 1982) . Likewise, where an applicant and registrant have certain stockholders, directors, or officers in common, the applicant must demonstrate with detailed evidence or explanation how those
relationships establish unity of control. <i>See Pneutek, Inc. v. Scherr,</i> 211 USPQ 824 (TTAB 1981). The applicants evidence or explanation should generally be supported by an affidavit or a declaration under <b><a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TFSR/current#/current/r-542e2b4b-4c16-406a-8aa3-9d26aadeb358.html" originalsrc="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TFSR/current#/current/r-542e2b4b-4c16-406a-8aa3-9d26aadeb358.html" target="_blank">37
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