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`Re:
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`US. Trademark Application Serial No. 76448597
`for the Mark I PHARMACIST
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`Dear Sirs:
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`We enclose for filing (1) Revocation of Power of Attorney and Substitution of
`Attorney; (2) Request for Remand; and (3) Request for Reconsideration.
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`No fee is believed necessary. The Commissioner for Trademarks is hereby
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK
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`In re Application of
`Apotex, Inc.
`Serial No.:
`Filed:
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`76/449,597
`September 9, 2002
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`Mark:
`I PHARMACIST
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`Law Office 108
`Trademark Attorney: Jeri J. Fickes, Esq.
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`REVOCATION OF POWER OF ATTORNEY AND
`SUBSTITUTION OF ATTORNEY
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`Applicant, APOTEX, INC., hereby revokes all previous powers of attorney in connection
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`with the above-identified trademark application and hereby appoints Carla C. Calcagno and the
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`other attorneys of Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, 1425 K. Street, N.W., Suite‘800,
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`Washington, DC 20005, its attorneys herein, with full power of substitution and revocation, and
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`to transact all business in the Patent and Trademark Office in connection herewith. A11
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`communication is to be directed to:
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`Carla C. Calcagno, Esq.
`Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck
`1425 K Street, N.W., Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20005
`Telephone: (202) 783-6040
`Facsimile:
`(202) 783-6031
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`APOTEX, INC.
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` By:
`(Signature)
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`Date: A
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`‘A 3
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`, 2005
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`(Print)
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`)
`)
`) Examining Attorney: Jeri J. Fickes, Esq.
`) Law Office 108
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`) )
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`) )
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`In re Application of:
`Apotex, Inc.
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`Serial No.:
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`76449597
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`Mark:
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`I PHARMACIST
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`‘
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`Filed:
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`September 9, 2002
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`REQUEST FOR REMAND
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`Applicant respectfully requests that the Board remand this application to the Examining
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`Attorney for reconsideration of the refusal to register. As grounds for the remand, Applicant has
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`appointed new U.S. counsel to represent Applicant in this matter. A revocation and appointment
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`of new counsel is attached. Applicant retained new counsel after the Board already had
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`remanded the case to the Examiner for consideration of prior counsel’s remarks.
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`Applicant's new counsel has now reviewed the Examiner’s actions and discussed them
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`with her client and prepared an amended identification of goods and services, an argument and
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`additional evidence. This amendment, argument, and evidence are attached as a Request for
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`Reconsideration. Applicant believes that this amended identification of goods and services,
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`argument, and evidence materially clarifies the nature of the goods and services for which the
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`Applicant seeks registration and resolves at least one of the Examiner’s final refusals.
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`TMEP Section 1207.02 expressly provides that change in counsel constitutes good cause
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`for a remand.
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`Application Serial No. 76449597
`Request for Remand
`Page 2 of 2
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`Also, Applicant has a total of two applications pending for the mark IPHARMACIST
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`which are being handled by two separate examining attorneys. These are Application Serial Nos.
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`76449597 and 78429952. To assure consistency and in the interests of efficiency and judicial
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`economy, Applicant respectfully requests that the applications be transferred to one Examining
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`Attorney.
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`Applicant respectfully submits that granting this remand is in the interests ofjudicial
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`economy as if the Amendment and Argument moots the Appeal, it may save the resources of
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`both the Board, the Examiner, and the Applicant. If the amendments and arguments do not moot
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`the Appeal, they should help to clarify the record for the Board.
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`Wherefore, Applicant respectfully requests that the Board grant the Request for Remand
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`and remand this case to the Examiner for reconsideration based on the attached arguments,
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`evidence and amendments.
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`If for any reason the Board should deny the request for remand, Applicant respectfully
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`requests that the Board reset Applicant’s time to file its brief by sixty days.
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`Please contact the undersigned if the Board or the Examiner has any questions.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Apotex, Inc.
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`
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`Carla C. Calcagno
`ROTHWELL, FIGG, E
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`& MANBECK LLP
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`Date: July ll, 2005
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`1425 K Street, N.W., Suite 800
`Washington, DC. 20005
`Telephone:
`(202) 783-6040
`Facsimile:
`(202) 783-6031
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`)
`)
`) Examining Attorney: Jeri J. Fickes, Esq.
`) Law Office 108
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`) )
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`) )
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`) )
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`In re Application of:
`Apotex, Inc.
`
`Serial No.:
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`76449597
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`Mark:
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`i PHARMACIST
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`Filed:
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`September 9, 2002
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`REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION
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`Applicant hereby amends its description of goods and services to read in its entirety as
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`follows:
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`Pre-recorded video tapes featuring training in the use of personal
`digital assistants preprogrammed with pharmaceutical information;
`and handheld personal digital assistant computers preprogrammed
`with computer database software containing pharmacy and
`pharrnaceutical-related proprietary and publicly available
`information; both of which are intended for use by pharmacists and
`pharmacy technicians in the practice of pharmacy; in Intemational
`Class 9.
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`Printed matter containing pharmacy and pharmaceutical-related
`information, namely: books, fliers, brochures, manuals, guides,
`pamphlets and trade journals in International Class 16.
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`Custom design for others of personal digital assistant software
`programs for use by a pharmacist or pharmacy technician in the
`practice of pharmacy, not including Internet access software in
`International Class 42.
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`As the Examiner will note Applicant has amended its description of goods and deleted
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`International Classes 41 and 44. And, Applicant respectfully requests that the Examiner take
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`note of the Change of Correspondence Address and Appointment of Associate Counsel attached
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`hereto. All communications should be sent to the undersigned attorney.
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`Serial No. 76449597
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`Request for Reconsideration
`Page 2 of6
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`BACKGROUND
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`Believing that Applicant’s products and services are directed to “Internet pharmacists,”
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`the Examiner refused to register Applicant’s mark. However, Applicant has now amended its
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`identification of goods to clarify that it does not direct its products and services to Internet
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`pharmacists as the Examiner appears to use the term. Specifically, Applicant has amended its
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`identification to clarify that Applicant sells personal digital assistants that are preloaded with
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`Applicant ’s software and which are used primarily by normal pharmacists. Based on these
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`amendments and clarifications, Applicant respectfully submits that the refusal to register is in
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`error. Ifhowever a further amendment is needed to specifically exclude the sale to “Internet
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`pharmacists” as the Examiner uses that term, the undersigned attorney would be glad to discuss
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`this with the Examiner and enter anyfurther amendments that are needed.
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`ARGUMENT
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`I.
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`APPLICANT’S I PHARMACIST MARK SUGGESTS, RATHER THAN
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`DESCRIBES, APPLICANT’S GOODS AND SERVICES
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`The Examining Attorney has refused to register Applicant’s mark on the grounds that the
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`mark “merely describes” Applicant’s goods and services. In support of the refusal to register,
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`the Examining Attorney has relied on a series of cases where marks were held descriptive of the
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`intended users. The Applicant agrees that these cases exist. Problematically however these
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`cases do not apply to Applicant’s products and services: To its knowledge, Applicant does not
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`target its product to “Internet pharmacists.”
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`Applicant respectfully submits that based on its amendments, this case law and its
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`progeny teach that Applicant’s mark suggests, rather than describes, the nature of the goods and
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`services Applicant offers.
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`Serial No. 76449597
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`Request for Reconsideration
`Page 3 of 6
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`In support of this argument, Applicant respectfully refers the Examiner to the following
`points in these cases.
`Ineach of the cases, the evidence showed that the product was directed to
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`the persons named in the mark. This is not true in Applicant’s case. Nothing in the record
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`suggests that Applicant’s products and services are directed to pharmacists who provide services
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`to consumers over the Internet. And, in point of fact, these are not Applicant’s intended or target
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`purchasers. Again, if a further amendment is needed to clarify this, Applicant would welcome
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`any suggestions by the Examining Attorney.
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`A.
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`Also, Consumers Are Unlikely to Perceive “I” in Applicant’s Mark as
`“Internet”.
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`First, on an evidentiary basis, respectfully submits that the Examiner has failed to prove
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`the contention that in the context of Applicant’s mark, purchasers would understand “i
`PHARMACIST” to mean INTERNET PHARMACIST.
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`The Board expressly rejects the argument that as a matter of law or judicial notice the
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`term “I” is generally recognized to mean “Internet.” See, eg, In re BrainLAB AG, 2003 TTAB
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`LEXIS 543 (November 14, 2003); In re iLine, LLC, 2002 TTAB LEXIS 354 (June 7, 2002).
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`The Examiner must prove this meaning in each case. Id.. Where, as here a term has
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`several meaning, the Examiner commits reversible error by failing to prove the likely
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`significance of the term in the particular case. Modern Optics Inc v. Univis Lens C0, 234 F 2d
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`504, 110 USPQ 293 (CCPA 1956).
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`Serial No. 76449597
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`Request for Reconsideration
`Page 4 of 6
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`As the Board’s reviewing Court has stated:
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`While each case must be decided on the basis of the particular facts
`involved, it would seem that, as a general rule, initials cannot be
`considered descriptive v unless they have become so generally
`understood as representing descriptive words as to be accepted as
`substantially synonymous therewith.
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`Id.
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`Numerous dictionaries consulted by Applicant, and named here, fail to list any definition
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`for the letter 1. Exhibit A. Even the massive 20,000 page Acronyms Initialisms & Abbreviations
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`Dictionary (3 3rd Ed 2005) does not define the letter I as meaning Internet, although this work
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`provides over 280 other definitions for the letter “I.” Exhibit B.
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`As to the Examiner’s submission of Acronym finder, Applicant notes that when the
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`complete search results for that entry are considered, the “Acronymfinder” expressly lists three
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`interest, “ italic” and the letter one” as the most common
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`other meanings—“ incomplete
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`meanings of the term. Exhibit C. The Acronym finder lists 42 other meanings for the term “i”.
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`Id. Moreover, Applicant respectfully submits that the “Acronymfinder” does not bear the
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`earmarks of credibility of a Webster’s Dictionary so as to permit the Board to give great weight
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`to that term. For example, how many persons would understand “I” to mean “indoor” or
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`“independent” as that acronym finder suggests?
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`Applicant respectfully submits that in the context of App1icant’s mark, purchasers would
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`easily understand the term “I” as signifying the first person personal pronoun “I,” rather than the
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`Internet. In re BrainLAB AG, 2003 TTAB LEXIS 543 (November 14, 2003); In re iLine, LLC,
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`2002 TTAB LEXIS 354 (June 7, 2002).
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`Serial No. 76449597
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`Request for Reconsideration
`Page 5 of 6
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`B.
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`Internet Suggests Rather than Merely Describe Applicant’s Goods
`And Services
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`Even assuming, without conceding, however, that purchasers would understand “I” to
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`mean Internet, this term does not aptly describe anyfeature ofApplicant ‘s goods or services.
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`The Examiner contends that i PHARMACIST means a person who dispenses drugs over
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`the Internet. This meaning does not at all describe Applicant’s goods and services or its
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`customer. Applicant’s customers are pharmacists. To Applicant’s knowledge, they use the
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`software preloaded on the personal digital assistant to dispense drugs to customers in person.
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`Applicant simply does not target “internet pharmacists” as the Examiner uses that term.
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`Unlike the cases cited, the Examiner has failed to submit any evidence that the term “i
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`PHARMACIST” has a generally accepted meaning in the trade, as applied to Applicant ’s
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`products.
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`As the Board and its reviewing court often has stated “It does not follow that all initials
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`or combinations of descriptive words are unregistrable” for all products. Modern Optics, at 295,
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`and see In re BrainLAB AG, 2003 TTAB LEXIS 543 (November 14, 2003); In re iLine, LLC,
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`2002 TTAB LEXIS 354 (June 7, 2002).
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`So too here. While the mark may be merely descriptive and unprotectable for a person
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`who dispenses drugs over the Internet or a website that dispenses drugs, the term is not merely
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`descriptive of Applicant’s products. None of Applicant’s products are an Internet pharmacist.
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`Nor does Applicant target its products to Internet pharmacists.
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`Therefore, even assuming, without conceding, that purchasers would understand
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`“Intemet” to merely describe Applicant’s goods and services, the unitary mark “i
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`PHARMACIST” as a whole is not merely descriptive.
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`SerialNo. 76449597
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`Request for Reconsideration
`Page 6 of 6
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`Wherefore, Applicant respectfully requests that the Examining Attorney withdraw the
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`refusal to register and permit Applicant’s mark to proceed to publication. If the Examiner has
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`any questions, a telephone interview is respectfully requested.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Apotex, Inc.
`
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`Carla C. Calcagno
`ROTHWELL, FIGG, E
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`800
`1425 K Street, N.W., Sui
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`Telephone:
`(202) 783-6040
`Facsimile:
`(202) 783-6031
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`language, or their culture. -41. The North Germanic languagtgllk,
`Icelanders.
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`Iceland moss rt. A brittle, grayish-brown edible lichen,
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`islandica of northern regions.
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`Iceland spar n. A doubly refracting transparent calcite used in 9P}"l
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`instruments.
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`ice milk rt. A ‘smooth, sweet, cold food made from a frozcnnumf“
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`of milk products, sugar, and flavorings, containing less fat tltiflf
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`cream.
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`ice needle n. Any of the long, thin ice crystals that float high mi‘?-
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`mosphere in cold clear weather.
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`ice-out (is’out’) n. The thawing of ice on the surface of 3 b0di",’.{n
`ter, as a pond or lake.
`ice pack n. I. A floating mass of compacted ice fragments. 1- Afgd
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`cloth or waterproof bag filled with ice and applied to so!‘ °,'v ‘
`len parts of the body.
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`ice pick n. A pointed awl for chipping or breaking ice.
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`ice plant n. A plant native to southern Africa, Meseml7"}"’”’l'
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`crystallinum, bearing white or pink flowers and flesh)’ lav?’
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`stems coated with shiny encrustations.
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`ice point n. The temperature, equal to 32°F or 0°C, afwhlcllllui-:1 ,
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`ter and ice are in equilibrium in a mixture at one aIm°‘P _‘h‘
`pressure.
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`ice show n. An entertainment with dances, stunts, and bl1H°°"g’=F .
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`formed by ice skaters.
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`ice skate n. I. A metal blade or runner fitted to the Sole 0”
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`skating on ice. 2. A shoe or light boot with a permanemll
`I‘ah
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`net for skating on ice.
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`Ice-skate (is’skat’) vi. -ska!-ed, -ska!-ing, -skates To skate 0!! W‘
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`skater rt.
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`ice storm 11. A storm in which precipitation freezes on C0” .
`ice water n. Very cold or chilled water.
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`I
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`Il
`I (i) n., pl. i's.or I’: I. The ninth letter of theEnglish alphabet. 2. A
`is incomplete. 5. also I The
`or one.
`A grade indicating that a student’s work
`Roman numeral
`I‘ (i) pron. [ME < OE ic.
`] The one who is the speaker or writer.
`pl. ['5 The self : ego.
`I1 symbol for IODINE.
`vow
`[ME < OFr. < Lat,
`el of nouns and adjectives used in
`_..combination.] —Used as a c
`onnective to join word elements
`<brutify>
`- —ia| suff. [NLat. < Lat. and Gk., n. suffix.] I.,Disease : pathological
`condition <anoxia> 2. Territory : country <Manchuria> ,
`—ia1 suff. [Partly < Lat., neuter pl. of -ius, and
`artly < Gk., neuter pl.
`rom, relating to, or be-
`of -ios, n. and adj. suffixes.]‘ Things derived
`._'longin to <persona1ia>
`-ial su . [ME < OFr. < Lat.
`by <baronial>
`I-amb (i’imb’, -am’) also i-am-bus (i-§m’b9s) n., pl. I-ambs also -bus-es
`or -bi (-bi’) [Fr. iambe < Lat. iambus < Gk. iambos.] A metrical foot
`made u of a short syllable followed by a long syllable or an un-
`stresse syllable followed b
`y a stressed syllable.
`i-am-bit (i-5m’bik) adj.
`I. Composed of iambs or distinguished by
`their predominance <i
`ambic verse) 2. Employing iambic rhythm,
`esp. in the various genres associated with its use <the iambic po- '
`etry of Shakespeare) —n. I. An iamb. 2. often iambic. A verse,
`stanza, or poem written in iambs <the iambic: of Greek satirists>
`—ian suff. [OFr. -ien < Lat. -farms, adj. and n. suffix.] I. Of, relating
`to, or like <Bostonian> 2. One relating to, belonging to, or like <aca-
`demician>
`-iana suff. z/ar. of -ANA.
`-iasis suff. [NLat. < Gk., n. suffix.
`] A pathological condition_charac-
`‘ ‘terized or produced by <teniasis
`—iaIric suff. [< Gk. iatrilzos, medical < iatros,
`. heal.] Of or relating to a specified kind of me
`ing <geriatric>
`-iatrits suff. [< -IATRlc.] Medical treatment <bariatrics>
`,i-at-ro-gen-it (i-it’ra-jén
`’ik) ad/'. [Gk. iatros, physician (< iastbai, to
`heal) + -GENIC.] Induced in a patient b
`y a physician’s activity, man-
`du.
`ner, or therapy. -—ioat’ro-gen'i-cal-ly a
`—iatry suff. [Fr. -iatrie < NLat. -{atria < Gk.’-iatreia, art of healing <
`intros, physician < iasthai, to heal.] Medical treatment'<psychia-
`try)
`I-beam (i’bém’) rt. A steel
`like the letter I.
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`-ialis.] Of, relating to, or'characterized
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`.
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`(physician < iasthai, to
`ical treatment or heal-
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`girder or beam with a cross section shaped
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`I-be-ri-an (i-bir’é-an) adj. Ia. Of or relating to the ancient ethnologic
`group or groups that lived in the Iberian Peninsula. b. Of or relat-
`ing to the language or culture of these
`groups. 2. Of or relating to
`the Iberian Peninsula. —n.
`la. A member of the ancient people that
`‘lived in the Iberian Peninsul
`a. b. Any
`of the languages spoken by the
`ancient peoples of the Iberian Penins
`ula. 2. An inhabitant of the Ibe-
`rian Peninsula.
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`i-bex (i’béks’) n. [Lat.] A wild goat of the genus Capra of mountain-
`ousregions of the Old World, esp. C. ibex, with long, ridged,
`backward-curving horns.
`I-bib-i-0 (i-bib'é-6) n., pl. Ibibio or -05 I. A member of a" people of
`southeastern Nigeria. 2. The Benue-Congo language of the Ibibio.
`i-bi-dem (ib"i-démf, T-bi’dam) adv. [Lat.] In the same place. —Used
`in footnotes and bibliographies t
`0 refer to the book, chapter, at-
`ticle, or page cited just before.
`V
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`—ibility suff. var. of -ABILITY.
`,i-bis (i’bis) n. [Lat. < Gk., of Egypt. orig.] I. A long-billed wading bird
`of the family Threskiornithidae. 2. The wood ibis.
`-ible suff. var. of -ABLE.
`I-bo (E’b6) rt. 1/ar. of IGBO.
`[Alteration of chemical name
`i-bu-pro-fen (i’byr5b-pr6’fan) n.
`i(so)lm(tyl)plJen(yl) pro(piom'c acid).] A nonsteroidal anti-
`inflammatory medication, C13H, 02, used esp. in the treatment of
`arthritis and to reduce
`pain and ever.
`-it suffi [ME < Lat. -icus.
`] I. Of, relating to, or marked by <seismic>
`2. Having a valence hi
`gher than that of a specified element in com-
`pounds or ions identified
`by adjectives ending in -ous <sulfuric acid>
`‘ 3. One relating to or marked by <academic>
`n
`It-a-rus (i'k’ar-as) n. [Lat. < Gk. IIzaros.] I. Gk. Myth. The son of
`Daedalus, who in escapi
`from Crete on artificial wings made by
`his father, flew too near th
`e sun so that the wax that fastened his
`wings melted, and he fell into the Aegean Sea. 2. An asteroid with
`an eccentric orbit that passes closest to the sun at a distance of
`. within 30 million kilometers or approx. 19 million miles.
`ice (is) n. [ME ise'< OE is.] I. Water frozen solid. 2. A layer, surface,-
`or mass of frozen water. 3. Something resembling frozen water. 4. A
`dessert of flavored and sweetened crushed ice. 5. Cake frosting : IC-
`INC. 6. Slang. Diamonds. 1. The playing field in ice hockey: RINK. 8.
`Informal. Extreme unfriendliness or reserve. —v. iced, it-ing, ic-es
`—z/t. I. To coat or slick with ice. 2. To cause to become ice : FREEZE.
`3. To cool by setting in or as if in ice. 4. To cover or decorate (e.g., a
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`pl. v.) a. A fit of laughing or crying. b. An at-
`by or due to hysteria. 2. Having or prone to .
`lack of hysteria. badj. Hysterical. [< Gk. hus-
`having hysterics. 3. Informal Extremely funny.
`tera, womb.]
`—-—hys-ter’i-cal-Iy adv.
`hys-ter-i-cal (hi-stér’i-kal) >adj. 1. Marked Hz >abbr. hertz
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`i‘ orI (i) >n., pl. i's or I’s also is or Is. The 9th
`letter of the English alphabet.
`i’ > The symbol for imaginary unit.
`I‘ (I) >pron.'Used to refer to oneself as speaker
`or writer. > n. The self; the ego. [< OE ic.]
`Usage: The nominative forms of pronouns
`should be used in fonnal speech and writing in
`such sentences as John and she (not her) will
`be giving_Ihe talk. - Between you and I, a con-
`struction in which the pronouns occur as the
`objects of a preposition, is widely regarded as a
`marker of grammatical ignorance; use between
`you and me.
`I’ > 1. The symbol for the element iodine 1. 2.
`The symbol for current 3.
`I
`IA or Ia. >abbr. Iowa
`me.-fan peninsuja
`-ia' > sufi”. 1. Disease; disorder: dyslexia. 2.
`'
`Territory; country: suburbia. [< Lat. and Gk.]
`I-bo (e'bo) >n., pl. Ibo or I-bos 1. A member
`—ia‘ >.mfi'. Things derived from or relating to:
`of a people of SE Nigeria. 2. The language of
`marginalia. [< Lat. and Gk.]
`.
`the Ibo.
`—ial Dxuff Of, relating to, or characterized by:
`Ib-sen (‘1'b’s:m, ip’-), Henrik. 1828-1906. N0r-
`axial. [< Lat. -icilis.]
`.
`wegian playwright.
`i-amb (i’z‘1mb’, i’5m’) >n., pl. i-ambs. A mctri-
`i-bu-pro-fen (i’byo'o-pro’fon) >n. An anti—in—
`cal foot in which a stressed syllable follows an
`flammatory medication used esp. to treat arthri-
`unstressed syllable. [< Gk. iamb05.] -—i-am’-
`tis and for its analgesic and antipyretic proper-
`bic adj‘. & n.
`ties. [< the chemical name i(so)bu(ryl)phen(yl)
`-ian >sufi’. 1. Of, relating to, or resembling: De--
`pro(piom'c acid).]
`vonian. 2. One relating to, belonging to, or re-
`—ic >suff 1. Of, relating to, or characterized by:
`sembling: tragedian. [< Lat. -ic7nu.s'.]
`seismic. 2. Having a valence higher than cone—
`_
`—iana >.ruff Var. of —ana.
`sponding —aus compounds: ferric. [< Lat. -icux
`Ia-si (yash, yti’she) A city of NE Romania NNE
`and Gk. -ikor.]
`of Bucharest. Pop. 337,643.
`ICBM >abbr. intercontinental ballistic missile
`-iatric bsufl Of or relating to a specified kind
`ICC babbr. Interstate Commerce Commission
`of medical practice: pediatric. [< Gk. iatrox,
`ice (is) >n. 1. Water frozen solid. 2. A dessert
`physician.]
`consisting of sweetened and flavored crushed ‘
`-iatrics >sufi€ Medical treatment: pediatrics.
`ice. 3. Slang Diamonds. 4. Extreme unfriendli-
`-iatry >5ufl Medical treatment: psychiatry. [<
`ness or reserve. —idiam.'on ice In reserve or
`Gk. iatror. physician]
`‘
`readiness. >v. iced, ic-ing 1a. To form ice;
`lb. babbr. ibidem
`freeze. b. To coat with ice. 2. To chill or freeze.
`I-ba-dan (_e-biid’n. e-ba'diin) A city of SW Ni—
`3. To cover or decorate with icing. 4. Slang To
`geria NNW of Lagos. Pop. l,009.400.
`ensure of victory; clinch. [< OE z‘:.]
`I-be-ri-a (i-bir’e—a) 1. An ancient country of
`ice age >n. 1. A cold period marked by epi- I
`Transcaucasia roughly equivalentto EGeorgia.
`sodes of extensive glaciation. 2. Ice Age The
`2. See Iberian Peninsula. ——I-be’ri-an
`most recent glacial period.
`adj. & n.
`.
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`ice bag >21. See ice pack 2.
`Iberian Peninsula also Iberia. A peninsula of
`ice-berg (is'bfirg') >71. A massive floating
`SW Europe occupied by Spain and Portugal.
`body of ice broken away from a glacier.
`[<
`i-bex (T’béks’) >n., pl. ibex or iobex-es. A
`wild goat native to Eurasia and N Africa and MDu. ijsbergh.]
`_ h3Vl|'|E 105$ CU|'Vl“g h0mS- [L31-l
`ice-boat (is’b6l’) >n. 1. A boatlike vehicle
`.Ibid. Vabbr. ibidem
`with sharp mnners, used for sailing on ice. 2.
`In the
`I-bi-dem (ib’i’-dém’, 1-bT’d9m) >adv.
`See icebreaker 1. —ice'boat'er n. —ice’-
`same place, as in a book cited before. [Lat.
`boat’ing n.
`il7l'dem.]
`’
`ice-bound (is’bound’) badj. Locked in or cov—
`I-bis (i’bi's) >n., pl. ibis or i-bis-es. Any of a
`ered over by ice.
`family of storklike wading birds having a long,
`ice~box (is’b6ks’) >n. A refrigerator.
`downward-curving bill. [< Gk.]
`ice-break-er (is'bra’kar) wt. 1. A s