BULKY DOCUMENTS
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`(Exceeds 100 pages)
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`Proceeding/Serial No:
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`77761950
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`8[25[2010
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`Title: REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION APTER
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`Request for Reconsideration afier Final Action
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`Request for Reconsideration after Final Action
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`See response and exhibits attached as .pdf.
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`EVIDENCE SECTION
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`DESCRIPTION OF
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`EVIDENCE FILE
`Argument and exhibits attached as .pdf.
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`GOODS AND/OR SERVICES SECTION (035)(no change)
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`GOODS AND/OR SERVICES SECTION (045)(current)
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`INTERNATIONAL
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`DESCRIPTION
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`Providing a website featuring infomiation in the fields ofthe legal andjustice system
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`FILING BASIS
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`GOODS AND/OR SERVICES SECTION (0-15)(prop0sed)
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`TRACKED TEXT DESCRIPTIOIV
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`website featuring educational information in the fields of the legal and justice system
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`FINAL DESCRIPTION
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`Providing a website featuring educational information in the fields of the legal and justice system
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`FILING BASIS
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`SIGNATURE SECTION
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`RESPONSE SIGNATURE /F,rikM Pelton/
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`S1GNATORY‘S NAME
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`Erik M. Pclton
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`]S,I()(§UT\lE)(I)\TRY'S
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`Attorney of Record; NJ, DC Bar Member
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`DATE SIGNED
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`08/25/2010
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`AUTHORIZED
`SIGNA TORY
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`CONCURRENT APPEAL
`NOTICE FILED
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`YES
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`1+‘1L11\‘G lN]a‘0RMATION SECTION
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`SUBMIT DATE
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`Wed Aug 25 11:48:10 EDT 2010
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`TEAS STAMP
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`25113126940884
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`To the Commissioner for Trademarks:
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`Application serial no. 77761950 has been amended as follows:
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`ARGUMENT(S)
`In response to the substantive refusal(s), please note the following:
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`See response and exhibits attached as .pdf.
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`EVIDENCE
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`Evidence in the nature of Argument and exhibits attached as .pdf. has been attached.
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`CLASSIFICATION AND LISTING OF GOODS/SERVICES
`Applicant proposes to amend the following class of goods/services in the application:
`Current: Class 045 for Providing a website featuring information in the fields of the legal and justice
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`Original Filing Basis:
`Filing Basis: Section 1(b), Intent to Use: The applicant has a bona fide intention to use or use through
`the applicant's related company or licensee the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified
`goods and/or services as ofthe filing date ofthe application. (15 U.S.C. Section lO5l(b)).
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`Filing Basis: Section 1(b), Intent to Use: The applicant has a bona fide intention to use or use through
`the applicant's related company or licensee the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified
`goods and/or services as ofthe filing date of the application. (15 U.S.C. Section lO5l(b)).
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`SIGNATURE(S)
`Request for Reconsideration Signature
`Signature: /ErikMPelton/ Date: 08/25/2010
`Signatory's Name: Erik M. Pelton
`Signatory's Position: Attorney of Record; NJ, DC Bar Member
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`The signatory has confirmed that he/she is an attorney who is a member in good standing ofthe bar of
`the highest court of a U.S. state, which includes the District ofColumbia, Puerto Rico, and other federal
`territories and possessions; and he/she is currently the applicant's attorney or an associate thereof‘; and to
`the best oiihis/her knowledge, ifpri or to his/her appointment another U.S. attorney or a Canadian
`attorney/agent not currently associated with his/her company/firm previously represented the applicant
`in this matter: (1) the applicant has filed or is concurrently filing a signed revocation of or substitute
`power of attorney with the USPTO; (2) the USPTO has granted the request of the prior representative to
`withdraw; (3) the applicant has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her in this matter; or (4) the
`applicant's appointed U.S. attorney or Canadian attorney/agent has filed a power of attorney appointing
`him/her as an associate attorney in this matter.
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`The applicant is filing a Notice of Appeal in conjunction with this Request for Reconsideration.
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`Serial Number: 77761950
`Internet Transmission Date: Wed Aug 25 11:48:10 EDT 2010
`TEAS Stamp: USPTO/RFR-69.17.37.99-201008251148100501
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`August 25, 20l0
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`Sandra M. Buja
`T1'ade1narl< Examining Attorney
`Law Office l04
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`RE:
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`Serial No:
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`77761950
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`Mark:
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`A.\IF.RI(.'Al\' JUSTICE FOUNDATION
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`Applicant:
`Office Action Of:
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`lirederick D. Graves
`February 25. 2010
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`APPLICANTS RE UEST FOR RECONSIDERATION
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`The following is the response ofApplicant, Frederick D. Graves, by Counsel, to the Final
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`Office Action sent via email on February 25, 2010, by Examining Attorney Sandra M. Buja.
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`NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`A Notice of Appeal is being filed by Applicant contemporaneously.
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`AMENDED IDENTIFICATION OF SERVICES
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`Applicant amends tl1e Identification of Services to read as follows:
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`CLASS 035: Promoting the interests of the legal and justice system:
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`CLASS 045: Providing at Website featuring educational information in the fields ofthe
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`legal and justice systems
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`GEOGRAPIIICALLY DESCRIPTIVE REFUSAL
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`The Examining Attorney has refused registration of Applicants mark AMERICAN
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`JUSTICE FOUNDATION under Trademark Act § 2(e)(2). 15 U.S.C. § l052(e)(2) on the
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`grounds that the mark is primarily geographically descriptive ofthe origin of Applicant's
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`services. For the following reasons. Applicant respectfully disagrees, and requests that the
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`Examining Attorney reconsider the statutory refusal and allow Applicz1nt’s mark to register.
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`Applicant incorporates the arguments and evidence submitted previously by reference.
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`A mark is not primarily geographically descriptive unless each ofthe following three
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`conditions are met: (I) the primary significance of the mark is a generally known geographic
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`place or location; (2) the goods or services at issue originate in the place identified in the mark,
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`all (3) purchasers would likely make a goods-place or services—place association. TMEP §
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`l2l0.0l(a); In re MCO Properties, Inc. 38 USPQ2d 1 I54 (TTAB 1995) (emphasis added).
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`Here, the Examining Attorney has not shown that the mark is primarily geographically
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`descriptive because the Examining Attorney has not shown that the primary significance of the
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`mark is a generally known geographic place, nor has the Examining Attorney established a
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`services—place association.
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`1.
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`The Primmjr Sigiii/’icanLo_[44llIERIC'Ai\l JUSTICE FOUNDATION is not (1
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`Geographic Location
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`In order to sustain the re_jection of a mark on the basis of geographic descriptiveness, “the
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`Trademark Act requires that the mark be primarilr geographic". TMEP § l2l0.02(b) (emphasis
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`added). In the event that such a mark creates a “separate readily understood meaning that is not
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`geographic." refusal of registration under § 2(e)(2) is not appropriate. TMEP § 12 l0.02(b)(i).
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`When a geographic term is used in a context clearly evincing a meaning “other than geographic
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`origin, registration should not be refused on the basis of geographical descriptiveness." TMEP §
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`12 l 0.02(b)(iii). Applicant’s mark. AMERICAN JUSTICE FOUNDATION, is not primarily a
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`geographically descriptive phrase. but rather presents a separate, readily understood meaning.
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`Specifically, Applicant’s mark suggests a FOUNDATION dealing with AMERICAN JUSTICE.
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`rather than a JUSTICE FOUNDATION whose services originate in AMERICA. Contrary to the
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`assertions of the Examining Attorney. AMERICAN JUSTICE suggests a fair and impartial
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`system ofadjudication which is not necessarily associated with the system of criminal justice in
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`the United States.
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`A review of the use of AMERICAN JUSTICE in contemporary media reveals that the
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`phrase has come to signify a philosophy independent of ‘justice’ originating in the United States.
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`AMERICAN JUSTICE conjures up ideas of equality before the law. presumed innocence. and
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`universal rights ~ concepts deemed essential for promoting true justice. See Exhibit A:
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`Manhattan Reaction: Short Walk, Epic Jonrner From Ground Zero to 9/11 Trial. Paul Harris
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`(noting a citizen's View that American Justice means a fair trial. even for the most heinous of
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`crimes); Exhibit B: Grus.s'l10ppcr Soup.‘ Gambling with Anierican ./1/slice. Bob Sweigert_
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`(“American justice means innocent until proven guilty"): Exhibit C: Shot/ici 911 terrorists stand
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`trial in New )"01'i{f’. Ben Robinson. (noting that “giving a fair trial to some ofthe most-hated
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`figures in history" provides "an excellent opportunity to show just what American justice
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`means“): Exhibit D: Umiertninitig .4/1tericm7Jt/stice, Sahr MuhaniniedAlly, (suggesting that the
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`American judicial syste1n‘.s treatment ofSeptembcr 1 l suspects trampled on “due process and
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`the rule oflaw. which are the foundations of American justice"): Exhibit F: E.\'ac'tI_i' what IS the
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`ntcmiing of ‘/lmericcm Justice ‘I’ (stating that “AMERICAN JUSTICE is supposed to be
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`about...innocent until p1‘0\‘en guilty[,] due process[.] legal representation[.] trials"): Exhibit F:
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`Tu/cc a Deep Breath and Blair Hm'ci/. Stephen Heller (noting that “American justice means that
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`when (not it) the governiiient or a corporation is lying
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`You make your voice heard. You hold
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`your head liighf‘)
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`The notion of AMERICAN JUSTIC E as a body ofideas divorced from any geographical
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`connotations is further supported by the personification ofAMERICAN JUSTICE as the blind
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`‘Lady Justice’ (or Zlustitia’). See Exhibit G: American Justice is B/incl, But Her Scales are
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`Rigged. Dave Lindorff; Exhibit H: The Prostitution ofAmerican Justice. Candida Eittreim
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`(suggesting that “Blind Justice...is a harlot for sale to anyone.“ and that "she has made a
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`mockery of her very name”); Exhibit 1: Jr/stice Blind? Issue in Depth 1 : The Lad)‘ Justice,
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`l\/latthew B. Robinson (noting that “The most common understanding of [Justitia] today is that
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`the tigure of ‘a blindfolded woman with a scale in one hand and a sword in the other"
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`demonstrates that we are dedicated to treating all Americans with ‘fairness. equity’ and in a
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`manner that is right.").
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`AMERIC/\.\l JUSTTCE has also been used in a pejorative sense by those claiming that
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`the tenn stands for something contrary to the ideals addressed above. See Exhibit J:
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`Coiniiieiitaiyz (ii//L’£’.S'_1' C/at/I Puj';ncnt .*l’I£l/{U.S' Onom/ugus AHg}‘_1'. David Yarrow (noting that
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`".\Iati\t'es have their own View of Justice: American justice means just what it says»
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`"just us"):
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`Exhibit K: Though the Heavens Fail. www.boomantribune.com ("It doesn't take a genius to
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`figure what American justice means: rape. toiture. imprisonment and disintegration ofitmocenr
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`people") (emphasis in original); Exhibit L: DNA evidettcepoints to imtocence of West Memphis
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`Three. Yave Begnet (“American justice means locking up teenagers for crimes they didn‘t
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`commit").
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`SN 77767950
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`Ex. Atty. : Sandra M. Buja
`Law Office I I 5
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`Support for the use of AMERICAN JUSTICE for purposes unrelated to geographic origin
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`can also be found in US Supreme Court opinions. For example. in Briiis/I .7‘rc/nsporl Connnission
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`v. U/1iIe(iSrare.s'. 354 U.S. 129 (I957). the dissent suggests a distinction between “American
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`Law" and “American Justice". Brin's/7 Transport Com/nission. 354 US. at l43—l46 (Brennan. J..
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`dissenting). The Briris/7 Transport dissent twice references “American Law" before concluding
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`that “It is a fundamental ofAmericcm justice that a litigant shall have fair notice of what he will
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`be called upon to meet." Id. at 146 (emphasis added). In S/iep/rem’ V. Stare Q/"F/orida. 341 U.S.
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`50 (1951), the concurring justice describes the case as presenting “one ofthe best examples of
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`one of the worst menaces to American justice." S/1epl7erd, 341 U.S. at 55 (Jackson. J..
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`concurring). In both of these instances, the cou1’t’s use of AMERICAN JUSTICE suggests a
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`standard towards which American courts strive. rather than a simple geographic designation.
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`Applicant is not using AMERICAN to modify JUSTICE FOUNDATION, but rather
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`using AMERICAN JUSTICE to evoke a body of ideals while using FOUNDATION to
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`communicate the type of organization involved. For the reasons presented above. AMERICAN
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`JUSTICE has a commonly accepted meaning separated from any geographic connotation, and is
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`thus not primarily geographically descriptive. Because Applicant's mark is not primarily
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`geographically descriptive, and is used to connote a meaning “other than geographic origin.” See
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`TMEP § l2l0.02(b){iii), the first prong ofthe geographic descriptiveness test is not met, and
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`refusal on the basis ofgeographic desciiptiveness is not appropriate.
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`11.
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`Pm'c/iasers are not Like@ to _Make a Services-P/ace Association berween
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`Aggiiccnn ‘s .S‘erw'ce.s' and America
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`The Examining Attorney has presumed a public association of the Applicant’s services
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`and America based upon a finding ofprimary geographic significance. pursuant to TMEP
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`§l2 10.04. For the reasons set forth above. AMERICAN JUSTICE FOUNDATION is not
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`primarily geographically descriptive. Because Applicants mark is not primarily geographically
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`descriptive, the presumption allowed by TMEP §l2 10.04 does not arise and thus a sewices—place
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`association cannot be presumed.
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`111.
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`Conclusion
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`The Examining Attorney bears the burden of presenting a prinmflieie case that a mark is
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`primarily geographically descriptive before the Examining Attorney can properly reject the mark
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`under l5 U.S.C. § lO52(e)(2). In re Ra/p/7 Wl7im'orf/1. 2008 WI, 1741905. 4 (TTAB 2008).
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`Response to Februa/y 25, 2070 Office Action
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`5N 77761950
`Ex. Atty..' Sandra M. Buja
`Law Office 7 1'5
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`Beczulsc AMERICAN JUSTICE is not pnrnarily geographically deseripti\'e and no public
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`association has been estublislied between Applicant's services and AMERICA, the Examining
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`Attorney has not established up/‘/niafcvcie case that the inark AMERICAN JUSTICE
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`FOUNDATION is priiiiarily geographically descriptive as used with Applicant‘s services.
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`Consequently. Applicant respectfully requests that the I;'.\'amining Attorney reconsider the
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`statutoiy refusal and allow Applieanfs mark to register.
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`Applicant has responded to all issues raised in the Office Action. If any further
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`information or response is required, please Contact Applicant's attomey. The attorney may be
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`reached by telephone at 703-525-8009.
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`Exhibits:
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`Exhibit A:
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`Paul Harris. Manhattan reaction: Short walk. epicjourmii'fi‘om Gromia’ Zero 70
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`9/11 iria/. Gt.‘ARDIA‘;\'.C‘O.UK. Nov. 13. 2009.
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`http2//wwwguzirclian.co.ulo’worlil:2009/novi'13/9 I I-new-york-attaek—tria1.
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`Exhibit B:
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`Bob Sweigeit, (_}’russ/'20p‘z7cr Soup: Gambling M-‘if/i Air/ericmi Justice. SIERRA SUN.
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`Nov. 24. 2009.
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`lltlpt’/W\\’\’\'.SiC1T£1SuI1.CO111’t1l'llClC/2009 1 I24 ’OPIT\IIOI\'#‘)l 1249987.
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`Exhibit C:
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`Ben Robinson. S‘/101//0’ 911 Terr0ri.s'rs simid trial in .V£.’H' Y0)‘/:7, THE EASLEY
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`PROGRESS. Nov. 2009. http://theeasleyprogress.coin/h()ol<mz1rk/45I 1673.
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`Exhibit D:
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`Sahr Mul1amn1edAlly, Um/crmining American Ji/slice. IIUMAN RIGHTS FIRST.
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`June 6. 2008, http://www.liu1nanrigl1tsfi1*st.o1‘g,/biog;/gitiiio,/2008«'06/under1nining-
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`american -justice.ht111l.
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`Exact/_t' w/mi IS the meaniiig of ‘Aiiiericmi Justice ’?
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`DEMO(‘RATl(‘I lt\'DERGROL‘.\1D.(‘().\«I, June 19, 2004.
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`http://w\\'\\'.deinocraticundergroitnd.com’discuss!duboard.php‘?az=View all&addr
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`es.s=lO4xl%»’18399.
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`lixhibit 1“:
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`Stephen Heller‘ Iii/re u Deep Brcurli and B/ow Ilcird.’ THE BRAD BLOG. April 15.
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`2007, http://wwwbradblog.com/'?p"4348.
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`Exhibit G:
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`Dave Lindorff. American Justice is B/imi, Bi/I Ilcr Scu/es are Riggeci.
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`DE.VIOCRATS.('O.\'I. January 5. 2010. http:X/www.democ1'z1ts.com/node/21462.
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`Ex. Am/.: Sandra M. Buja
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`Exhibit H:
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`Exhibit 1:
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`Candida Eittreini, The Pros/irzlrion ofAmeI'ic'uI7 J1/sn'c'c. S(‘RIBD.(‘O.\'I. December
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`12, 2006. http://www.scribd.com/doc/675/'1‘he-Prostitution—Of—Ame1‘ican-Justice.
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`Matthew B. Robinson Isslle in Depth 1: The Lady ./1/mice, Justice Blind’? Myths
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`and Realities ofAmerican Criminal Justice.
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`httpz//www.justiccblind.cont/'issuc.htm1.
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`Exhibit J:
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`David Yarrow ( 'ommenImji*: (”lzee.s',1' ("/or/I Pu_1'menrMa/ce.s' (hmndagas /1l7g7f1'.
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`YARROW: TREE 0}‘ PEACH httpw/\V\\'\v.on0i1daga\‘esic:1.iiifodocs,'c11eesec1otli.htm.
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`Exhibit K:
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`T/702/g/7 the Hem'ens Fa/I. BOO.\I.\.\I TRIBUNE. Noveinber 18. 2008.
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`http:’»\\'\V\\'.boo1n:1ntribune.co1n‘stiiiy/2()()8«' 1 1/18"} 141 3924.
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`Exhibit L:
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`Yave Bcgnet, [AVA evicieizcepuizils to immccnce of West .\-Ian/p/nLs'
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`'177ree.
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`BLOGsPOT.C0.\I, October 30, 2007. http:‘/yzivebegnet.b1ogspot.com/2007r’10/dua-
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`evidence-points-to—innocence-ofhtml.
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`RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION OF February 25, 2010
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`EXHIBIT A:
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`Article from The Guardian
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`Manhattan reaction: Short walk, epic
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`g\mrdian.co.nk, Friday 13 November" 2009 20.38 G.\I'I‘
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`The walk from the site of the fallen T\\1'n Towers to the I\Ianhattan couithouse where
`Khalid Sheikh Moliaiiiiiied and his four coclefendants will now stand trial takes about 15
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`minutes at a gentle stroll. But it syriibolises an epic eight—)‘ear journey from 2001's
`terrorist attacks to the first day in court for those accused of plotting a defining event of
`our modern age.
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`It is a wall; tluougli a landscape and a city still scarred b_\' the attacks, but which has also
`bounced back with customer)’ resilience and in~_\'our-face New Yorker attitude. Look one
`way in New York and it seems like the attacks never happened. But look the other and
`the \\'t)Ll11(lS are still visible and raw.
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`That is certaiiily the case at the site of the towers themselves. The once—gaping pit is now
`a gigantic construction site, echoing to the jackhainnier noise of dlills. Rush~hour
`crowds flow by, heading to Wall Street, and new buildings are rising to take the place of
`the lost World Trade Centre.
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`Sitting on a wall having an early morning coffee and a cigarette, Jose Ramos Pena, a
`health worker, said he was glad the trial was taking place in a civilian court in the city
`where the attacks happened, not the distant military prison camp of Gurnmiiiaiiio Bay.
`"It shows there is a system ofjustice in this (‘0u1lt1'_\'. But it is going to deeply affect
`E‘\'El'_\'l)OCl_\' who lives there. There is no doubt about that," he said.
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`A few yards away from where Pena was sitting stands St Paul's chapel, the oldest
`building in continuous use in .\lanhattan. It looks incongruous, (lWt1l'f€Cll)}' modern
`sk\'sci'ape1‘s, but the church became a s_\'inbol of Sl1l'\'1\'al in New York. It emerged
`ninuculously unscathed from the collapse of the towers, a fact testified to on its gate,
`where it Sign reads: "Sun'i\'or of the terronst attacks on September 11, 2001."
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`The journey to the courthouse passes the church and heads up Broadwa_\‘, perhaps the
`most famous street in the world. Dubbed the "canyon of heroes" in this part of the
`Manhattan, every few yards a plaque commemorates those who have paraded here,
`from Vietnam \’E't€l.'fl.tlS to baseball stars to I\'el.-son Mandela. Here. away from the clatter‘
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`http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/now13/91 l-new—york—attack—trial
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`of coiistriiction at ground zero, the noise is the fziiiiiliai‘ sound oftriiffic, sirens and
`liiistliiig coiiiiiiiiters. This is the New York of countless l110\'lt'-‘S and novels. It is like the
`attacks tlF'\’t‘I‘l1£'tpp€'I19(l. Yntil, of course, people are asked about them and the prospect
`of a tnal. Then the i'e:ictiuiis conie fast and fiirioiis.
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`l‘llE,ll1t’t”.‘ \\l1O \\'0I‘l\’S it few blnclts :i\\'a\'
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