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`Argument with Exhibits A, B and C. Exhibit A consists of third-party
`registrations and applications. Exhibit B is a publication by the Food
`Marketing Institute entitled "Natural and Organic Foods" (2007). Exhibit C is
`a publication of the Institute of Food Technologists entitled "Is There a
`Definition of Natural Foods " (2012).
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`GOODS AND/OR SERVICES SECTION (current)
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`INTERNATIONAL
`CLASS
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`032
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`DESCRIPTION
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`FILING BASIS
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`Coconut-based beverages
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`Section 1(b)
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`GOODS AND/OR SERVICES SECTION (proposed)
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`INTERNATIONAL
`CLASS
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`032
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`TRACKED TEXT DESCRIPTION
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`Coconut-based beverages; All-natural coconut-based beverages
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`FINAL(cid:160)DESCRIPTION
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`All-natural coconut-based beverages
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`FILING BASIS
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`Section 1(b)
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`SIGNATURE SECTION
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`RESPONSE SIGNATURE
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`/Bruce A. Mcdonald/
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`SIGNATORY'S NAME
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`Bruce A. McDonald
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`SIGNATORY'S
`POSITION
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`Attorney
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`SIGNATORY'S PHONE
`NUMBER
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`703-838-6620
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`DATE SIGNED
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`AUTHORIZED
`SIGNATORY
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`03/21/2012
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`YES
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`CONCURRENT APPEAL
`NOTICE FILED
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`NO
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`FILING INFORMATION SECTION
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`SUBMIT DATE
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`Wed Mar 21 14:55:28 EDT 2012
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`TEAS STAMP
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`USPTO/RFR-68.165.127.226-
`20120321145528673456-8528
`4093-490d94ddabffb9581250
`3eaa8819731240-N/A-N/A-20
`120321143248079222
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`PTO Form 1930 (Rev 9/2007)
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`OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp. 4/30/2009)
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`Request for Reconsideration after Final Action
`To the Commissioner for Trademarks:
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`Application serial no. 85284093 has been amended as follows:
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`EVIDENCE
`Evidence in the nature of Argument with Exhibits A, B and C. Exhibit A consists of third-party
`registrations and applications. Exhibit B is a publication by the Food Marketing Institute entitled "Natural
`and Organic Foods" (2007). Exhibit C is a publication of the Institute of Food Technologists entitled "Is
`There a Definition of Natural Foods " (2012). has been attached.
`Original PDF file:
`evi_68165127226-143248079_._Argument.pdf
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`Evidence-1
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`Evidence-36
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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 032 for Coconut-based beverages
`Original Filing Basis:
`Filing Basis: Section 1(b), Intent to Use: The applicant has had 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 of the filing date of the application. (15 U.S.C. Section 1051(b)).
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`Proposed:
`Tracked Text Description: Coconut-based beverages; All-natural coconut-based beverages
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`Class 032 for All-natural coconut-based beverages
`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 of the filing date of the application. (15 U.S.C. Section 1051(b)).
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`SIGNATURE(S)
`Request for Reconsideration Signature
`Signature: /Bruce A. Mcdonald/(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)Date: 03/21/2012
`Signatory's Name: Bruce A. McDonald
`Signatory's Position: Attorney
`
`Signatory's Phone Number: 703-838-6620
`
`The signatory has confirmed that he/she is an attorney who is a member in good standing of the bar of the
`highest court of a U.S. state, which includes the District of Columbia, 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 of his/her knowledge, if prior to his/her appointment another U.S. attorney or a Canadian
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`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 not filing a Notice of Appeal in conjunction with this Request for Reconsideration.
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`Serial Number: 85284093
`Internet Transmission Date: Wed Mar 21 14:55:28 EDT 2012
`TEAS Stamp: USPTO/RFR-68.165.127.226-201203211455286
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`The examining attorney has required applicant to disclaim the Wording "NATURALLY"
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`apart from the mark as shown on the grounds that it merely describes the fact that applicant's
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`goods are made of natural ingredients. In reaching this finding the examining attorney rejected
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`Applicant's evidence of third—party registrations for trademarks including the Word "NATURAL"
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`in connection with beverage products on the grounds that Applicant failed to introduce copies of
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`such registrations. Copies of the relevant registrations, and PTO print-outs of relevant
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`applications, are accordingly appended hereto as Exhibits A and B respectively.
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`The examining attorney also cited materials downloaded from the Internet to support her
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`finding that the word "NATURALLY" was merely descriptive in Applicant's mark. However,
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`the exhibits submitted by the examining attorney include microscopic and illegible photocopies
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`that fail to indicate the URL addresses of the websites from which they were allegedly obtained
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`or the date on which they were downloaded. The examining attorney has also overlooked
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`relevant authorities such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of
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`Agriculture, the Food Marketing Institute, the Institute of Food Technologists, or the Grocery
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`Manufacturers Association, none of which considers the word "NATURAL" to be descriptive on
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`food labels. See Exhibits B and C. Moreover, even if the Word "NATURAL" has a descriptive
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`property in connection with food products generally, in Applicant's mark the word is used not to
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`describe Applicant's product or ingredients, but as an adverb to modify the Word "POWERED."
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`As such, Applicant's mark is a "unitary mark" entitled to registration Without a disclaimer, even
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`assuming that the word "NATURAL" is merely descriptive in other contexts.
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`A.
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`Third—Party Registrations and Applications
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`In responding to the earlier office action dated June 28, 2011, Applicant's former counsel
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`listed a number of third—party registrations on the Principal Register, together with allowed
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`applications, containing the tenn "NATURALLY" in connection with beverages without any
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`disclaimer of the word "NATURALLY." These registrations are relevant and admissible, albeit
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`not controlling, on the issue of descriptiyeness. See Swears Fa.s'hI'0ns, Inc. v. Pamiifi Kmrring
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`C0,, Inc., 833 F.2d 1560, 1564-65, 4 USPQ2d 1793 (Fed. Cir. 1987); In re Nerf Designs Inc, 236
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`F.3d 1339, 57 USPQ2d 1564, 1566 (Fed. Cir. 2001),
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`The examining attorney disregarded Applicant's list of third-party registrations and
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`applications absent copies of the registrations or printouts from the USPTO's database.
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`Accordingly, attached as Exhibit A to this motion are copies and printouts of these registrations
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`and applications, which may be summarized as follows:
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`Registrations and Published Applications for Beverage Trademarks
`lncludin the Word "NATURAL" Without Disclaimer
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`Mark
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`KURIJ NATURALLY REFRESHING & Design
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`Reg. I A99. No.
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`4070142
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`mwuur-nun-mr.
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`DRINK? .
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`.
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`. NATURALLY
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`Naturally Prepared
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`NZ HEALTH NATURALLY BRINGING OUT THE BEST OF
`NATURE & Design
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`Nzhealth ./ naturally
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`SWITZERLAND. NATURALLY. & Design
`n-on
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`Switzerland. Naturally.
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`FLY NATURALLY HIGHER
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`LIVE BETTER AND LIVE LONGER
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`NATURALLY
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`NATURALLY ATHLETIC WIN NO EXCUSES NA
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`4047086
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`3897446
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`3960674
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`3554319
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`3583495
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`3757661
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`3789333
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`Mark
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`Reg. I App. No.
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`HYDRATE NATURALLY
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`TRUE TASTE COMES NATURALLY
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`NATURALLY BOULDER
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`NATURALLY REFRESHING
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`ORCHARD FREEZE & Design
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`(312
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`“ED
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`'41
`\I«’£L
`#722219
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`NATURALLY PREFERRED
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`SIMPLE NATURALLY DELICIOUS
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`NATURALLY NORTHWEST
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`GOOD WINE, NATURALLY
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`WELCOME TO THE NEW ICE AGE...NATURALLY...
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`NATURALLY UNLOCKING YOUR INNER ENERGY
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`CHANGING THE WAY THE WORLD SWEETENS FOOD
`AND BEVERAGE, NATURALLY
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`3676274
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`3656509
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`3434628
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`3257633
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`3398923
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`2643679
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`85053139
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`85168081
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`85426078
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`85056714
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`77804222
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`77818451
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`B.
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`Meaning of "NATURAL" in the Food and Beverage Industry
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`In the food and beverage industry, the Word "NATURALLY" does not convey a
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`description ofparticular foods or ingredients. Unlike the word "ORGANIC," the appearance of
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`the word "NATURAL" on food labels is unregulated by the Food and Diu g Adniinistration
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`precisely because it does @ convey such a description. See Food Marketing Institute, "Natural
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`and Organic Foods" (June 2007), appended hereto as Exhibit B; Institute of Food Technologists,
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`"Is There a Definition of Natural Foods?" (2012) (appended hereto as Exhibit C). "Neither FDA
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`nor the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has precise rules for “natural[; a]nd the food-
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`and beverage product industry, represented by the Grocery Manufacturers Association, has no
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`consensus." Id. Consequently, there is no validity to the premise that the word "natural" has an
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`established meaning or descriptive property in connection with food and beverage products.
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`C.
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`The Exhibits Submitted by the Examining Attorney Are Inadmissible.
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`The exhibits submitted by the examining attorney to show that the word "NATURALLY"
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`in Applicant's mark is merely descriptive include microscopic, ineligible and undated printouts
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`from unidentified Internet websites with no URL addresses. These exhibits are inadmissible
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`under any relevant standard. See In re White, 73 USPQ2d 1713, n.5 (TTAB 2004); In re
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`International Business Machines Corp, 81 USPQ2d 1677, 1682 n.9 (TTAB 2006); In re Alcon
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`Mfg, Lid, Serial No. 762195409, 2005 WL 3175105 (TTAB Nov. 18, 2005) (unpublished); In
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`re Closet Clothing Co. Ltd, Serial No. 76623748, 2008 WL 906605 (TTAB March 5,
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`2008)(unpublished).
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`D.
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`Applicant's Mark is a Unitary Expression in Which the Word
`"NATURALLY" Serves as an Adverb Modifying the word "POWERED,"
`Not a Description of Any Food or Ingredient.
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`A term must be disclaimed from a mark if it is merely descriptive of the goods or
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`services, and the examining attorney may require a disclaimer of words individually or together
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`if they “form a grammatically or otherwise unitary whole with a single descriptive significance.”
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`Trademark Manual of Examination Procedure §1213.08(b) (5th ed. 2007) (TMEP); see In re
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`Grass GmbH, 79 USPQ2d 1600, 1603 (TTAB 2006). However, the words "NATURALLY
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`POWERED" are not grammatically understandable in any context relating to foods or food
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`ingredients; they are instead subject to multiple interpretations in a manner that results in a
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`"coined" or "arbitrary," and at most "suggestive" commercial expression.
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`A term is merely descriptive only if it forthwith conveys an immediate idea of an
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`ingredient, quality, characteristic, feature, function, purpose or use of the goods or services. In
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`re Gyulay, 820 F.2d 1216, 3 USPQ2d 1009 (Fed. Cir. 1987); In re Abcor Development Corp,
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`588 F.2d 811, 200 USPQ 215, 217-18 (CCPA 1978). But if, when the goods or services are
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`encountered under a unitary term, a "multistage reasoning process" or "resort to imagination" is
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`required in order to determine the attributes or characteristics of the product or services, the term
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`is suggestive rather than merely descriptive. Id; see also In re Atavio, 25 USPQ2d 1361 (TTAB
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`1992). To the extent that there is any doubt in drawing the line of demarcation between a
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`suggestive term and a merely descriptive term, such doubt is resolved in applicant's favor. In re
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`Atavio, id.
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`If one must exercise mature thought or follow a multistage reasoning process in order to
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`determine what characteristics a term identifies, the term is suggestive rather than merely
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`descriptive. In re Tennis in the Round, Inc., 199 USPQ 496, 497 (TTAB 1978); In re Shutts, 217
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`USPQ 363, 364-365 (TTAB 1983); In re Universal Water Systems, Inc., 209 USPQ 165, 166
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`(TTAB 1980). Incongruity is a strong indication that a mark is suggestive rather than merely
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`descriptive. In re Tennis in the Round, Inc., 199 USPQ at 498 (the association of applicant's
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`mark TENNIS IN THE ROUND with the phrase “theater—in—the—round” creates an incongruity
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`because applicant's services do not involve a tennis court in the middle of an auditorium).
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`Even if the word "NATURALLY" is otherwise descriptive of any food or ingredient, it is
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`used in Applicant's mark not in a descriptive capacity, but rather as an adverb modifying the
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`word "POWERED." The word "POWER" is ordinarily associated with sources of energy that
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`are E "natural," at least not in the sense contemplated by the examining attorney, e. g., electric
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`power, nuclear power, etc. Therefore the juxtaposition of the two words "NATURALLY
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`POWERED" results in a double entendre and/or fanciful property that is characteristic of a
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`"unitary mark" which may be registered on the Principal Register without a disclaimer of the
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`otherwise descriptive term.
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`In determining whether a mark is merely descriptive, it is acceptable to separate a multi-
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`word mark and discuss the implications of each part thereof provided that the ultimate
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`determination is made on the basis of the mark in its entirety. In re Hester Industries, Inc, 230
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`USPQ 797 (TTAB 1986). However, common words in a multi-word mark may be descriptive
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`when standing alone, but when used together they may become a valid trademark. Concurrent
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`Technologies Inc. v. Concurrent Technologies Corp, 12 USPQ2d 1054 (TTAB 1989). "The
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`burden is on the Examining Attorney to submit sufficient evidence to establish that the term
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`sought to be registered falls within the proscription of the statute." In re Berman Bros. Harlem
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`Furniture Inc, 26 UPSQ2d 1514 (TTAB 1993).
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`In the case of In re Grass Gml1I-I, 79 USPQ2d 1600 (TTAB 2006), the Trademark Trial
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`and Appeal Board reversed a disclaimer requirement where an otherwise descriptive term was
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`combined with another term in a unitary expression that was not a "grammatically coherent" or
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`"intact phrase." Id., 2006 WL l404224,* 4 (reversing examining attorney's finding that SNAP
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`ON 30000 is merely descriptive for filrniture hardware and fittings). The Board stated:
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`These two components are descriptive in different ways and for different reasons; they do
`not form a grammatically or otherwise unitary whole with a single descriptive
`significance. * * * There is no grammatical or other inherent connection between the two
`terms.
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`Id. (emphasis added).
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`Applicant's mark, "NATURALLY POWERED," is a unitary expression resulting in a
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`commercial impression separate and apart from any otherwise descriptive property of the word
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`"NATURALLY." Applicant's mark is a "unitary mark" because it contains multiple elements
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`that create a single and distinct commercial impression separate and apart from the meaning of
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`its constituent elements. Dena Corp. v. Belvedere International Inc., 950 F.2d 1555, 21 USPQ2d
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`1047, 1052 (Fed. Cir. 1991); In re Kraft, Inc., 218 USPQ 571, 573 (TTAB 1983) (the elements
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`of a unitary mark are so integrated or merged that they cannot be regarded as separate elements,
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`and it is obvious that no claim is made other than to the entire mark). A unitary mark is created
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`“where the Words which have been put together function as a unit, with each relating to the other
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`rather than directly to the goods.” Id., 218 USPQ at 573; accord, In re EBS Data Processing,
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`Inc., 212 USPQ 964, 966 (TTAB 1981).
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`A mark is unitary if it creates a single, distinct commercial impression, that is, if the
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`elements are so merged together that they cannot be divided to be regarded as separable
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`elements. If the matter that comprises the mark or relevant portion of the mark is unitary, no
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`disclaimer of an element, Whether descriptive, generic, or otherwise, is required. TMEP §
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`1213.05 (6th ed. 2nd rev. 2010); Dena Corp. v. Belvedere International, Inc., supra. The
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`commercial impression is determined by various factors including the relative location of the
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`respective elements and the meaning of the terms in relation to each other and to the goods. Id.
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`See also In re Sundown Technology Inc., 1 USPQ2d 1927, 1928 (TTAB 1986) (“[W]e find that
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`‘GOVERNOR’ applied to applicant's [controls used to affect, compress, limit and shape the
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`sound from the output stage of an electrical musical amplifier] is nebulous in meaning”); In re
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`WSI Corporation, 1 USPQ2d 1570, 1572 (TTAB 1986) (“No doubt the SAT element [in
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`SUPERSAT] would suggest satellite involvement to many but the nature of such involvement
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`would not be at all clear, Without imagination, perception or reflection on the part of potential
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`customers”); In re Harrington, 219 USPQ 854, 856 (TTAB 1983) (COLLEGE ACADEMY is
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`"at most suggestive of special summer learning programs for gifted and talented children in
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`grades 4 to 8”).
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`On the basis of the record in the present case, the examining attorney has failed to
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`establish that a particular type of food or ingredient will immediately come to mind when
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`prospective purchasers encounter the term NATURALLY POWERED. See In re The Rank
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`Organization Limited, 222 USPQ 324, 326 (TTAB 1984) (“fact that the term ‘LASER’ is
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`capable of being analyzed does not render the term merely descriptive”); In re Remacle, 66
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`USPQ2d at 1224 (“It is well—established that the determination of mere descriptiveness must be
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`made not in the abstract or on the basis of guesswor ”).
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`In light of the above, it is clear that the unitary term "NATURALLY POWERED,"
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`appearing as a unitary expression in Applicant's mark, is at most suggestive and not merely
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`descriptive. See also In re JR. Carlson Laboratories, Inc., 183 USPQ 509, 511 (TTAB 1974)
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`(consumers will call for applicant's product as E GEM notwithstanding the fact that they would
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`recognize the descriptive significance of the letter “E”). As such, Applicant's mark is entitled to
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`registration Without a disclaimer of the word "NATURALLY."
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`III.
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`Conclusion
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`It is recognized that there is "but a thin line of distinction" between a suggestive and a
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`merely descriptive term, and that it is often difficult to determine when a term moves from the
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`realm of suggestiveness into the sphere of impermissible descriptiveness. In re Recovery, Inc.,
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`196 USPQ 830 (TTAB 1977). Judgments in these cases are frequently subjective, but, Where
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`there is doubt in the matter, the doubt should be resolved in the applicant's behalf. In re Rank
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`Organization Ltd., 222 USPQ 324, 326 (TTAB 1984)(citing authorities); In re Morton-Norwich
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`Products, Inc., 209 USPQ 791, 791 (TTAB 1981)(Board's practice is “to resolve doubts in
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`applicant's favor and publish the mark for opposition”); In re Intelligent Medical Systems Inc., 5
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`USPQ2d 1674, 1676 (TTAB 1987) (“where reasonable men may differ, it is the Board's practice
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`to resolve the doubt in applicant's favor and publish the mark for opposition”); In re Aid
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`Laboratories, Inc., 221 USPQ 1215 (TTAB 1983) (in deciding Whether PEST PRUF for animal
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`shampoo with insecticide is suggestive or merely descriptive, doubt is resolved in favor of
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`applicant); accord, In re Gracious Lady Services, Inc., 175 USPQ 380 (TTAB 1972); In re
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`Remacle, 66 USPQ2d at 1224.
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`For the reasons discussed above, the disclaimer requirement in the present case is
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`erroneous and should be Withdrawn. As this is an issue of vital importance to the Applicant, the
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`Examining Attorney is respectfully urged to Withdraw the disclaimer requirement.
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