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`Examining Attorney: BLANDU, FLORENTINA
`Serial Number: 85/683578
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Application of:
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`Examining Attorney
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`No Good Entertainment, Inc.
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`Florentina Blandu
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`Serial No: 85/683,578
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`Law Office: 117
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`FANBOY ARMAGEDDON
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`Filed‘
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`July 21= 2012
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`REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION
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`Class:
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`41
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`Mark:
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`Commissioner for Trademarks
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`P.O. Box 1451
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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`Dear Commissioner:
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`Applicant hereby responds to the Office Action of June 17, 2013.
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`APPLICANT’S MARK IS ENTITLED TO REGISTRATION
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`I.
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`There is No Likelihood of Confusion with the Cited Registrations
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`The Examining Attorney has issued a final refusal
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`to register the mark FANBOY
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`ARMAGEDDON for “Pre-recorded DVD‘s
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`featuring an on-going game
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`show series;
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`downloadable screensaver software for use on personal computers; computer and video game
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`software; downloadable games, applications, ring tones and ring backs available via a global
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`computer network and wireless devices; pre-recorded video clips and promotional spots on CDs,
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`video tapes and DVDs featuring content relating to an on-going game show series; prerecorded
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`video shorts and promotional spots on CDs, video tapes and DVDs featuring content related to
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`an on-going game show series; digital materials, namely, downloadable pre-recorded audio files,
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`video files and graphics files for use in handheld wireless devices and all featuring content from
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`or relating to an on-going game show series” in International Class 9 and “Entertainment
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`services in the nature of live performances and games; an on-going game show series; interactive
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`online entertainment
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`in the nature of a website containing photographic, video and prose
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`presentations, related film clips and other multimedia materials featuring an on-going game show
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`series; Providing online computer, video and interactive electronic games via computer networks
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`and global communications networks relating to an on-going game show series” in International
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`Class 41 under Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act on the grounds of a likelihood of confusion
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`with the following marks (“Cited Marks”):
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`1. Reg. No. 4,158,541 — FANBOYNATION & Design for providing on-line magazines
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`the field of comic books, science fiction, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling, music and
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`movies, owned by Robert Samo.
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`2.
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`Reg. No. 3,761,586 — NICKELODEON FANBOY AND CHUM CHUM for
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`entertainment services in the nature of television series, featuring animation, comedy, and drama;
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`providing online information in the field of entertainment concerning television programs,
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`owned by Viacom International, Inc.
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`3. Reg. No. 3,143,958 — FANBOY RADIO for streaming of audio radio programs and
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`other audio multimedia materials relating to the review and enjoyment of comic books via the
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`Internet and entertainment services, namely, providing a website featuring information relating
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`to review and enjoyment of comic books including reviews, drawings, photographs and
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`interviews; production of radio programs, owned by Meteorite Entertainment, Inc.
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`Applicant requests that the Examining Attorney reconsider the final refusal to register
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`under Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(d), and withdraw the refusal in light
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`of the following remarks and attached evidence, in addition to the arguments presented in
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`Applicant’s response of May 23, 2013 (“Office Action Response No. 1”), which are incorporated
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`herein by reference.
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`As explained in Applicant’s Office Action Response No. 1, the Office bears the burden of
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`showing that a mark falls within the statutory bars of Section 2(d).
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`J. Thomas McCarthy,
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`McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition (Fourth Ed.) § 19:75 at 19-230. To refuse
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`registration under Section 2(d), the Examining Attorney “must present sufficient evidence and
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`argument that the mark is barred from registration.” Id. § 19:128 at 19-383.
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`In this case, the
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`Examining Attorney, respectfully, still has not met her burden of demonstrating likelihood of
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`confusion.
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`To determine whether likelihood of confusion exists,
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`the Examining Attorney must
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`consider all of the DuPont factors that are relevant to a particular case. See In re E.I. Du Pont de
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`Nemours & Co., 177 U.S.P.Q. 563, 567 (CCPA 1973); see also Recot, Inc. v. Becton, 214 F.3d
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`1322, 1326 (Fed. Cir. 2000) (whether likelihood of confusion exists is determined “on a case-
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`specific basis” using the DuPont factors).
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`In continuing her refusal to register Applicant’s mark,
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`the Examining Attorney has incorrectly focused only on certain of the DuPont factors. She also
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`has discounted other crucial factors. An analysis of those DuPont factors previously overlooked
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`or discounted by the Examining Attorney confirms that there is little likelihood of confusion
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`between Applicant’s mark and the Cited Marks.
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`A.
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`Agplicant’s Mark and the Cited Marks Are Completely Different
`Appearance, Sound, Connotation and Commercial Impression
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`in
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`As explained in Applicant’s Office Action Response No. 1, when determining likelihood
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`of confusion under § 2(d) for word marks, marks are compared based on their appearance, sound,
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`meaning, and commercial impression. See Du Pont, 177 U.S.P.Q. at 567.
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`The Examining Attorney repeats her assertion that Applicant’s mark and the Cited Marks
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`are similar simply because they share the word FANBOY. As before, however, it is not enough
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`to simply note that Applicant’s mark shares a component with the Cited Marks. See Murray
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`Corp. of America v. Red Spot Paint & Varnish C0., 280 F.2d 158, 161 (C.C.P.A. 1960)
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`(“[A]1though appe11ee’s mark embodies appellant’s entire mark, when considering those marks
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`in their entireties, as we must .
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`. we are of the opinion that the likelihood of confusion, mistake
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`or deception contemplated by Section 2(d) of the Lanham Act does not exist”); see also General
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`Mills, Inc. v. Kellogg Co., 824 F.2d 622, 627 (8th Cir. 1987) (“The use of identical, even
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`dominant, words in common does not automatically mean that two marks are similar.”).
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`The Examining Attorney also misstates that Applicant asserts that the ARMAGEDDON
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`portion of Applicant’s mark is more dominant than the FANBOY element.
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`(Final Office Action
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`at pg. 2.) Applicant in fact stated, “According Ii weight to ARMAGEDDON is improper
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`because it is equally as arbitrary as FANBOY and the addition of that word serves to distinguish
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`Applicant’s mark from Registrants’ marks, none of which include the distinctive word
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`ARMAGEDDON.” (emphasis added.) Applicant stressed that the ARMAGEDDON portion of
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`Applicant’s FANBOY ARMAGEDDON mark should be accorded equal weight as the
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`FANBOY element.
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`When compared in their entireties, Applicant’s mark FANBOY ARMAGEDDON and
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`the Cited Marks, FANBOYNATION & Design, NICKELODEON FANBOY AND CHUM
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`CHUM and FANBOY RADIO, are visually dissimilar because Applicant’s mark shares nothing
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`in common with the Cited marks other than the word FANBOY. The word ARMAGEDDON is
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`completely different from NATION, NICKELODEON AND CHUM CHUM, and RADIO.
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`Most significantly, however, Applicant’s mark is completely different from the Cited
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`Marks in connotation and commercial impression. The word “fanboy” means “an obsessive
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`male fan, especially of something technological or from popular culture.” Attached hereto as
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`Exhibit A are true and correct printouts from additional dictionary sites showing the definition
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`for “fanboy”. The word FANBOY is a familiar term when used broadly in the entertaimnent
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`context, as the Examining Attorney classifies the goods and services of the respective marks.
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`Attached as Exhibit B are true and correct intemet printouts from third party websites using
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`FANBOY as a trademark for “entertaimnent” goods and services. Attached as Exhibit C are
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`true and correct news articles using the term “fanboy” to describe dedicated fans.
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`In such a situation, consumers look to the other elements in the respective marks to
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`differentiate between the marks. Stoufler Corp. v. Health Valley Natural Foods,
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`1 USPQ.2d
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`1900, 1903 (TTAB 1987) (no likelihood of confusion between the applied-for mark LEAN
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`LIVING for “chicken crepes, lasagna and enchiladas” and the prior mark LEAN CUISINE used
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`for a line of frozen prepared foods, because the shared element “Lean” was weak and the
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`remaining features of the marks were sufficiently different to distinguish them in the minds of
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`consumers); Rocket Trademarks Pty Ltd. v. Phard S.p.A., 98 USPQ.2d 1066, 1076 (TTAB 2011)
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`(Widespread third-party use and registration of the term “Element” in the clothing industry
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`played a large role in the Board’s determination that there was no likelihood of confusion
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`between the applied-for mark ZU ELEMENTS and opposer’s registered mark ELEMENT.)
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`When viewed as a composite mark, Applicant’s mark suggests a big battle between fans.
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`None of the Cited Marks conveys this meaning. FANBOYNATION conveys a country of fans,
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`NICKELODEON FANBOY AND CHUM CHUM conveys not only the brand NICKELODEON
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`but also two buddies hanging out together. FANBOY RADIO conveys a radio station for fans.
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`The connotations and commercial impressions of all four marks are all quite different.
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`Applicant’s mark and the Cited Marks, therefore, are quite different in appearance,
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`sound, connotation and commercial impression.
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`B.
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`The Cited Marks Are Not Famous Marks
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`As explained in Applicant’s Response to Office Action No. 1, “[f]amous marks are
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`accorded more protection precisely because they are more likely to be remembered and
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`associated in the public mind than a weaker mark.” Recot, Inc. V. Becton, 214 F.3d 1322, 1327
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`(Fed. Cir. 2000).
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`In this case, the Examining Attorney has offered no evidence that the Cited
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`Marks are famous or are likely to be remembered in the public mind.
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`Indeed,
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`the only
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`documents attached to the Final Office Action focus on registrant Nickolodeon’s “Fanboy Chum
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`Chum” and not the other two registrants. Furthermore, the attached documents appear to be
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`comprised of some intemet printouts from registrant Nicolodeon’s own “Fanboy Chum Chum”
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`website, some Wikia game webpages which do not provide information on the number of players
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`or how recent the games are, a Huffpost TV article which references Nickolodeon’s game
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`“Legends of the Hidden Temple” but makes no mention of “Fanboy Chum Chum,” and a
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`Buzzfeed article about 12 old Nickolodeon t.v. shows but again makes no reference to “Fanboy
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`Chum Chum”. Applicant respectfully submits that these documents do not prove the fame of
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`any of the Cited Marks.
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`The fact that there is no evidence concerning the fame of the Cited
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`Marks strongly suggests that confusion between Applicant’s mark and the Cited Marks is
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`unlikely.
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`C.
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`The Existence of Third Pagy Registrations Proves that Applicant’s Mark
`Can Co-Exist with other FANBOY Marks, Including the Cited Marks
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`As explained in Applicant’s Response to Office Action No. 1, evidence of third party use
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`on similar goods is relevant to show that a mark is entitled to only a narrow scope of protection.
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`Palm Bay Imports, Inc. v. Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Maison Fondee En I 772, 396 F.3d 1369,
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`1373 (Fed. Cir. 2005). The Examining Attorney states that the “[p]rior decisions and actions of
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`other trademark examining attorneys in registering other marks have little evidentiary value and
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`are not binding upon the Office or the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.” (Final Office Action
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`at 2.) (citations omitted.) To the contrary, third-party registrations can show that a commonly
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`registered term has a suggestive or descriptive significance for particular goods such that
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`differences in the remaining portions of the marks may be sufficient to render the marks as a
`whole distinguishable. Top Tobacco LP v. North Atlantic Operating C0., 101 USPQ.2d 1163,
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`1173 (TTAB 2011) (third party registrations of CLASSIC marks for tobacco products sufficient
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`to hold that such marks are only entitled to a narrow scope of protection); Red Carpet Corp. v.
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`Johnstown American Enterprises Inc., 7 USPQ.2d 1404, 1406 (TTAB 1988); Tektronix, Inc. v.
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`Daktronics, Inc., 534 F.2d 915, 917 (CCPA 1976) (third-party registrations of “TRONICS” and
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`“TRONIX” marks conveyed the dictionary meaning thereof, namely, that their products are
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`electronic in character, such that the suffix portions alone were insufficient to cause a likelihood
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`of confusion, and that differences in the remaining portions of the marks were sufficient to
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`render the marks as a whole readily distinguishable.)
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`The PTO has not only allowed coexistence of the three Cited Marks, but also allowed the
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`registration of U.S. Reg. No. 3,559,569 for FANBOY and U.S. Reg. No. 3,559,568 for
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`FANBOY GET OUT OF THE BASEMENT & Design for “sketchbooks, sketchpads, art boards
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`for drawing, and papers for the creation of manga and comic book drawings and art, all sold as a
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`unit, and sketchbooks, sketchpads, art boards for drawing, and papers for the creation of manga
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`and comic book drawings and art, sold individually” owned by Canson, Inc., and U.S. Reg. No.
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`2,944,865 for CRAZED FANBOY for “Production of video cassettes, tapes and discs featuring
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`original dramatic programming pertaining to science fiction and speculative fiction and true-
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`lifestory documentaries” owned by Nolan Canova.1 True and correct copies of the foregoing
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`registrations and status printouts from the PTO website are attached hereto as Exhibit D.
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`The fact that the PTO has allowed multiple FANBOY marks, including the Cited Marks,
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`to be registered in the PTO can only mean that the Cited Marks are only entitled to a narrow
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`scope of protection. There is also no evidence that any of the Registrants have objected to the
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`respective use and registration.
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`In short, Registrants’ marks are each entitled to only a narrow
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`scope of protection, and Applicant’s mark can coexist with the Cited Marks.
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`II.
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`CONCLUSION
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`For the foregoing reasons, Applicant has demonstrated that no likelihood of confusion
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`exists between Applicant’s mark and the Cited Marks. Accordingly, Applicant respectfully
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`requests that the Examining Attorney withdraw the refusal to register under Section 2(d) of the
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`Trademark Act and approve Applicant’s mark for publication. Applicant has filed a Notice of
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`Appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board herewith.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` Dated: December 17, 2013
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`333 South Hope Street, 43rd I
`Los Angeles, California 900
`Tel: (213) 620-1780
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`U.S. Reg. No. 2,994,865 is now cancelled, but the registration of the mark demonstrates that the
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`PTO allowed coexistence of FANBOY marks.
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`CERTIFICATE OF MAILING
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`I hereby certify that this correspondence is being deposited with the United States Postal
`Service as first class mail in an envelope addressed to: Commissioner for Trademarks, P.O. Box
`1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451, on December 17, 2013.
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`fanboy (plural fanboys)
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