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`Party
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`Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Electronic Filing System. http://estta.uspto.gov
`ESTTA63695
`ESTTA Tracking number:
`01/25/2006
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`Filing date:
`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`91166639
`Defendant
`KidzArt Texas, LLC
`KidzArt Texas, LLC
`1327 Dime Box Circle
`New Braunfels, TX 78130
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`Correspondence
`Address
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`MARIA CRIMI SPETH
`JABURG & WILK, P.C.
`3200 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE, SUITE 2000
`PHOENIX, AZ 85012
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`Submission
`Filer's Name
`Filer's e-mail
`Signature
`Date
`Attachments
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`Opposition/Response to Motion
`Maria Crimi Speth
`mcs@jaburgwilk.com
`/mariacrimispeth/
`01/25/2006
`Response to MSJ.pdf ( 8 pages )
`Exhibit to Response to MSJ Part 1.pdf ( 37 pages )
`Exhibit to Response Part 2.pdf ( 174 pages )
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`KIDSART, INC.
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`V.
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`KIDZART TEXAS, LLC,
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`KIDZART TEXAS, LLC.’S RESPONSE TO
`KIDSART, INC.’S MOTION FOR
`SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND
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`KIDZART’S CROSS-MOTION FOR
`SUMMARY JUDGMENT
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`OPPOSITION NO. 91166639
`CANCELLATION NO. 92045114
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`Serial No. 76581686
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`\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/
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`Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c), Applicant, KidzArt Texas, LLC (“Applicant”), through counsel
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`undersigned, hereby subn1its the following Response to Opposer Kidsart, Inc. ’s (“Opposer”) Motion for
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`Summary Judgment. For the reasons explained below, Applicant respectfully requests that the
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`Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) deny Opposer’s motion and grant Applicant judgment in
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`its favor because the term “kidsart” is generic and does not identify a particular source.
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Opposer’s motion fails to note several important points which are necessary to fully understand
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`the context of the current dispute. There are presently two different registrations/applications at issue
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`here. First, as Opposer’s motion notes, based on an application filed on March 17 2004 (and published
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`for opposition on May 31, 2005), Applicant has sought to register the mark “KIDZART” on the
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`principal register for, among other things, “franchise services, namely offering technical assistance in
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`the establishment and/or operation of educational programs and after—school enrichment programs,” and
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`for “Educational services, namely conducting classes in the field of art and distributing materials in
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`connection therewith,” alleging a first use date of August 1997. See USPTO Principal Trademark
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`Application Serial No. 76/581,686. Kidsart, Inc. opposes this application.
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`Second, Applicant also has anMg registration for the mark “KIDZART”. This application
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`was filed on July 3, 2000, and it has remained in use continuously since that time without opposition.
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`See USPTO Supplemental Trademark Application (“App.”) Serial No. 76/082,290; Registration No,
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`2491627 (noting supplemental register date of February 20, 2001). Notably, Opposer did not apply to
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`register “kidsart” until May 12, 2003 — three years later.
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`Opposer challenges both Applicant’ s existing registration (seeking cancellation) and its pending
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`application to register “KIDZART” on the Principal Register, alleging that since 1986 it has utilized
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`(though never registered) “kidsart” in connection with the offering of the same, or similar services, as
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`those offered by Applicant. See Opposer’s Motion for Summary Judgment (“Opp. MSJ”) at 4 (citing
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`Bayles Decl. ‘][ 3).
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`Opposer’s requests should be rejected because the term “kidsart” is wholly generic and incapable
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`of protection. In other words, where a descriptive mark—such as “KIDZART”—is capable of acquiring
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`a secondary meaning, and where the proponent of that mark alleges that it has in fact acquired such a
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`meaning, there can be no confusion between that distinctive mark and a wholly generic term or phrase
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`which describes a genus, not a source of services.
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`Summary judgment can only be granted when the moving party has established M: 1.) that no
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`genuine dispute exists as to any material facts, and, 2.) that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a
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`matter of law. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c); Opryland USA, Inc. v. GreatAmerican Music Show, Inc., 970
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`F.2d, 847, 23 USPQ2d. 1471 (Fed. Cir. 1992); Olde Tyme Foods, Inc. v. R0Lmdy’s, Inc., 961 P.2d 200,
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`22 USPQ2d 1542 (Fed. Cir. 1992). Opposer’s motion fails and Applicant’s Motion should be granted
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`because Opposer has n_ot shown that it is entitled to judgment as a matter of law and Applicant
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`demonstrates herein that “kidsart” is generic as a matter of law.
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`II.
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`ARGUMENT
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`In its motion, Opposer expends a significant amount of argument seeking to establish the
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`similarity of, and thus the likelihood of confusion between, the KIDSART and KIDZART marks. This
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`effort is somewhat unusual insofar as Opposer’s own motion notes that Applicant has agll that the
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`two marks are nearly identical. See Opp. Mot. at 3 (quoting ‘][ 6 of Applicant’s Answer; “Applicant
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`admits the allegations contained in Paragraph 6 of the Notice of Opposition that the marks are nearly
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`identical.”
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`Because the similarity of the marks is not in dispute, it is not necessary to address that issue.
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`Instead, the outcome of Opposer’s motion depends upon the fact that Opposer’s mark is generic and
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`incapable of protection, and for that reason, it provides no valid basis for cancellation of Applicant’s
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`mark and no confusion can exist between a generic/general term which describes nothing more than a
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`common activity and a descriptive term which has acquired a secondary meaning such that it identifies a
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`specific provider of services.
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`a. “KidsArt” is Generic
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`It is well—established that some marks are entitled to significant protection, while others are
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`entitled to no protection at all. In this regard, four familiar categories of terms have been identified for
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`classifying marks.
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`In ascending order of protection, they are: generic, descriptive, suggestive, and
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`arbitrary or fanciful. See Abercrombie & Fitch Co. v. Hunting World, Inc., 537 F.2d 4, at 9 (2d Cir.
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`1976). Determining the specific category for a given mark is a question of fact. See WSM, Inc. 1/.
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`Hilton, 724 F.2d 1320, 1325-1326 (C.A.Mo. 1984). However, “. . .summary judgment must be granted
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`if no reasonable [fact finder] could return a verdict for the nonmoving party.
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`Freedman Seating Co. v.
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`American Seating Co., 420 F.3d 1350, 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (quoting Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.,
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`477 U.S. 242, 248, 106 S.Ct. 2505, 91 L.Ed.2d 202 (1986).
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`Of this group, a generic term is not eligible for trademark protection, cannot be registered, and a
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`trademark infringement action cannot be predicated on its use. See American Cyanamid v. Connauglit
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`Laboratories, Inc., 800 F.2d 306, 308 (2d Cir. 1986). “A term or phrase is generic when it is commonly
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`used to depict a genus or type of product, rather than a particular product.” Murphy Door Bed Co. v.
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`Interior Sleep Systems, Inc., 874 F.2d 95 (2d Cir.1989) (emphasis added). A generic term “implies
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`reference to every member of a genus and the exclusion of individuating characteristics.” Eastern Air
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`Lines, Inc. v. New York Air Lines, Inc., 559 F.Supp. 1270, 1274 (S.D.N.Y.1983).
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`Evaluating whether a term is generic involves a two—part test: (1) What is the class of goods at
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`issue? and (2) Does the relevant public understand the designation primarily to refer to that class of
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`goods or services? See H. Marvin Ginn Corp. v. International Assoc. ofFire Chiefs, Inc., 782 F.2d 987,
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`990, 228 USPQ 528, 530 (Fed. Cir. 1986). The pivotal question is whether the principal significance of
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`the word to the consuming public is as an indication of the nature or class of the article rather than as an
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`indication that it emanated from a particular source (even if possibly an anonymous one).
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`See
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`Featliercombs, Inc. v. Solo Products Corp., 306 F.2d 251, 256 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 371 U.S. 910, 83
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`S.Ct. 253, 9 L.Ed.2d 170 (1962); see also McGregor—Doniger Inc. v. Drizzle, Inc., 599 F.2d 1126, 1131
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`(2d Cir. 1979). Evidence of the public’s understanding of a term can be obtained from any competent
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`source, including dictionary definitions, research databases, newspapers and other publications. See In
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`Re NortlilandAluminum Products, Inc., 777 F.2d 1556, 227 USPQ 961 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In Re Analog
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`Devices, Inc., 6 USPQ2d 1808 (TTAB 1988).
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`Most importantly, a multi—word term or phrase will be generic if the evidence shows that each of
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`the constituent words is generic and that the separate words retain their generic significance when joined
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`to form a compound that has “a meaning identical to the meaning common usage would ascribe to those
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`words as a compound.” In Re Gould Paper Corp., 834 F.2d 1017, 5 USPQ2d 1110, 1111-12 (Fed. Cir.
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`1987).
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`In Gould Paper, the applicant sought registration for the mark “SCREENWIPES” for goods
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`described as “pre—moistened, anti—static cloth for cleaning computer and television screens.” Gould
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`Paper, 834 F.2d at 1017.
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`The PTO refused to register the mark on the basis that it was “merely descriptive” of the goods.
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`See id.
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`In response, Gould argued that although the terms “screen” and “wipe” are words that are
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`commonly used,
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`the unique combination formed by the union of these two words renders the
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`“SCREENWIPE” mark distinctive. The PTO disagreed and the Court of Appeals affirmed, finding:
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`Whether compounded as “screen wipe”—two words—or “screenwipe”—one word—either is
`ordinary grammatical construction. Nothing is left for speculation or conjecture in the
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`The compound immediately and unequivocally describes the
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`... Gould has simply
`purpose, function and nature of the goods as Gould itself tells us.
`joined the two most pertinent and individually generic terms applicable to its product,
`and then attempts to appropriate the ordinary compound thus created as its trademark.
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`In this instance, the terms remain as generic in the compound as individually, and
`the compound thus created is itself generic.
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`Id. at 1018-19 (citing Cummins Engine Co. v. Continental Motors Corp, 359 F.2d 892, 53 CCPA 1167,
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`149 USPQ 559 (1966) (“TURBODIESEL” generic for engines having exhaust driven turbine
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`superchargers); In re Abcor Dev. Corp., 588 F.2d 811, 815, 200 USPQ 215, 219 (CCPA 1978) (Judge
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`Rich, concurring) (“GASBADGE” generic for a gas monitoring badge)) (emphasis added) (internal
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`citations omitted).
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`Here, as was the case with Gould Paper’s “SCREENVVIPES”, “kidsart” is generic because words
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`comprising the mark, “KIDS” and “ART”, are generic by themselves, and when placed together as
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`“KIDSART” the term identifies a broad genus or type of general activity—children’s art—rather than a
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`particular source (Opposer or Applicant or someone else). This generic phrase does not give any
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`indication of the unique identity of the individual source of such goods or services. On the contrary, the
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`phrase “KidsArt” includes any/every possible provider of children’s art activities, including both
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`Opposer and Applicant, but also potentially millions of other similar businesses.
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`Indeed, as set forth in the declaration of Maria Crin1i Speth submitted herewith, a recent Goo gle
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`search for “kids art” returned in excess of ninety—one million hits (91,600,000) for a wide variety of
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`species of businesses offering goods and services within the larger “children’s art” genus. The search
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`returned hits for art galleries, art classes, art services, art supplies, and so forth. More importantly, the
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`list of sources associated with this generic phrase is virtually 1in1itless,
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`including the website
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`www.Art.com, the retail store Target and its site www.target.com, art supplier “Alex Art Supplies”, and
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`even online auction site www.ebay.com. Hundreds of similar examples are attached to Ms. Speth’s
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`declaration showing the widespread use of the words “kids art” to describe the common genus of art-
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`related children’s activities in websites, news reports, community calendars and elsewhere.
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`Some of the thousands examples of the generic usage of “kids art” include: (1) “Scribbles kids
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`art site;” (2) “Romanian kids art displays the artwork of students from Timisoara;” (3) “Kids’ art. Click
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`on an artist to see their work;” (4) “We have one of the largest kids’ art collections on the Web;” (5)
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`“Kids art lessons by Tumbnai1s;” (6) “Artsonia kids art museum;” (7) “the kids art page;” (8) “the kids’
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`art show;” (9) “kids art education supplies” and (10) “kids art classes.” Declaration of Maria Crimi
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`Speth and exhibits thereto.
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`Because it describes a class or type of activity and not a specific source, the generic phrase
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`“kidsart” provides a consumer with no information concerning the identity of Opposer or any other
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`specific service provider. This is the very definition of generic; “If the name brings to the mind of the
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`public the type of product instead of connoting a single source of that product, it is generic. American
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`Angus Ass 'n v. Sysco Corp., 829 F.Supp. 807, 825 (W.D.N.C. 1992) (citing McCarthy, Trademarks and
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`Unfair Competition, § 12:2 at 522 (2d ed. 1984)) (emphasis added).
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`A similar situation was addressed in Gear, Inc. v. L.A. Gear California, Inc., 670 F.Supp. 508
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`(S.D.N.Y. 1987).
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`In that case, the Plaintiff, Gear, Inc. registered “gear” as a mark for a variety of
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`products, including luggage, tote bags, gym bags, textile fabrics and for bath accessories including
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`shower curtains. See Gear, 670 F.Supp. at 511. The Defendant, L.A. Gear, registered the phrase “L.A.
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`Gear” as a mark in connection with footwear and clothing, among other things. Id. After discovering
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`Defendant’s use of the “L.A. Gear” mark, Plaintiff commenced an action for, inter alia, trademark
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`infringement, and Defendant counterclaimed for cancellation of Plaintiff’s “Gear” mark. Id.
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`After a preliminary discussion of the applicable legal standards, the court found, as a matter of
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`law, that the term “gear” was generic as applied to clothing, and for that reason, Defendants were
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`entitled to judgment as a matter of law on Plaintiff’s infringement claim because the term “gear”, as
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`applied to clothing, did nothing more than describe a general class of products known as “apparel” rather
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`than a specific individual source of apparel. See id. at 516-17. This was true even though Plaintiff had
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`enjoyed significant publicity and advertising for its products; “[N]o matter how much money and effort
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`the user of a generic term has poured into promoting the sale of its merchandise and what success it has
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`achieved in securing public identification, it cannot deprive competing manufacturers the product of the
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`right to call an article by its name.” Id. at 517 (quoting Abercrombie & Fitch, supra, 537 F.2d at 9).
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`In order to disprove a term as generic, the user must show the “primary significance of the term
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`in the minds of the consuming public is not the product but the producer.” American Angus Ass 'n, 829
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`F.Supp. at 825 (quoting McCarthy, supra, at 523) (citing Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co., 305 U.S.
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`111, 59 S.Ct. 109, 83 L.Ed. 73 (1938) (emphasis in original)). Opposer can make no such showing as is
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`so plainly demonstrated by the widespread generic use of “kids art.”
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`Opposer has not introduced any evidence that any consumer has ever associated 0pp0ser’s
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`unique business with the mark “KIDSART”; it is just as likely that consumers looking for any children’ s
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`art provider would reach Opposer without ever actually recognizing a distinction between Opposer and
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`any other similar provider. For instance, suppose a neighborhood dry cleaning business on Main Street
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`has a sign out front that simply reads: “DRYCLEANER”, but the business is actually operated by an
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`entity called “Acme Cleaners Corp., Inc.” A patron of this business may refer to it as “my dry cleaner”,
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`and a person passing by may see the sign and think, “that’s a dry cleaner business,” but they would
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`never connect this specific term with Acme Cleaners Corp., nor would the generic term “DRY
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`CLEANER” establish the unique identity of that business as opposed to any other cleaner in town. It
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`would therefore not serve as a valid basis to cancel the mark of that is capable of acquiring secondary
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`meaning, such as “DRI—KLEANER” or “VALLEY DRY CLEANER”.
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`Here, the facts reflect that “kids art” or “kidsart” are common words to describe nothing more
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`than a type of activity, not a source, just as a “dry cleaner” is a type of business, not a unique place or
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`entity. Regardless of its prior use of this unregistered mark, allowing Opposer to defeat more
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`descriptive and unique marks which identify unique providers of children’s art services would grant
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`Opposer a monopoly over the entire genre of children’s art. Such is not the purpose of either a valid
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`opposition or cancellation proceeding. Accordingly, Opposer’ s motion should therefore be denied in its
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`entirety and this tribunal should grant Applicant’s Cross—Motion.
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`III.
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`CONCLUSION
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`Opposer is not entitled to judgment as a matter of law. A generic mark, even one used for many
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`years, does not provide a sufficient basis to deny registration of a unique (albeit similar) mark which
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`does distinguish the proponent from its competitors. Having failed to establish any legal basis for its
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`position, Opposer’s motion should be denied and Applicant’s Cross—Motion should be granted.
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`RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 25th day of January 2006.
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`JABURG & WILK, P.C.
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`By: /mariacrin1ispeth/
`Maria Crimi Speth
`3200 North Central Avenue, Suite 2000
`Phoenix, Arizona 85012
`Attorneys for Applicant
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`CERTIFICATE OF MAILING
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`I hereby certify that the original Response to Opposer’s Motion for Summary Judgment is
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`filed electronically Via ESTTA and a copy mailed to the following, on January 25, 2006:
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`David G. Bayles.
`OBRIEN ZARIAN, LLP
`445 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 3750
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
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`By: /debragower/
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`Debra Gower
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`KIDSART, INC.
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`Opposer,
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`V.
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`KIDZART TEXAS, LLC,
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`Applicant.
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`DECLARATION OF MARIA CRIMI
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`SPETH IN SUPPORT OF RESPONSE
`TO KIDSART, INC.’S MOTION FOR
`SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND
`CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY
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`JUDGMENT
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`OPPOSITION NO. 91166639
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`Serial No. 76581686
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`MARIA CRIMI SPETH being duly sworn upon her oath hereby deposes and says:
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`My name is Maria Crimi Speth. I am a resident of the State of Arizona, am
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`over the age of 18 years, and if called to testify in court I could and would truthfully testify
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`to the following information based upon my own personal knowledge.
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`2.
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`I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Arizona, I am an active
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`member in good standing of the State Bar of Arizona, and I have been admitted to practice
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`law continuously in this state for the past 18 years.
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`I am currently employed as a partner in
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`the law firm of Jaburg & Wilk P.C. in Phoenix, Arizona, and I have represented KIDZART
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`TEXAS, LLC (“Applicant”) in connection with this matter since its inception. I have
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`possession of Applicant’s files in this matter, and I am personally familiar with the contents
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`of the file.
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`3.
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`On or about January 25, 2005, I conducted an Internet search for the words
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`“kids art” (together in quotes, meaning the search included only sites where the two words were
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`found directly adjacent to each other) through www.google.com. The search returned in excess
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`of 1,000,000 hits. A copy of the first 100 search results is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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`4.
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`After reviewing the search results, I concluded that the phrase “kids art” is
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`associated with countless providers of children’s art classes, art supplies, art galleries, and so
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`forth. The various goods and services associated with the generic concept of “kids art” includes
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`retailers such as Target stores, the auction site www.ebay.com, online art dealer www.art.com,
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`and even the National Gallery of Art and its associated website www.nga.gov[kids[kids.htm.
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`retailers and providers of children’s art services and supplies.
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`Finally, I conducted a Lhi_r(l search for the phrase “KIDZART”. The search
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`Unlike the two previous searches for “kids art” and “KIDSART” which returned
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`numerous links to generic art-related sites and sources, the search for “KIDZART” returned
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`results that were virtually 100% exclusively related to my client KidsArt Texas, LLC, or its
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a copy of certain discovery that I directed to
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`Opposer KIDSART in November 2005. Attached to this discovery are Exhibits 1-40 which
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`words “kids art” and the phrase “kidsart” are commonly used to describe a general category of
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`children’s art activities rather than any one unique provider of such goods or services.
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`The materials contained in Exhibits 1-40 represent the results of a search I
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`I swear the foregoing to be true and correct under penalty of perjury of the laws of
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`"kids art" - Google Search
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`Scribbles —
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`Romanian Kids Art
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`Displays the artwork of students from Timisoara, Romania.
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`KinderArt — Art Lessons — Art Education: The___|argest
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`Directory of arts education resources, including art lesson plans,
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`Kids Art Gallery -- Where the masterpieces go after the cover...
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`Crayola Creativity Central : Arts and Crafts Projects, Inspiring
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`Welcome to Cyberkidsl ok
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