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`Filing date:
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Petition for Cancellation
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`Notice is hereby given that the following party has filed a petition to cancel the registration indicated below.
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`Petitioner Information
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`Name
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`Entity
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`Address
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`Attorney informa-
`tion
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`Rowdy Monkeys, LLC
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`Limited Liability Company
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`Citizenship
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`Ohio
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`256 South Main Street
`Wadsworth, OH 44281
`UNITED STATES
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`Aaron Y. Silverstein
`Saunders & Silverstein LLP
`14 Cedar Street, Suite 224
`Amesbury, MA 01913-1831
`UNITED STATES
`trademarks@sandsip.com, asilverstein@sandsip.com
`+1.978.463.9100
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`Registration Subject to Cancellation
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`Registration No.
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`4715093
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`Registration date
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`04/07/2015
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`Registrant
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`OASIS HOLDINGS GROUP, LLC
`108 W. 13TH STREET
`WILMINGTON, DE 19801
`UNITED STATES
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`Goods/Services Subject to Cancellation
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`Class 010. First Use: 2014/01/04 First Use In Commerce: 2014/02/09
`All goods and services in the class are subject to cancellation, namely: Electronic cigarette vaporizer
`pen for medical purposes
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`Class 030. First Use: 2014/01/04 First Use In Commerce: 2014/02/09
`All goods and services in the class are subject to cancellation, namely: Cartridges sold filled with
`chemical flavorings in liquid form for electronic cigarettes; Chemical flavorings in liquidform used to
`refill electronic cigarette cartridges; Electronic cigarette liquid (e-liquid) comprised of flavorings in li-
`quid form used to refill electronic cigarette cartridges
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`Class 034. First Use: 2014/01/04 First Use In Commerce: 2014/02/09
`All goods and services in the class are subject to cancellation, namely: Cartomizers, namely, combin-
`ation electronic cigarette refill cartridges sold empty and atomizers, sold as a component of electronic
`cigarettes; Electronic cigarettes
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`Grounds for Cancellation
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`Fraud on the USPTO
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`Trademark Act Section 14(3); In re Bose Corp.,
`580 F.3d 1240, 91 USPQ2d 1938 (Fed. Cir.
`2009)
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`Other
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`No Lawful Use In Commerce, 15 U.S.C. §
`1051(a)
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`Attachments
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`20190612 oasis pfc final.pdf(3746879 bytes )
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`Signature
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`/Aaron Y. Silverstein/
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`Name
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`Date
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`Aaron Y. Silverstein
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`06/12/2019
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ROWDY MONKEYS, LLC,
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` Petitioner,
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` v.
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`OASIS HOLDINGS GROUP, LLC,
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` Registrant.
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` Cancellation No. _______________
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`Mark: OASIS
`Registration No. 4715093
`Registered: April 7, 2015
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`PETITION FOR CANCELLATION
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`Rowdy Monkeys, LLC (“Rowdy Monkeys” or “Petitioner”) believes that it is, and will continue to be,
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`damaged by U.S. Reg. No. 4715093 for the mark OASIS, in Classes 10, 30, and 34.
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`As grounds for its petition for cancellation, Rowdy Monkeys alleges the following, upon actual
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`knowledge with respect to itself and its own acts, and upon information and belief as to other matters:
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`1.
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`Petitioner Rowdy Monkeys, LLC is an Ohio limited liability company with a principal place of
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`business at 256 South Main Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281.
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`2.
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`On January 18, 2019, Rowdy Monkeys filed the following intent-to-use application for the
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`mark OASIS (the “OASIS Application”):
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`Mark
`OASIS
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`Ser. No.
`88267201
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`Filing Date Goods
`01/18/2019
`Smoking articles, namely, pipes, in
`Class 34
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`An extract of the current status and title of the OASIS Application from the USPTO TSDR database is attached
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`as Exhibit A.
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`3.
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`Registrant Oasis Holdings Group, LLC (“OHC”) is a Delaware limited liability company with
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`an address at 108 W. 13th Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.
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`4.
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`OHC is the owner of the following registration for the mark OASIS:
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`Mark
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`OASIS
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`Reg.
`No.
`4715093
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`Reg. Date Goods
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`04/07/2015 Electronic cigarette vaporizer pen for
`medical purposes,
`in Class
`10;
`Cartridges sold filled with chemical
`flavorings in liquid form for electronic
`cigarettes; Chemical flavorings in liquid
`form used to refill electronic cigarette
`cartridges; Electronic cigarette liquid (e-
`liquid) comprised of flavorings in liquid
`form used to refill electronic cigarette
`cartridges, in Class 30; Cartomizers,
`namely,
`combination
`electronic
`cigarette refill cartridges sold empty and
`atomizers, sold as a component of
`electronic
`cigarettes;
`Electronic
`cigarettes, in Class 34
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`The above-listed registration is hereafter referred to as the “Registration.”
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`5.
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`On May 29, 2014, OHC filed the following use-based application for the mark OASIS which
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`matured into the Registration:
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`Mark
`OASIS
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`Ser. No.
`86294651
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`Filing Date Goods
`05/29/2014 Tobacco-free cigarettes for medical
`purposes in class 5; Cartridges sold
`filled with chemical flavorings in liquid
`form for electronic cigarettes; Chemical
`flavorings in liquid form used to refill
`electronic
`cigarette
`cartridges;
`Electronic cigarette liquid (e-liquid)
`comprised of flavorings in liquid form
`used
`to
`refill electronic cigarette
`cartridges
`in class 30; atomizers,
`namely,
`combination
`electronic
`cigarette refill cartridges sold empty and
`atomizers, sold as a component of
`electronic
`cigarettes;
`Electronic
`cigarettes in class 34
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`The above-listed application is hereafter referred to as the “OHC Application.”
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`6.
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`On September 22, 2014 an Office Action was issued in connection with the OHC Application.
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`The Office Action requested additional information from OHC regarding hemp/marijuana related goods. A
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`copy of such Office Action is attached as Exhibit B.
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`7.
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`The September 22, 2014, Office Action included the following information request regarding
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`hemp/marijuana related goods included:
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`1) Do applicant’s identified goods include marijuana, cannabis, hemp, marijuana-
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`based, cannabis-based or hemp-based preparations, or marijuana, cannabis or hemp-
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`based extracts or derivatives, synthetic marijuana, or any other illegal controlled
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`substances?
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`2) Applicant’s specimen for its e-liquids in Class 30 specifically states on the label that
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`it contains “hemp oil.” Identify the source plant for the hemp oil, e.g., marijuana or
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`imported industrial hemp.
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`3) Applicant has identified “tobacco free cigarettes for medical use” in Class 5.
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`Identify and describe the nature of these goods and what the goods are made from if
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`not tobacco.
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`4) Are any of applicant’s goods identified in the application for use in connection with
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`inhaling, ingesting or otherwise consuming marijuana, cannabis, hemp, marijuana-
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`based, cannabis-based or hemp-based preparations, or marijuana, cannabis or hemp-
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`based extracts or derivatives, synthetic marijuana, or any other illegal controlled
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`substances?
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`5) Are the applicant’s goods/services lawful pursuant to the Controlled Substances
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`Act?
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`8.
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`On November 14, 2014, OHC filed its response to the September 22, 2014, Office Action
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`with the following answers:
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`1) Yes, the goods include a hemp-based extract, which is not an illegal controlled
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`substance.
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`2) The source is industrial hemp.
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`3) The product in question is an e-cigarette, which is intended to permit a user to
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`inhale vapors of hemp oil, which is not different from the products sold over the
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`counter. The applicant concedes that the description of the product as a “cigarette: is
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`imprecise and the identification of the product must be changed to “e-cigarette”.
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`Generally, hemp oil, due to the non-psychoactive CBD content, is known to have
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`anti-inflammatory and appetite stimulating effects.
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`4) Yes. However, as discussed above, derivative [sic] from industrial hemp are not
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`illegal. There are numerous trademarks issued for similar products, which are
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`currently gaining significant acceptance due to the fact that they may have health
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`effects attributed to marijuana (rightly or not) without violation of applicable law. See
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`Serial Numbers: 86368646, 86189641, 86010489.
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`5) Yes. The growing of hemp is generally prohibited by the Controlled Substance Act
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`to discourage the growing of marijuana, which is a distinct product but has significant
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`similarities to hemp. However, importation and use of industrial hemp for the
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`purpose of manufacture of finished goods is not prohibited.
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`It must also be noted that in 2014 Farm Bill authorized hemp research and pilot
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`projects to determine whether growing of hemp is beneficial for U.S. farmers (Section
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`7606). Currently, nineteen states… have laws to provide for hemp pilot studies
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`and/or for production as described by the Farm Bill stipulations. We would like to
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`emphasize that he future of this law will determine whether industrial hemp will be
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`grown in the United States or imported; however, it has no effect on the legality of a
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`final product produced from industrial hemp.
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`A copy of the November 14, 2014, response to Office Action is attached as Exhibit C.
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`9.
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`OHC set forth oasishemp.com as its website address in its application.
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`10.
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`Oasishemp.com consists of three individual pages, two of which are merely graphics while the
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`third is a means of sending messages without any contact information on the page.
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`11.
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`The graphics depicted on oasishemp.com include an “OASIS” logo consisting of the word
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`Oasis with an orange symbol in the “O” and a green leaf in place of the dot over the “I”. Both graphic pages
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`include an image of OHC’s device, and the second page includes an image of OHC’s disposable cartridges with
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`“Hemp” prominently displayed on the packaging.
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`12.
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`Oasishemp.com offers no information about where to find the product and offers no means
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`of purchasing the OHC’s OASIS product.
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`13.
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`Upon information and belief, the website oasishemp.com is not OHC’s primary website for
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`sale of its OASIS product.
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`14.
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`Oasisco2.com site was created on September 3, 2013, while oasishemp.com was created May
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`17, 2014, 10 days before the OHC Application was filed.
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`15.
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`OHC’s Twitter and Facebook pages display the same “OASIS” logo and both link to
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`oasisco2.com as its web address rather than oasishemp.com.
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`16.
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`Registrant’s social media accounts display the Registrant’s cartridges, devices, and other
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`products bearing the OASIS name including “Clear” and cannabis oil.
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`17.
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`Oasisco2.com displays the same Oasis graphic as the oasishemp.com site including the graphic
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`leaf dot over the “I” and identical symbol inside of the “O”.
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`18.
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`Oasisco2.com has multiple pages, informing consumers about the full catalogue of products
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`available including cannabis oil. The website explains the manufacturing process of “Clear”, a highly
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`concentrated cannabis oil, strains of “Clear”, wholesaler information and a support telephone number.
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`19.
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`The packaging on products depicted on Registrant’s social media accounts and oasisco2.com
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`website is inconsistent with the packaging presented as a specimen.
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`20.
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`The same OASIS branded device depicted in the specimen of use submitted with the OHC
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`Application is only available for purchase with “Clear” cannabis oil, along with a new disposable device pre-
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`loaded with cannabis oil, both available through oasisco2.com.
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`21.
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`Upon information and belief, all of OHC’s sales are occurring on the oasisco2.com website
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`and its web traffic directs to this domain.
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`22.
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`Upon information and belief, OHC created oasishemp.com for the sole purpose of
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`manufacturing a fraudulent specimen of use which was filed in support of its use-based OHC Application.
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`23.
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`Upon information and belief, OHC submitted a doctored graphic as one of its specimens of
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`use with the word “Hemp” in place of the word “Cannabis.”
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`24.
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`Upon information and belief, the “Hemp Oil” specimen filed in support of the use-based
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`OHC Application was manufactured with intent to defraud the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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`OHC would have failed to obtain the Registration if its goods were solely to be used with illegal substances and
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`as such created the “Hemp Oil” graphic to suggest that there were legal uses for its devices.
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`25.
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`The hemp oil graphic displayed on oasishemp.com is merely a two-dimensional image, and
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`not a genuine package of disposable OASIS brand cartridges.
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`26.
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`The “Hemp Oil” OASIS packaging can only be found as a computer-generated graphic on
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`the hempoasis.com website. All other packaging for OHC’s OASIS product found on social media and on the
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`oasisco2.com website clearly says, “Cannabis.”
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`27.
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`In support of its OHC Application, OHC submitted as a specimen of use photographs of its
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`device but did not show the packaging of the OASIS brand cartridge.
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`28.
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`Upon information and belief, the hemp oil packaging graphic presented on the oasishemp.com
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`page was created solely to be a specimen of use for the OHC Application, and no available products bear the
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`same language.
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`29.
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`Upon information and belief, OHC is using the OASIS mark on illegal goods including
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`cannabis oil in contradiction to the representations made to the USPTO.
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`30.
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`Upon information and belief, OHC is using the OASIS mark on for use in connection with
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`consuming cannabis, in contradiction to the representations made to the USPTO.
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`31.
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`Upon information and belief, OHC’s goods are unlawful pursuant to the Controlled
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`Substances Act in contradiction to the representations made to the USPTO.
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`32.
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`On March 31, 2019, the USPTO, pursuant to Section 2(d) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §
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`1052(d), issued an Office Action refusing registration to Rowdy Monkey’s OASIS Application based on an
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`alleged likelihood of confusion between the mark subject of the OASIS Application and OHC’s OASIS mark
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`shown in the Registration. A true and correct copy of the March 31, 2019, Office Action is attached hereto as
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`Exhibit D.
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`Count One
`No Lawful Use In Commerce, 15 U.S.C. § 1051(a)
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`33.
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`Rowdy Monkeys repeats and realleges each and every allegation set forth in each of the
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`preceding paragraphs.
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`34.
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`OHC’s OASIS mark was not in lawful use in commerce on or in connection with of the goods
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`set forth in OHC Application at the time such use-based application was filed.
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`Count Two
`Fraud on the USPTO
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`35.
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`Rowdy Monkeys repeats and realleges each and every allegation set forth in each of the
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`preceding paragraphs.
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`36.
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`The Registration was obtained fraudulently, in that OHC’s November 7, 2014, Response to
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`Office Action contained false information regarding OHC’s OASIS branded products. Such false information
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`was supplied with the intent to deceive the USPTO into issuing the Registration.
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`37.
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`The Registration was further obtained fraudulently, in that the declaration signed by Mark
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`Rabinovich on May 29, 2014, in support of the OHC Application, under notice of Section 1001 of Title 18 of
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`the United States Code, stated that OHC was “…using the mark in commerce on or in connection with the
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`goods/services in the application, and such use by the applicant's related company or licensee inures to the
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`benefit of the applicant; the specimen(s) shows the mark as used on or in connection with the goods/services
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`in the application…”
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`38.
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`OHC was not lawfully using its OASIS mark in commerce at the time the May 29, 2014,
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`declaration was signed.
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`39.
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`The specimen submitted with the OHC Application did not depict the mark as used on or in
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`connection with the goods in the OHC Application.
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`40.
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`The false May 29, 2014, declaration was signed and filed with the intent to deceive the USPTO
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`into issuing the Registration.
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`WHEREFORE, Rowdy Monkeys believes that it will be damaged by the continued registration of the OASIS
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`mark shown in Registration No. 4715093 and respectfully requests that this Petition for Cancellation be
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`sustained, and that Registration No. 4715093 be cancelled.
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`By: /s/Aaron Y. Silverstein
`Aaron Y. Silverstein
`Saunders & Silverstein LLP
`14 Cedar Street, Suite 224
`Amesbury, Massachusetts 01913-1831
`+1.978.463.9100
`asilverstein@sandsip.com
`trademarks@sandsip.com
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`Attorneys for Petitioner
`ROWDY MONKEYS, LLC
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`Mark: OASIS
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`US Serial Number: 88267201
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`Filed as TEAS RF: Yes
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`Register: Principal
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`Mark Type: Trademark
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`TM5 Common Status
`Descriptor:
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`Application Filing Date: Jan. 18, 2019
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`Currently TEAS RF: Yes
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`LIVE/APPLICATION/Under Examination
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`The trademark application has been accepted by the Office (has met the minimum filing
`requirements) and that this application has been assigned to an examiner.
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`Status: A non­final Office action has been sent (issued) to the applicant. This is a letter from the examining attorney requiring additional information and/or
`making an initial refusal. The applicant must respond to this Office action. To view all documents in this file, click on the Trademark Document
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`Status Date: Mar. 31, 2019
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`Mark Information
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`Mark Literal Elements: OASIS
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`Standard Character Claim: Yes. The mark consists of standard characters without claim to any particular font style, size, or color.
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`Mark Drawing Type: 4 ­ STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
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`Goods and Services
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`Note:
`The following symbols indicate that the registrant/owner has amended the goods/services:
`Brackets [..] indicate deleted goods/services;
`Double parenthesis ((..)) identify any goods/services not claimed in a Section 15 affidavit of incontestability; and
`Asterisks *..* identify additional (new) wording in the goods/services.
`For: Smoker's articles, namely, pipes
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`International Class(es): 034 ­ Primary Class
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`U.S Class(es): 002, 008, 009, 017
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`Class Status: ACTIVE
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`Basis: 1(b)
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`Basis Information (Case Level)
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`Filed Use: No
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`Filed ITU: Yes
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`Filed 44D: No
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`Filed 44E: No
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`Filed 66A: No
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`Filed No Basis: No
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`Current Owner(s) Information
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`Owner Name: Rowdy Monkeys, LLC
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`Owner Address: 256 South Main Street
`Wadsworth, OHIO UNITED STATES 44281
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`Legal Entity Type: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
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`Attorney/Correspondence Information
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`Currently Use: No
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`Currently ITU: Yes
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`Currently 44E: No
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`Currently 66A: No
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`Currently No Basis: No
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`State or Country Where
`Organized:
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`OHIO
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`Attorney of Record
`Attorney Name: Aaron Y. Silverstein
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`Attorney Primary Email
`Address:
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`trademarks@sandsip.com
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`Correspondent
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`Docket Number: 1245.400.11
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`Attorney Email Authorized: Yes
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`Correspondent
`Name/Address:
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`Aaron Y. Silverstein
`Saunders & Silverstein LLP
`14 Cedar Street, Suite 224
`Amesbury, MASSACHUSETTS UNITED STATES 01913­1831
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`Phone: +1.978.463.9100
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`Correspondent e­mail:
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`trademarks@sandsip.com
`asilverstein@sandsip.com
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`Domestic Representative ­ Not Found
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`Prosecution History
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`Correspondent e­mail
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`Date
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`May 08, 2019
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`May 08, 2019
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`Mar. 31, 2019
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`Mar. 31, 2019
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`Feb. 10, 2019
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`Description
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`Proceeding Number
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`ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
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`TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
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`NOTIFICATION OF NON­FINAL ACTION E­MAILED
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`NON­FINAL ACTION E­MAILED
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`NON­FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
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`ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
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`NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED IN TRAM
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`NEW APPLICATION ENTERED IN TRAM
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`6325
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`6325
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`76745
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`76745
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`TM Staff and Location Information
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`TM Staff Information
`TM Attorney: MAHONEY, PAULA M
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`Law Office Assigned: LAW OFFICE 119
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`File Location
`Current Location: TMO LAW OFFICE 119 ­ EXAMINING ATTORNEY
`ASSIGNED
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`Date in Location: Mar. 31, 2019
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`EXHIBIT B
`EXHIBIT B
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`To:
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`Subject:
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`Sent As:
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`Attachments:
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`OASIS HOLDINGS GROUP, LLC (mark@rabinovichlaw.com)
`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 86294651 - OASIS - N/A
`9/22/2014 8:18:18 PM
`ECOM108@USPTO.GOV
`Attachment - 1
`Attachment - 2
`Attachment - 3
`Attachment - 4
`Attachment - 5
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
`OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 86294651
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`MARK: OASIS
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`CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
` MARK RABINOVICH
` LAW OFFICES OF MARK RABINOVICH
` 17337 VENTURA BLVD STE 228
` ENCINO, CA 91316-4048
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`APPLICANT: OASIS HOLDINGS GROUP, LLC
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`CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO :
` N/A
`CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS:
` mark@rabinovichlaw.com
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`*86294651*
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`CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:
`http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp
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`VIEW YOUR APPLICATION FILE
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`STRICT DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER
`TO AVOID ABANDONMENT OF APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION, THE USPTO MUST RECEIVE APPLICANT’S
`COMPLETE RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE BELOW.
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`ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 9/22/2014
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`The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completely to
`the issue(s) below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
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`SEARCH OF OFFICE’S DATABASE OF MARKS
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`The trademark examining attorney has searched the Office’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no conflicting marks that
`would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).
`REQUIREMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – HEMP/MARIJUANA-RELATED GOODS
`To permit proper examination of the application, applicant must submit additional information about the goods. See 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b); TMEP
`§814. The requested information should include fact sheets, brochures, advertisements, and/or similar materials relating to the goods. If such
`materials are not available, applicant must provide a detailed factual description of the goods. Any information submitted in response to this
`requirement must clearly and accurately indicate the nature of the goods identified in the application.
`In addition, applicant must submit a written statement indicating whether the goods identified in the application comply with the Controlled
`Substances Act (CSA), 21 U.S.C. §§801-971. See 37 C.F.R. §2.69; TMEP §907. The CSA prohibits, among other things, manufacturing,
`distributing, dispensing, or possessing certain controlled substances, including marijuana and marijuana-based preparations. 21 U.S.C. §§812,
`841(a)(1), 844(a); see also 21 U.S.C. §802(16) (defining “[marijuana]”). The CSA also makes it unlawful to sell, offer for sale, or use any
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`facility of interstate commerce to transport drug paraphernalia, i.e., “any equipment, product, or material of any kind which is primarily intended
`or designed for use in manufacturing, compounding, converting, concealing, producing, processing, preparing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or
`otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance, possession of which is unlawful under [the CSA].” 21 U.S.C. §863.
`Finally, applicant must provide written responses to the following questions:
`Do applicant’s identified goods include marijuana, cannabis, hemp, marijuana-based, cannabis-based or hemp-based preparations, or
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`marijuana, cannabis or hemp-based extracts or derivatives, synthetic marijuana, or any other illegal controlled substances?
`Applicant’s specimen for its e-liquids in Class 30 specifically states on the label that it contains “hemp oil.” Identify the source plant for
`the hemp oil, e.g., marijuana or imported industrial hemp.
`Applicant has identified “tobacco free cigarettes for medical use” in Class 5. Identify and describe the nature of these goods and what the
`goods are made from if not tobacco.
`Are any of applicant’s goods identified in the application for use in connection with inhaling, ingesting or otherwise consuming marijuana,
`cannabis, hemp, marijuana-based, cannabis-based or hemp-based preparations, or marijuana, cannabis or hemp-based extracts or
`derivatives, synthetic marijuana, or any other illegal controlled substances?
`Are the applicant’s goods/services lawful pursuant to the Controlled Substances Act?
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`3.
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`4.
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`5.
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`Failure to satisfactorily respond to a requirement for information is a ground for refusing registration. See In re Cheezwhse.com, Inc., 85 USPQ2d
`1917, 1919 (TTAB 2008); In re Garden of Eatin’ Inc., 216 USPQ 355, 357 (TTAB 1982); TMEP §814. Please note that merely stating that
`information about the goods and services is available on applicant’s website is an inappropriate response to the above requirement and is
`insufficient to make the relevant information properly of record. See In re Planalytics, Inc., 70 USPQ2d 1453, 1457-58 (TTAB 2004).
`Applicant is advised that, upon consideration of the information provided by applicant in response to the above requirement, registration of the
`applied-for mark may be refused on the ground that the mark, as used in connection with the identified goods , is not in lawful use in commerce.
`Trademark Act Sections 1 and 45, 15 U.S.C. §§1051, 1127.
`NEW SPECIMEN REQUIRED – CLASS 5 ONLY
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`Registration is refused because the specimen does not show the applied-for mark in use in commerce in connection with any of the goods
`specified in the application in International Class 5. 15 U.S.C. §§1051, 1127; 37 C.F.R. §§2.34(a)(1)(iv), 2.56(a); TMEP §§904, 904.07(a).
`Specifically, applicant has
`identified tobacco free cigarettes
`for medical purposes. As
`shown in the attached evidence from
`NICOTINEFREECIGARETTES.COM and WIKIPEDIA.ORG, tobacco free cigarettes are goods which generally contain nicotine free herbal
`matter that is lit and smoked like a conventional cigarette. Applicant’s specimens show use of the mark on electronic cigarettes and e-liquids for
`electronic cigarettes. Such goods are classified in Classes 34 and 30, respectively. There is no specimen in the record showing use of the mark
`on or in connection with the goods identified in Class 5.
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`An application based on Trademark Act Section 1(a) must include a specimen showing the applied-for mark in use in commerce for each
`international class of goods identified in the application or amendment to allege use. 15 U.S.C. §1051(a)(1); 37 C.F.R. §§2.34(a)(1)(iv), 2.56(a);
`TMEP §§904, 904.07(a).
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`Examples of specimens for goods may include tags, labels, instruction manuals, containers, and photographs that show the mark on the actual
`goods or packaging, or displays associated with the actual goods at their point of sale. See TMEP §§904.03 et seq. Webpages may also be
`specimens for goods when they include a picture or textual description of the goods associated with the mark and the means to order the goods.
`TMEP §904.03(i). Examples of specimens for services may include advertising and marketing materials, brochures, photographs of business
`signage and billboards, and website printouts that show the mark used in the actual sale, rendering, or advertising of the services. See TMEP
`§§1301.04 et seq.
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`Applicant may respond to this refusal by satisfying one of the following:
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`(1) Submit a different specimen (a verified “substitute” specimen) that (a) was in actual use in commerce at least as early as the filing
`date of the application or prior to the filing of an amendment to allege use and (b) shows the mark in actual use in commerce for the
`goods identified in the application.
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`(2) Amend the filing basis to intent to use under Section 1(b), for which no specimen is required. This option will later necessitate
`additional fee(s) and filing requirements such as providing a specimen at a subsequent date.
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`For an overview of both response options referenced above and instructions on how to satisfy either option online using the Trademark Electronic
`Application System (TEAS) form, please go to http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/law/specimen.jsp.
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`If applicant has questions regarding this Office action, please telephone or e-mail the assigned trademark examining attorney. All relevant e-mail
`communications will be placed in the official application record; however, an e-mail communication will not be accepted as a response to this
`Office action and will not extend the deadline for filing a proper response. See 37 C.F.R. §2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05. Further,
`although the trademark examining attorney may provide additional explanation pertaining to the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in this Office
`action, the trademark examining attorney may not provide legal advice or statements about applicant’s rights. See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06.
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`TEAS PLUS APPLICANTS – TO MAINTAIN REDUCED FEE, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET, INCLUDING
`SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS ONLINE:  Applicants who filed their application online using the lower-fee TEAS Plus application form must
`(1) continue to submit certain documents online using TEAS, including responses to Office actions (see TMEP §819.02(b) for a complete list of
`these documents); (2) accept correspondence from the USPTO via e-mail throughout the examination process; and (3) maintain a valid e-mail
`address. See 37 C.F.R. §2.23(a)(1), (a)(2); TMEP §§819, 819.02(a). TEAS Plus applicants who do not meet these three requirements must
`submit an additional fee of $50 per international class of goods . 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(1)(iv); TMEP §819.04. However, in certain situations,
`authorizing an examiner’s amendment by telephone will not incur this additional fee.
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`/jeffreyjlook/
`Jeffrey J Look
`Law Office 108
`571-272-1652
`jeffrey.look@uspto.gov
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`TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: Go to http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp. Please wait 48-72 hours from the
`issue/mailing date before using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), to allow for necessary system updates of the application.
`For technical assistance with online forms, e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov. For questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned
`trademark examining attorney. E-mail communications will not be accepted as responses to Office actions; therefore, do not respond to
`this Office action by e-mail.
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`All informal e-mail communications relevant to this application will be placed in the official application record.
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`WHO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE: It must be personally signed by an individual applicant or someone with legal authority to bind an
`applicant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint applicants). If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the
`response.
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`PERIODICALLY CHECK THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION: To ensure that applica