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`ESTTA Tracking number:
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`ESTTA1161081
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`Filing date:
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`09/21/2021
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Proceeding
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`92077524
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`Party
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`Correspondence
`Address
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`Plaintiff
`Arash Homampour
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`KIA KAMRAN
`KIA KAMRAN PC
`1900 AVENUE OF THE STARS 25TH FLOOR
`LOS ANGELES, CA 90067-4301
`UNITED STATES
`Primary Email: kia@tunelaw.com
`Secondary Email(s): desiree@tunelaw.com, assistant@tunelaw.com
`310-284-8600
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`Submission
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`Filer's Name
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`Filer's email
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`Motion to Amend Pleading/Amended Pleading
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`Milord A. Keshishian
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`milord@milordlaw.com, stephanie@milordlaw.com, uspto@milordlaw.com, mar-
`len@milordlaw.com, jordan@milordlaw.com
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`Signature
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`Date
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`/Milord A. Keshishian/
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`09/21/2021
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`Attachments
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`First Amended Cancellation v1 MAK w Exhibits.pdf(4237658 bytes )
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ARASH HOMAMPOUR,
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ARASH KHORSANDI,
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`Registrant/Respondent.
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`Cancellation No. 92077524
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`Registration No. 6,407,070
`Mark: ARASH LAW
`Registration Date: July 6, 2021
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`Registration No. 6,407,071
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`Mark:
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`Registration Date: July 6, 2021
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`AMENDED PETITION FOR CANCELLATION
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`Arash Homampour (cid:894)(cid:862)Petitioner(cid:863)(cid:895), a United States individual believes he is and
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`will be damaged by the continued registrations of the marks owned by Arash Khorsandi
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`(cid:894)(cid:862)Registrant(cid:863)(cid:895), a U(cid:374)ited “tates i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual, that are the subject of U.S. Registration Nos.
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`6,407, 070 for ARASH LAW in standard characters and 6,407,071 for the design mark AK
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`ARA“H LAW (cid:894)(cid:272)olle(cid:272)ti(cid:448)el(cid:455), the (cid:862)Registrations(cid:863) o(cid:396) (cid:862)Registrant’s Marks(cid:863)(cid:895), for (cid:862)Legal
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`Services(cid:863) i(cid:374) I(cid:374)te(cid:396)(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al Class (cid:1004)(cid:1008)(cid:1009) (cid:894)(cid:862)Registrant’s Services(cid:863)(cid:895). Allegations with respect to
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`Petitioner are based on actual knowledge and all other allegations are based on
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`information and belief. Accordingly, Petitioner, by and through his attorneys, hereby
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`petitions to cancel the Registrations on the following grounds:
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`PETITIONER
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`1.
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`Petitioner, Arash Homampour, is a licensed attorney in the State of California
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`that was admitted to The State Bar of California and the U.S. District Court Central
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`District of California in 1993.
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`2.
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`The (cid:374)a(cid:373)e (cid:862)A(cid:396)ash(cid:863) sha(cid:396)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:271)oth Petitioner and Registrant is a generally
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`common first name of Persian (Iranian) origin, used both as a surname and a first name,
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`and originates from Iranian Mythology. Both Registrant and Petitioner are of Persian
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`origin. Both Registrant and Petitioner have their practices based in Los Angeles County,
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`which is also home to the largest Iranian population outside of Iran of approximately
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`700,000 ex-patriots and their descendants.
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`3.
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`Indeed, the State Bar of California alone currently lists 54 different attorneys
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`(cid:374)a(cid:373)ed (cid:862)A(cid:396)ash(cid:863), eithe(cid:396) as thei(cid:396) fi(cid:396)st, (cid:373)iddle, o(cid:396) last (cid:374)a(cid:373)e.
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`4.
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`Petitioner Homampour is the senior user of marks incorporating the term Arash.
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`Since at least as early as 1993, Petitioner has continuously provided legal services in the
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`United States under the marks (cid:862)ARASH HOMAMPOUR,(cid:863) (cid:862)ARASH(cid:863), and (cid:862)ARASH LAW,(cid:863)
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`and, in addition to various other incarnations incorporating the word (cid:862)ARA“H(cid:863)
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`(cid:894)(cid:272)olle(cid:272)ti(cid:448)el(cid:455), the (cid:862)Petitioner’s Marks(cid:863)(cid:895), has established an award winning and highly
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`respected catastrophic injury and wrongful death law firm. See Exhibit A. Petitioner is
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`also readily known by consumers and others in the legal community as (cid:862)ARASH THE
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`LAWYER,(cid:863) (cid:862)ARASH THE ATTORNEY,(cid:863) (cid:862)ARASH THE PI LAWYER,(cid:863) and (cid:862)ARASH THE PI
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`ATTORNEY,(cid:863) all before Registrants’ purported dates of first use.
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`5.
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`Petitioner has established extensive common law rights in the Petitioner’s Ma(cid:396)ks
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`for legal services and other related services in United States commerce, all prior to
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`Registrants’ purported date of first use.
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`6.
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`Under the Petitioner’s Ma(cid:396)ks and various (cid:862)ARASH(cid:863) monikers, including prior to
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`Registrant’s purported date of first use and some prior to Registrant’s admission to the
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`California State Bar, Petitioner is nationally recognized year after year as one of the best
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`trial attorneys in the state of California. For example, every year from 2004 until 2015,
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`Petitioner has received nominations for Trial Attorney of the Year; every year since
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`2005, Petitioner has been identified as a Super Lawyer which is a preeminent national
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`rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have
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`attained a high-degree of peer recognition, peer nominations, and peer evaluations; in
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`2007 Petitioner was named as one of the Top 20 Attorneys Under the Age of 40 by the
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`Los Angeles Daily Journal; since 2010, Petitioner has been recognized as one of the Top
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`100 Lawyers in Southern California; since 2011, Petitioner has been a member of the
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`American Association for Justice; in 2015, Petitioner was recognized by the National Law
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`Jou(cid:396)(cid:374)al as (cid:862)A(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a’s Elite T(cid:396)ial La(cid:449)(cid:455)e(cid:396)s (cid:1009)(cid:1004)(cid:863) in the United States; since 2016, Petitioner
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`has been a member of the Court Victories Member of the Multimillion-Dollar Verdicts &
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`Settlement Club and Top Verdict, which recognizes the highest jury verdicts in a
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`particular state or nationwide; in 2017, Petitioner (cid:449)as (cid:374)a(cid:373)ed a(cid:373)o(cid:374)g A(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a’s Top (cid:1005)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)
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`High Stakes Litigators; in 2018, Petitioner (cid:449)as (cid:374)a(cid:373)ed as a Top (cid:1007)(cid:1004) Plai(cid:374)tiff’s Atto(cid:396)(cid:374)e(cid:455) i(cid:374)
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`California by the Daily Journal; in 2019, Petitioner was named in Lawdragon 500 Leading
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`Lawyers of America; in 2020, Petitioner was named in Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff
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`Consumer Lawyers; and most recently, in 2021, Petitioner was ranked fifth out of all
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`attorneys in all practice areas in the Super Lawyers List, which evaluates lawyers across
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`the country for its annual list of tops attorneys. See Exhibit B.
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`7.
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`Under the Petitioner’s Ma(cid:396)ks and various (cid:862)ARA“H(cid:863) monikers, including prior to
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`Registrant’s pu(cid:396)po(cid:396)ted date of first use and some prior to Registrant’s ad(cid:373)issio(cid:374) to the
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`California State Bar, Petitioner appears in various media nationwide. Some examples
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`include televised appearances, videos, podcasts, social media, advertisements,
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`promotions, personal appearances, published works, and other articles. See Exhibit C.
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`8.
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`For nearly three decades, including prior the Registrant’s purported date of first
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`use, Petitioner has advertised, promoted, and used the Petitioner’s Ma(cid:396)ks in connection
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`with legal services and other related services throughout the United States such that the
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`terms (cid:862)A(cid:396)ash(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)La(cid:449)(cid:863) uniquely identify Petitioner in the minds of the consuming
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`public, as well as Petitioner’s and Registrant’s pee(cid:396)s.
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`9.
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`Petitioner has exposed and promoted the Petitioner’s Ma(cid:396)ks and been known by
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`his (cid:862)Arash(cid:863) monikers throughout the United States and achieved unprecedented
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`success in his legal career to include obtaining more than half a billion dollars in awards
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`for his clients against highly publicized defendants, thereby establishing an excellent
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`reputation in the legal community and in the minds of consumers and built up extensive
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`and valuable goodwill under the Petitioner’s Ma(cid:396)ks and (cid:862)ARASH(cid:863) monikers in
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`connection to legal services and other related services.
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`10.
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`Petitioner has invested considerable money, time and effort into the use,
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`advertising, and promotion of Petitioner’s Ma(cid:396)ks in connection with legal services since
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`at least before the first use date of Registrant’s Ma(cid:396)k, including recognition by
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`consumers and others in the legal services industry by Petitioner’s various (cid:862)ARASH(cid:863)
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`monikers.
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`11.
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`Long before the Registrant’s alleged first use date of February 9, 2009, listed in
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`the Registrations, Petitioner has continuously and extensively used Petitioner’s Ma(cid:396)ks
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`and (cid:862)ARASH(cid:863) monikers in interstate commerce on and in connection with the
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`advertising, promotion, offer and sale of Petitioner’s legal services.
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`12.
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`Registrant is Arash Khorsandi with an address of record at 2960 Wilshire Blvd Fl
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`REGISTRANT
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`3, Los Angeles, CA 90010.
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`13.
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`Registrant is also a licensed attorney in the State of California who was admitted
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`to The State Bar of California on June 5, 2007. See Exhibit D, whose law practice covers
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`the same areas of law (catastrophic injury and wrongful death) as Petitioner.
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`14.
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`On July 1, 2020, Registrant filed U.S. Application Serial Nos. 90/031,579 for the
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`standard character mark ARASH LAW and 90/031,806 for the design mark AK ARASH
`LAW (cid:449)ith the U(cid:374)ited “tates Pate(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d T(cid:396)ade(cid:373)a(cid:396)k Offi(cid:272)e (cid:894)(cid:862)USPTO(cid:863)(cid:895).
`On October 7, 2020, the U“PTO e(cid:374)te(cid:396)ed (cid:448)ia E(cid:454)a(cid:373)i(cid:374)e(cid:396)’s A(cid:373)e(cid:374)d(cid:373)e(cid:374)t a disclaimer
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`statement as to the (cid:449)o(cid:396)d (cid:862)LAW(cid:863) i(cid:374) the Regist(cid:396)a(cid:374)t’s Ma(cid:396)ks.
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`16.
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`On July 6, 2021, U.S. Application Serial Nos. 90/031,579 and 90/031,806 matured
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`into registrations in the USPTO, both falsely claiming a February 9, 2009 date of first use.
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`17.
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`Registrant was not using either of the marks in the Registrations as of the date of
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`first use, but began instead using the following years after the purported date of first
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`use:
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`FIRST GROUND FOR OPPOSITION:
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`UNLAWFUL USE: ALLEGATION OF USE IN COMMERCE IS UNLAWFUL USE
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`18.
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`Petitioner repeats and alleges each and every allegation in the preceding
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`paragraphs as if fully set forth herein.
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`19.
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`Registrant has never used the Registrant’s Marks in commerce as declared in its
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`applications because they are unlawful and because they were not used in a manner
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`that directly affects commerce that Congress may regulate.
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`20.
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`Registrant’s Marks were unlawfully used because they were not registered with
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`the California State Bar. (cid:862)A la(cid:449) (cid:272)o(cid:396)po(cid:396)atio(cid:374) (cid:373)a(cid:455) p(cid:396)a(cid:272)ti(cid:272)e la(cid:449) only under the name
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`registered with the Secretary of State and approved by the State Bar. Use of the name
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`(cid:373)ust (cid:272)o(cid:373)pl(cid:455) (cid:449)ith (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts of the Rules of P(cid:396)ofessio(cid:374)al Co(cid:374)du(cid:272)t.(cid:863) Cal. St. Bar
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`Rules, Rule 3.154 (emphasis added). (cid:862)A(cid:374) appli(cid:272)a(cid:374)t fo(cid:396) (cid:396)egist(cid:396)atio(cid:374) as a la(cid:449) (cid:272)o(cid:396)po(cid:396)atio(cid:374)
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`shall supply to the State Bar all necessary and pertinent documents and information
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`requested by the State Bar concerning the applicant’s plan of operation, including, but
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`not limited to...any fictitious name or names which the corporation intends to use.” Cal.
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`Bus. & Prof. Code § 6161 (emphasis added). Only where a law corporation has a
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`currently effective certificate of registration from the State Bar pursuant to the
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`Professional Corporation Act, is it eligible to practice law. Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6160;
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`Cappiello, Hofmann & Katz, P.C. v. Boyle, 105 Cal. Rptr. 2d 147, 151-52 (Ct. App. 1st
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`2001) (holding that a law corporation not registered with the State Bar committed
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`unauthorized practice of law and the fee agreement was illegal, even though its
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`individual lawyers were admitted in California) (unpublished).
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`21.
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`Registrant’s use was and is a per se violation of the California Business and
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`Professions Code and the State Bar’s rules of professional conduct and Registrant
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`cannot lawfully provide legal services under the Registrant’s Marks as they were not
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`approved by the State Bar of California, which, on information and belief, only approved
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`the use of (cid:862)The Law Offices Of Arash Khorsandi.(cid:863)
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`22.
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`Registrant thus does not have the requisite authorization to provide legal
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`services without prior registration with and approval by the State Bar of California. Any
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`alleged use by Opposer in connection with legal services is therefore per se unlawful.
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`23.
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`Thus, the Registrations should be cancelled.
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`SECOND GROUND FOR OPPOSITION:
`INVALID APPLICATION – NO USE IN COMMERCE
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`24.
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`Petitioner repeats and alleges each and every allegation in the preceding
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`paragraphs as if fully set forth herein.
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`25.
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`Registrants legal services have not been provided in interstate commerce since
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`February 9, 2009 because Registrant has not appeared as counsel of record outside of
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`the state of California.
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`26.
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`Even if Registrant had made use in commerce of the purported Registrant’s
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`Marks prior to or on the filing date of the applications that matured into the
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`Registrations, such use was unlawful as it was not and is not in compliance with
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`applicable laws and regulations. Thus, the applications and resulting Registrations are
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`void and invalid for lack of lawful use to support Registrants sole filing basis.
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`27.
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`Thus, the Registrations should be cancelled.
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`THIRD GROUND FOR OPPOSITION:
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`PRIORITY AND LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(D)
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`28.
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`Petitioner repeats and alleges each and every allegation in the preceding
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`paragraphs as if fully set forth herein.
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`29.
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`Registrant’s Ma(cid:396)ks are a derivation of Petitioner’s (cid:862)ARA“H(cid:863) common law marks
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`and (cid:862)ARASH(cid:863) monikers.
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`30.
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`Registrant’s Marks and Petitioner’s senior Marks and (cid:862)ARASH(cid:863) monikers are
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`identical or nearly identical in appearance, sound, meaning and connotation.
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`31.
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`Registrant and Petitioner (cid:271)oth i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:396)po(cid:396)ate the (cid:449)o(cid:396)d (cid:862)ARA“H(cid:863) as the dominant
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`portion of their respective marks and Petitioner’s (cid:862)ARASH(cid:863) monikers.
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`32.
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`Petitioner’s services under Petitioner’s Marks are identical or highly related to
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`Registrant’s Services because, inter alia, both are used in connection with legal services.
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`33.
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`Registrant’s a(cid:374)d Petitioner’s legal se(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:272)es are offered in the same or similar
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`trade channels to the same class of consumers under Registrant’s Marks and the senior
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`Petitioner’s Marks and (cid:862)ARASH(cid:863) monikers.
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`34.
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`Registrant’s ad(cid:373)issio(cid:374) to The “tate Ba(cid:396) of Califo(cid:396)(cid:374)ia o(cid:374) Ju(cid:374)e (cid:1009), (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)7, p(cid:396)e(cid:272)ludes
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`Registrant from offering legal services under Registrant’s Ma(cid:396)ks prior to the date of
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`admission. Further, Registrant’s unlawful use of Registrant’s Marks not approved by the
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`California State Bar prevents Registrant’s claim of the date of first use.
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`35.
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`Petitioner’s fi(cid:396)st use date i(cid:374) interstate commerce predates Registrant’s alleged
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`first use date of February 9, 2009, which is unlawful, in interstate commerce as listed in
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`the Registrations.
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`36.
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`Petitioner’s Ma(cid:396)ks predate any date upon which Registrant can rely, and
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`accordingly, Petitioner’s (cid:396)ights a(cid:396)e se(cid:374)io(cid:396) to Registrant’s.
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`37.
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`Registrant’s Marks are confusingly similar to Petitioner’s Ma(cid:396)ks and (cid:862)ARASH(cid:863)
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`monikers as applied to Petitio(cid:374)e(cid:396)’s a(cid:374)d Regist(cid:396)a(cid:374)t’s (cid:396)espe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e legal se(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:272)es.
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`38.
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`There is actual confusion between the Registrant’s Ma(cid:396)ks and Petitioner’s Ma(cid:396)ks
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`and (cid:862)ARASH(cid:863) monikers such that prospective clients or other persons have repeatedly
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`mistaken the source of the Registrant’s and Petitioner’s respective legal services.
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`39.
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`Registrant’s Marks, when used in connection with Registrant’s Services, are likely
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`to cause confusion, to cause mistake, and to deceive the trade and public, who, upon
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`seeing Registrant’s Mark in connection with Registrant’s Services would believe that
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`such services originate with, are approved, sponsored or endorsed by, or have some
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`connection or affiliation with Petitioner pursuant to Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act,
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`15 U.S.C. § 1052(d) with consequent damage to Petitioner and the public.
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`40.
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`Accordingly, Petitioner respectfully requests that the Registrations be cancelled
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`in their entireties under Section 1052(d) of the Trademark Act.
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`FOURTH GROUND FOR OPPOSITION:
`FALSE ASSOCIATION, 15 U.S.C. §1052(A)
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`Petitioner repeats and alleges each and every allegation set forth in the
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`41.
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`preceding paragraphs as if fully set forth herein.
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`42.
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`The Registrant’s Marks are the same as or a close approximation of the name or
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`identity used by Petitioner given that Petitioner hi(cid:373)self is (cid:374)a(cid:373)ed (cid:862)Arash(cid:863) and is known
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`by the (cid:862)ARASH(cid:863) monikers.
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`43.
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`The Registrant’s Marks identifies Petitioner given Petitioner’s successful legal
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`career for nearly thirty years, and reputation as a champion of consumer and individual
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`rights against powerful multinational companies, including the dominant portion of
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`(cid:862)ARASH(cid:863) in the design mark.
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`44.
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`Registrant’s use of the Regist(cid:396)a(cid:374)t’s Ma(cid:396)ks in connection to legal services points
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`uniquely and unmistakably to Petitioner in the minds of relevant consumers, given
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`Petitioner’s extensive advertising, promotion, media coverage, and widespread and
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`longstanding use of the te(cid:396)(cid:373) (cid:862)ARASH(cid:863) and (cid:862)ARASH(cid:863) monikers in addition to various
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`othe(cid:396) i(cid:374)(cid:272)a(cid:396)(cid:374)atio(cid:374)s i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:396)po(cid:396)ati(cid:374)g the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ds (cid:862)ARA“H(cid:863) o(cid:396) (cid:862)LAW(cid:863) since at least as early as
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`1993, as well as Petitioner’s public exposure throughout the United States and excellent
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`reputation demonstrated by various awards, recognition, and successful legal career.
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`45.
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`Petitioner is not connected with the activities performed by Registrant under the
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`Registrant’s Ma(cid:396)ks. Petitioner is famous in the legal field and Registrants’ Marks were
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`intended to form a connection with Petitioner in the minds of consumers and others in
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`the legal field in an attempt to usurp Petitioner’s name recognition and good with in
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`Petitioner’s Marks and (cid:862)ARASH(cid:863) monikers.
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`46.
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`Petitioner’s (cid:396)eputatio(cid:374) is s(cid:455)(cid:374)o(cid:374)(cid:455)(cid:373)ous (cid:449)ith e(cid:454)(cid:272)elle(cid:374)(cid:272)e su(cid:272)h that other attorneys,
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`and other legal professionals frequently refer Petitioner’s legal se(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:272)es u(cid:374)de(cid:396) the
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`Petitioner’s Ma(cid:396)ks and (cid:862)ARASH(cid:863) monikers.
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`47.
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`Based on all of Petitioner’s allegatio(cid:374)s he(cid:396)ei(cid:374), the Petitioner’s fa(cid:373)e o(cid:396)
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`reputation is such that, when Registrant’s Marks are used with Registrant’s “e(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:272)es,
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`consumers of Registrant’s Services would presume a connection to Petitioner.
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`48.
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`Accordingly, Registrant’s use of the Regist(cid:396)a(cid:374)t’s Ma(cid:396)ks in connection with
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`Thus, the Registrations should be cancelled.
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`FIFTH GROUND FOR OPPOSITION:
`LIVING INDIVIDUAL, 15 U.S.C. §1052(C)
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`Petitioner repeats and alleges each and every allegation set forth in the
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`The Registrant’s Marks consists of or comprises the name of a particular living
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`individual, which in this case the Regist(cid:396)a(cid:374)t’s Ma(cid:396)ks consist of and are comprised of the
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`(cid:374)a(cid:373)e (cid:862)Arash,(cid:863) which identifies Petitioner Arash Homampour, a particular living
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`individual, (cid:449)hose gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) (cid:374)a(cid:373)e is (cid:862)A(cid:396)ash(cid:863) and is also known by the (cid:862)ARASH(cid:863) monikers.
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`Petitioner does not consent to the use or registration of Registrant’s Ma(cid:396)ks for
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`Registrant’s Services and has not provided Registrant with written consent.
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`Petitioner has cognizable or proprietary rights in the Registrant’s Ma(cid:396)ks and
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`(cid:862)ARASH(cid:863) monikers, and Registrant is attempting to usurp Petitioner’s fame and
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`notoriety in the personal injury field through the use of the confusingly similar
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`As established above, the Registrant’s Ma(cid:396)k as used on the Registrant’s “e(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:272)es,
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`As also established above, Petitioner is generally known that the public would
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`(cid:396)easo(cid:374)a(cid:271)l(cid:455) assu(cid:373)e a (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) the Regist(cid:396)a(cid:374)t’s Ma(cid:396)ks a(cid:374)d Petitioner, or that,
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`because Petitioner is publicly connected with the business or field of Regist(cid:396)a(cid:374)t’s
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`identified legal services, such connection would be assumed and is actually perceived by
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`56.
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`Accordingly, Petitioner respectfully requests that the Registrations be cancelled
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`SIXTH GROUND FOR OPPOSITION:
`MERELY DESCRIPTIVE, 15 U.S.C. §1052(E)
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`Petitioner repeats and alleges each and every allegation set forth in the
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`preceding paragraphs as if fully set forth herein.
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`Registrant’s Ma(cid:396)ks merely describes a quality, characteristic or feature of
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`Registrant’s Services or in the alternative is primarily merely a surname.
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`59.
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`As established above, the (cid:374)a(cid:373)e (cid:862)A(cid:396)ash(cid:863) is both a first name and a surname that
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`is not rare.
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`Registrant dis(cid:272)lai(cid:373)s the (cid:449)o(cid:396)d (cid:862)LAW(cid:863) f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the Registrant’s Ma(cid:396)ks because, inter
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`alia, it is merely descriptive or generic for Registrant’s se(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:272)es.
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`61. When the Registrant’s Ma(cid:396)ks are taken as a whole, they are merely descriptive
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`because the primary significance of the Registrant’s Ma(cid:396)ks are that of a surname or a
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`first name.
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`62.
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`Registrant’s Ma(cid:396)ks has the structure and pronunciation of a surname or a first
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`name.
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`63.
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`Registrant has not met its burden of proof nor established secondary meaning of
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`the Registrant’s Ma(cid:396)ks.
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`64.
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`Accordingly, Petitioner respectfully requests cancellation of the Registrations
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`under Section 1052(e) of the Trademark Act.
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`WHEREFORE, Petitioner prays that this Petition for Cancellation be sustained in
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` Respectfully Submitted,
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`Dated: September 21, 2021
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`__/Milord A. Keshishian/_____________
`Milord A. Keshishian
`Stephanie V. Trice
`Jordan M. Zim
`Milord & Associates, P.C.
`Attorneys for Petitioner
`10517 W. Pico Boulevard
`Los Angeles, CA 90064
`(310) 226-7878
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`CANCEL has been served on Registrant's counsel via email on September 21, 2021, to:
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`Robert A. Kashfian, Esq.
`robert@kashfianlaw.com
`Kashfian & Kashfian, LLP
`1875 Century Park E Ste 1340
`Los Angeles, CA 90067
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