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`APPLICANT:
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`76/575239
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`n( Hlof
`BPR Health International
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`BEFORE THE
`TRADEMARK TRIAL
`AND APPEAL BOARD
`ON APPEAL
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`CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`1*/IARK HARRISON
`‘ ENABLE
`P.O. BOX 34385
`WASHINGTON DC 20043-9998
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`MARK:
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`SPRAY PHARMACY
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`CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 41209-200915
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`CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:
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`Please provide in all correspondence:
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`1. Filing date, serial number, mark and
`applicant's name.
`2. Date ofthis Office Action.
`3. Examining Attomey's name and
`Law Oflioe number.
`4. Your telephone number and e-mail
`address.
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`EXAMINING ATTORNEY'S APPEAL BRIEF
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`Applicant has appealed the trademark examining attorney’s refusal to register the trademark SPRAY
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`PHARMACY. Registration was refused under Section 2(e)(1) of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. Section
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`1052(e)(l) on the ground that the mark is merely descriptive of the goods.
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`FACTS
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`On February 12, 2004 applicant BPR Health International filed an intent-to—use trademark application
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`seeking registration on the Principal Register of the mark SPRAY PHARMACY for a “housemark for a
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`full line of homeopathic preparations for human use; homeopathic preparations for the treatment of
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`respiratory conditions; stress fatigue and emotional conditions; skeletal and connective tissue conditions;
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`digestive and intestinal conditions; neurological conditions; blood and circulatory conditions; skin
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`conditions;
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`infectious diseases; eye conditions; allergic conditions; urological conditions;
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`female
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`conditions; dental conditions; organ therapy; balancing the immune system and hormone production;
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`viral
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`infections; bacterial
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`infections;
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`inflammation;
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`chronic disorders; degenerative disorders;
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`enviromnental pollution and detoxification conditions; pain, headache, migraine and neuralgia;
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`low
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`energy levels due to viral
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`infections or imbalances of glandular functions;
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`insomnia; smoking
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`withdrawal; caffeine withdrawal; weight loss; bedwetting; motion sickness; all for human use.”
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`In an Office Action mailed May 14, 2004, the examining attorney refused registration of the mark under
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`Trademark Act Section 2(e)(l) as being merely descriptive of the goods, and required the applicant to
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`provide additional information under Trademark Act Section 2.61(b). On November 12, 2004, the
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`applicant responded, providing the required information and arguing against the refusal to register. The
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`applicant also entered a voluntary disclaimer of SPRAY. On November 26, 2004, the examining
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`attomey issued a Final Office Action with respect to the Section 2(e)(1) refusal. The applicant noted the
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`instant appeal on May 26, 2005 and filed its appeal brief on July 25, 2005. The file was forwarded to
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`the examining attorney for statement on August 1, 2005. However, a page was discovered missing from
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`the applicant’s appeal brief. The missing page was submitted on August. 23, 2005, and the file was once
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`again forwarded to the examining attorney for statement, this time on September 13, 2005.
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`The only issue on appeal is whether the mark SPRAY PHARMACY, when used on or in connection
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`with the applicant’s goods, is merely descriptive of them.
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`ARGUMENT
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`The applicant’s mark, SPRAY PHARMACY, immediately describes a feature of its goods, namely, that
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`they are pharmacy goods in the form of sprays. A mark is merely descriptive under Trademark Act
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`Section 2(e)(l), 15 U.S.C. 1052(e)(1), if it describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function,
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`feature, purpose or use of the relevant goods or goods. In re Gyulay, 820 F.2d 1216, 3 USPQ2d 1009
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`(Fed. Cir. 1987); In re Bed & Breakfast Registry, 791 F.2d 157, 229 USPQ 818 (Fed. Cir. 1986); In re
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`MetPath Inc., 223 USPQ 88 (TTAB 1984); In re Bright-Crest, Ltd, 204 USPQ 591 (TTAB 1979);
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`TMEP section 1209.01(b).
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`Applicant has voluntarily disclaimed exclusive rights to the term SPRAY,
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`thereby conceding the
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`descriptiveness of the term in relation to the goods. PHARMACY is merely descriptive of not just
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`phamiacies themselves, but also of goods sold in a pharmacy, pharmacy items. This is made clear by
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`the ten registrations the examining attorney attached to the first office action which have the descriptive
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`word PHARMACY disclaimed for various Class 5 goods. These registrations tend to show that the
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`Office has treated this temi as descriptive in the past and that other parties using the term PHARMACY
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`to refer to vitamins, supplements, and medications for treating a variety of ailments have acknowledged
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`the descriptiveness of the term for such goods.
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`As noted above, applicant’s preparations treat respiratory conditions; stress fatigue and emotional
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`conditions; skeletal and connective tissue conditions; digestive and intestinal conditions; neurological
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`conditions; blood and circulatory conditions; skin conditions;
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`infectious diseases; eye conditions;
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`allergic conditions; urological conditions; female conditions; dental conditions; organ therapy; balancing
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`the immune system and hormone production; viral
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`infections; bacterial
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`infections;
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`inflammation;
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`chronic disorders; degenerative disorders; environmental pollution and detoxification conditions; pain,
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`headache, migraine and neuralgia; low energy levels due to viral infections or imbalances of glandular
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`functions;
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`insomnia; smoking withdrawal; caffeine withdrawal; weight
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`loss; bedwetting; motion
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`sickness. Many of the above-noted registrations are for preparations for treating the same conditions.
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`For example, Reg. No. 1799935 for BDI’s MINI PHARMACY includes sleep aids, appetite
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`suppressants, diet aids and pain killers; Reg. No. 2042245 for PHARMACY CLASSICS includes
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`analgesics, motion sickness medication, sleep disorder medication and eye drops; and Reg. No. 2538961
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`for MELALEUCA PHARMACY lists allergy relief medication, oral and topical analgesics, anti-
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`inflammatories and athlete’s foot preparations. Since a disclaimer of PHARMACY was deemed
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`appropriate in all of these cases, the office takes the position that PHARMACY in the instant mark is
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`likewise merely descriptive.
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`Applicant. counters that third party registrations are not conclusive on the question of descriptiveness.
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`The examining attorney has never claimed that they are conclusive, but rather that they tend to show that
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`the Office has treated this term as descriptive in the past and that other parties using the term have
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`acknowledged its descriptiveness. Accordingly, while not conclusive, the existence of numerous prior
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`registrations wherein the term at issue has been disclaimed for the same or similar goods is strong
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`evidence that the term is descriptive of the goods.
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`In addition to the evidence of third party disclaimers of PHARMACY, the examining attorney also
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`attached various dictionary definitions. According to Merriarn—Webster’s online dictionary, attached to
`the November 26, 2004 final refusal, “pharmacy” is defined, among other things,
`“Pharmacopoeia 2,”
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`the “2” referring to pharmacopoeia definition number 2, which is “a collection or stock of drugs.” Since
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`applicant’s goods are a housemark for a full line of preparations for treating a wide variety of conditions,
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`applicant’s goods could be said to be a collection or stock of drugs. Accordingly, PHARMACY is
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`merely descriptive of the goods based on dictionary definitions as well.
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`Applicant argues that
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`stock of drugs” is an obsolete definition for “pha.rmacopoeia,” and attaches to
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`its brief one dictionary in which the definition is listed as “Obs. However, the examining attorney
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`attaches hereto four additional dictionary definitions, of which the Board is requested to take judicial
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`notice, none of which show “a collection or stock of drugs” to be an obsolete definition. TBMP Section
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`712.01, and cases cited therein including University of Notre Dame du Lac v. J. C. Gourmet Food
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`Imports Co., 213 USPQ 594 (TTAB 1982), aff‘d, 703 F.2d 1372, 217 USPQ 505 (Fed. Cir. 1983) and
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`Marcal Paper ll/fills, Inc. v. American Can C0,. 212 USPQ 852 (TTAB 1981) allow the Board to take
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`judicial notice of dictionary definitions. The Merriam-Webster ’s Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition is
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`copyrighted the same year as the applicant’s dictionary (1999), and The New 0)tf0rd American
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`Dictionary and The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Fourth Edition are both
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`newer than applicant’s dictionary. The examining attorney also notes that both the Merriam—Webster"s
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`Collegiate Dictionary and the Webster ’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language
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`Unabridged show “pharmacopoeia” as a definition for “pharmacy.”
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`For the foregoing reasons, the refusal to register on the basis of Section 2(e)(1) of the Trademark Act, 15
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`CONCLUSION
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`U.S.C. Section 1052(e)(1) on the ground that the mark is merely descriptive of the goods should be
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`affirmed.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/James T. Grifi'1n/
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`Examining Attorney, Law Office 103
`(571)272-9169
`Informal communications only:
`jim.griffm@uspto. gov
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`Michael Hamilton
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`Managing Attorney
`Law Office - 103
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`havebeen am introduced to Malta and Gone (a Mal-
`tese island) by Phoenician sailors.
`Phanfl. riot. Bachelor of Pharmacy.
`Phnt.D. ssbbt. Doctot of Pharmacy.
`Phat-t-ueo i‘l‘:era.se| on. a member ofsn ancient Jew-
`ish sect, disdnguished by strict observance of the tra-
`ditional and written law, and cotnrrtonly hold to have
`pretensions to superior sanctity.
`I s self-righteous person; a hypocrite.
`The Pharisees arernentionedonlybyjooephusandirt
`the New‘l‘estametit. Unlike the Saddueecs.who tried
`to apply Mosaic law strictly, the Pharisees allowed
`some lieedom or interpretation. Although in the Gas-
`pelstheyarerepresentedastltechleloppotleutsof
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`Sadduoees to the nascent Church, with ‘mica they
`shared beliclin the Resurrection.
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`-OMGIN Old English /mans. via ecclesiastical mm
`from Greek Pituriroior. from Anrrtaic pviiayyd ‘sepa-
`rated ones’ (related (0 Hebrew pdnll ‘sepu-ated‘).
`Phanll. >not. Master oi Pharmacy.
`pltatm. now. I pharmaceutical. I pharmacology.
`I pharmacopoeia. I pharmacy.
`pharvma-eoirtl-cal |.tinm‘ia>tiksll ms. of or relat-
`ing to medicinal drugs, or their preparation, use. or
`sale.
`un. (usu. pharmaceuticals) ll compound rnanui‘:c-
`turcd for use as a medicinal drug.
`u (ptnmtaeoutlcola)
`companies manufacturing
`medicinal drugs.
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`-oitlom mid 17th cent: via late Latin from Greek
`pliarmalreunitox (from pharntalutulr ‘dmg:iIt.' from
`phamtakovt ‘dru¢’) 4' -It.
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`sionally qualified to prepare and dispense medicinal
`drugs.
`ntncl.
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`-ontotNfrurnGreeltpltomuhon‘dru, medicine.‘
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`nln. [treated as sing] the branch olpharrnsoologycom
`cernedwithmeefiecnofdntgaanddumrdunismot
`theirufion.
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`[mated as mg.) the branch of pharmacology con-
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