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Instead of "stop and translate," can we convince the TTAB to use
"recognize the meaning" instead?<br>
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Pam<br>
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<div class="moz-signature">Pamela S. Chestek<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/11/2025 11:08 AM, Welch, John L.
via E-trademarks wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">CORRECTED: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">I think the answer is yes, to some
extent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Suppose the word is the Spanish word
verdad, meaning truth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">American consumers who do not know
Spanish would not \u201cstop and translate,\u201d so there would be no
effect on them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">American consumers who know only Spanish
would not be affected, since they can\u2019t translate the word
to English<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">American consumers who speak English and
are knowledgeable in Spanish would \u201cstop and translate,\u201d so
to them the term would be weakend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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Blame the doctrine of foreign equivalents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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Welch, John L.
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 11, 2025 2:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for
laypersons to seek legal advice.
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com"><e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Lauren A. Malone Esq.
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Lauren@lamaloneesq.com"><Lauren@lamaloneesq.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Doctrine of Foreign Equivalents When
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">I think the answer is yes, to some
extent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Suppose the word is the Spanish word
verdad, meaning truth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">American consumers who do not know
Spanish would \u201cstop and translate,\u201d so there would be no
effect on them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">American consumers who know only Spanish
would not be affected, since they can\u2019t translate the word
to English<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">American consumers who speak English and
are knowledgeable in Spanish would \u201cstop and translate,\u201d so
to them the term would be weakend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Does that make any sense? Don\u2019t blame me.
Blame the doctrine of foreign equivalents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lauren A. Malone Esq. via
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 11, 2025 10:35 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] Doctrine of Foreign
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evidence to the USPTO of third-party use to show a term is
weak and entitled to only a narrow scope of protection,
does the doctrine of foreign equivalents apply? The weak
term is a Spanish term and I\u2019ve found 15 non-registered
third-party uses (only 1 registered use). However, its
English translation has more widespread usage, both in
registered and non-registered marks. Would it help my case
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