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`08/01/2011
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`Petition for Cancellation
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`Notice is hereby given that the following party requests to cancel indicated registration.
`Petitioner Information
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`Name
`Entity
`Address
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`Revive Franchising LLC
`Citizenship
`Corporation
`945 West Kenyon Avenue, Suite 200
`Englewood, CO 80110
`UNITED STATES
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`Colorado
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`Correspondence
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`Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC
`12000 Pecos Street #252
`Westminster, CO 80234
`UNITED STATES
`docket-oppedahl@oppedahl.com Phone:303-252-8800
`Registration Subject to Cancellation
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`Registration No
`Registrant
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`3544234
`THE FRS COMPANY
`101 LINCOLN CENTRE DRIVE SUITE 500
`FOSTER CITY, CA 94404
`UNITED STATES
`Goods/Services Subject to Cancellation
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`Registration date
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`12/09/2008
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`Class 032. First Use: 2007/01/00 First Use In Commerce: 2007/01/00
`All goods and services in the class are cancelled, namely: Non-alcoholic fruit juice beverages
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`Grounds for Cancellation
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`Torres v. Cantine Torresella S.r.l.Fraud
`Genericness
`The mark is merely descriptive
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`808 F.2d 46, 1 USPQ2d 1483 (Fed. Cir. 1986)
`Trademark Act section 23
`Trademark Act section 2(e)(1)
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`Attachments
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`20110801 Petition to Cancel as Filed.pdf ( 12 pages )(85513 bytes )
`20110801-Exhibits.pdf ( 49 pages )(8020853 bytes )
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of this paper has been served upon all parties, at their address
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`Certificate of Service
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`Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC
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