ESTTA Tracking number:
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`ESTTA1319414
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`Filing date:
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`11/01/2023
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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
`Entity
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`Address
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`EMMANUEL ZUÃ#IGA SANCHEZ
`Individual
`Incorporated or
`registered in
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`MEXICO
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`PEREDO NUMERO 9
`COLONIA BARRIO SAN FRANCISCO
`JONACATEPEC, MR 62930
`MEXICO
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`Attorney informa-
`tion
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`Docket no.
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`THOMAS D FOSTER
`TDFOSTER - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
`11622 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 100
`SAN DIEGO, CA 92130
`UNITED STATES
`Primary email: foster@tdfoster.com
`858-922-2170
`7237.013-00
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`Registration subject to cancellation
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`Registration no.
`Register
`Registrant
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`Registration date
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`6840247
`Principal
`Mprezas Inc.
`4900 HOPYARD RD. SUITE 100
`PLEASANTON, CA 94588
`UNITED STATES
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`09/06/2022
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`Goods/services subject to cancellation
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`Class 005. First Use: Mar 24, 2022 First Use In Commerce: Mar 24, 2022
`All goods and services in the class are subject to cancellation, namely: Herbal teas for medicinal pur-
`poses
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`Grounds for cancellation
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`Priority and likelihood of confusion
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`Trademark Act Sections 14(1) and 2(d)
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`Marks cited by petitioner as basis for cancellation
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`U.S. application
`no.
`Register
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`97071803
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`Principal
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`Application date
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`10/13/2021
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`Registration date
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`Word mark
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`Design mark
`Description of
`mark
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`Goods/services
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`U.S. application
`no.
`Register
`Registration date
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`Word mark
`Design mark
`Description of
`mark
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`Goods/services
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`NONE
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`Foreign priority
`date
`CHPPNZ CHUPA PANZA JENGIBRE PIÃ#A + LINAZA TÃ# BASE DE RAÃ#Z
`DE JENGIBRE, PIÃ#A, LINAZA Y CANELA
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`NONE
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`The mark consists of the wording "CHPPNZ" written in a blue stylized font in the
`middle of five horizontal stripes stretched from one side to the other, one under
`the other, alternating the colors gold and purple. Below the wording there are the
`words "CHUPA PANZA", "written in a blue stylized font, each letter having white
`shadows, and the words "JENGIBRE" and the wording "PIÃ#A + LINAZA" writ-
`ten below the words "CHUPA PANZA", in a white stylized font and superim-
`posed on a blue curved rectangle. On the right lower part of the design there is a
`graphic representation of a brown ginger with three cut yellow slices and four
`green leaves, two on each side, with a straight black line starting from the bot-
`tom left and going until the margin. On the right of the ginger there is a graphic
`representation of a white cup, having inside gold tea and on the bottom right four
`brown graphic representations of cinnamon sticks with a green mint flower on
`top. On the lower left part of the design, there are the words "TÃ# BASE DE
`RAÃ#Z", "DE JENGIBRE, PIÃ#A," and "LINAZA Y CANELA" written one under
`the other in a red stylized font. All of the above is placed on a rectangular yellow
`label.
`Class 005. First use: First Use: None First Use In Commerce: None
`Anti-inflammatory gels; Anti-inflammatory ointments; Dietetic beverages adapted
`for medical purposes; Food supplements; Meal replacement shakes adapted for
`medical use; Medicated lotions for skin and body; Medicated soaps; Medicinal
`herbal extracts for medical purposes; Medicinal herbal preparations; Medicinal
`infusions for treating constipation; Medicinal tea; Mentholated ointment for med-
`ical use; Vitamin preparations all of the foregoing made in whole or significant
`part of Ginger, pineapple, flax, ginger root and Cinnamon
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`90896074
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`Application date
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`08/23/2021
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`Principal
`NONE
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`Foreign priority
`date
`CHUPA PANZA GEL DE JENGIBRE 100% NATURAL
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`NONE
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`The mark consists of the wording "CHUPA PANZA" written in a brown stylized
`font, under which there is the wording "GEL DE JENGIBRE" written in a light
`brown surrounded by a brown shadow. The wording is placed over an image of
`pink ginger with green leaves on the upper right part, and three slices of yellow
`ginger in the left part. On the right side of the image, there is the wording "100%
`NATURAL" written one under the other in a brown stylized font. The entire
`design is flanked by two human torsos, in the left part being a pink hand pitching
`the hips fat above a white skirt, and in the right side is person with pink skin
`measuring the waist with a yellow tape measure above a white skirt. The entire
`design is placed on a white background that is not a part of the mark.
`Class 005. First use: First Use: None First Use In Commerce: None
`Dietetic infusions for medical use; Food supplements; Medicated lotions for
`body; Medicinal tea; Slimming tea for medical purposes all of the foregoing
`made in whole or significant part of ginger
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`U.S. application
`no.
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`90800313
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`Application date
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`06/29/2021
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`Register
`Registration date
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`Word mark
`Design mark
`Description of
`mark
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`Goods/services
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`Principal
`NONE
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`Foreign priority
`date
`CHUPA PANZA GEL DE JENGIBRE 100% NATURAL
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`NONE
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`The mark consists of the wording "CHUPA PANZA" written in a brown stylized
`font, under which there is the wording "GEL DE JENGIBRE" written in a light
`brown surrounded by a brown shadow. The wording is placed over an image of
`a ginger appearing in pink with green leaves on the upper right part, and three
`slices of yellow ginger in the left part. On the right side of the image, there is the
`wording "100% NATURAL" written one under the other in a brown stylized font.
`The entire design is flanked by two human torsos, in the left part being a pink
`hand pitching the hips fat above a white skirt, and in the right side is person with
`pink skin measuring the waist with a yellow tape measure above a white skirt.
`The entire design is placed on a white background that is not a part of the mar.
`Class 030. First use: First Use: None First Use In Commerce: None
`Tea; Fruit teas; Herbal infusions; Instant tea; Mixes for making tea; Tea-based
`beverages; Tea extracts; Tea for infusions all of the foregoing made in whole or
`significant part of ginger
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`U.S. application
`no.
`Register
`Registration date
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`90714888
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`Principal
`NONE
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`Application date
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`05/17/2021
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`Foreign priority
`date
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`NONE
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`Word mark
`Design mark
`Description of
`mark
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`Goods/services
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`RETO CHUPAPANZA
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`The mark consists of the stylized wording "RETO" written in a red, above the
`word "CHUPAPANZA" written in a yellow surrounded by a black stylized shad-
`ow. Above the wording there is a mascot with pink skin, which has a red hat with
`white lines, a black, red and white mouth, a red scarf around its neck, a green
`and yellow vest, a green and yellow belt, and yellow and black gloves. The white
`outside the design is just transparent background and is not claimed as a fea-
`ture of the mark.
`Class 005. First use: First Use: None First Use In Commerce: None
`Balms for medical purposes; Dietary supplemental drinks; Dietetic infusions for
`medical use; Massage gels for medical purposes; Meal replacement drink mixes
`adapted for medical use; Medical preparations for slimming purposes; Medic-
`ated lotions for body; Medicated soap; Medicinal tea; Mentholated ointment for
`medical use; Slimming pills
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`Attachments
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`7237.013-00 20231101 CANCELLATION PETITION.pdf(124022 bytes )
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`Signature
`Name
`Date
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`/Thomas D. Foster/
`Thomas D. Foster
`11/01/2023
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ZUÑIGA SANCHEZ, EMMANUEL ) Cancellation No. ____________
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`Petitioner, )
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`Mark: CHUPANZON
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`Date Registered: Sept. 6, 2022
`Mprezas Inc.
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`Registrant.
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`PETITION FOR CANCELLATION
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`Emmanuel Zuniga Sanchez (hereinafter “Petitioner”), a Mexican citizen markets
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`in the United States his CHUPA PANZA brand of Anti-inflammatory gels; Anti-
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`inflammatory ointments; Dietetic beverages adapted for medical purposes; Food
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`supplements; Meal replacement shakes adapted for medical use; Medicated lotions for
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`skin and body; Medicated soaps; Medicinal herbal extracts for medical purposes;
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`Medicinal herbal preparations; Medicinal infusions for treating constipation; Medicinal
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`tea; Mentholated ointment for medical use; Vitamin preparations all of the foregoing
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`made in whole or significant part of Ginger, pineapple, flax, ginger root and Cinnamon;
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`and his CHUPA PANZA brand of Dietetic infusions for medical use; Food supplements;
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`Medicated lotions for body; Medicinal tea; Slimming tea for medical purposes all of the
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`foregoing made in whole or significant part of ginger and his RETO CHUPAPANZA
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`brand of Balms for medical purposes; Dietary supplemental drinks; Dietetic infusions for
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`medical use; Massage gels for medical purposes; Meal replacement drink mixes
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`adapted for medical use; Medical preparations for slimming purposes; Medicated lotions
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`for body; Medicated soap; Medicinal tea; Mentholated ointment for medical use;
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`Slimming pills. Mr. Sanchez has a principal place of business at Peredo Numero 9
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`Colonia Barrio San Francisco Jonacatepec, Morelos Mexico 62930. He believes that he
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`is damaged and will continue to be damaged by U.S. Registration No. 6840247, issued
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`September 6, 2022, for the mark CHUPANZON, to Mprezas Inc. (hereinafter
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`“Registrant”), a California corporation which has a principal place of business at 4900
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`Hopyard Rd. Suite 100 Pleasanton CALIFORNIA 94588. Petitioner hereby petitions to
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`cancel this same registration pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1064.
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`As grounds in support of its Petition for Cancellation, Petitioner asserts as
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`follows:
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`Petitioner’s Long-Standing Use of CHUPA PANZA as a Trademark
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`1.
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`Petitioner has for many years, and long prior to any date for first use upon which
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`Registrant can rely, adopted, and continuously used the “CHUPA PANZA” name and
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`trademark (“Petitioner’s Mark”) in the United States of America on Anti-inflammatory
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`gels; Anti-inflammatory ointments; Dietetic beverages adapted for medical purposes;
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`Food supplements; Meal replacement shakes adapted for medical use; Medicated
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`lotions for skin and body; Medicated soaps; Medicinal herbal extracts for medical
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`purposes; Medicinal herbal preparations; Medicinal infusions for treating constipation;
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`Medicinal tea; Mentholated ointment for medical use; Vitamin preparations all of the
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`foregoing made in whole or significant part of Ginger, pineapple, flax, ginger root and
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`Cinnamon; Dietetic infusions for medical use; Food supplements; Medicated lotions for
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`body; Medicinal tea; Slimming tea for medical purposes all of the foregoing made in
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`whole or significant part of ginger; Balms for medical purposes; Dietary supplemental
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`drinks; Dietetic infusions for medical use; Massage gels for medical purposes; Meal
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`replacement drink mixes adapted for medical use; Medical preparations for slimming
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`purposes; Medicated lotions for body; Medicated soap; Medicinal tea; Mentholated
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`ointment for medical use; Slimming pills.
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`2.
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`Petitioner is the owner of pending U.S. Trademark Application Serial No.
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`97071803 for the CHUPA PANZA & Design mark (“Petitioner’s First Application”) on the
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`Principal Register. The applied for goods are “Anti-inflammatory gels; Anti-inflammatory
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`ointments; Dietetic beverages adapted for medical purposes; Food supplements; Meal
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`replacement shakes adapted for medical use; Medicated lotions for skin and body;
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`Medicated soaps; Medicinal herbal extracts for medical purposes; Medicinal herbal
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`preparations; Medicinal infusions for treating constipation; Medicinal tea; Mentholated
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`ointment for medical use; Vitamin preparations all of the foregoing made in whole or
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`significant part of Ginger, pineapple, flax, ginger root and Cinnamon” in International
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`Class 005. This first application was filed on October 13, 2021, claiming rights under
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`Section 44E to a Mexican registration and an intention to use the mark in commerce.
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`3.
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`Petitioner is the owner of a second pending U.S. Trademark Application Serial
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`No. 90896074 for the CHUPA PANZA & Design mark (“Petitioner’s Second
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`Application”) on the Principal Register. The applied for goods are “Dietetic infusions for
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`medical use; Food supplements; Medicated lotions for body; Medicinal tea; Slimming
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`tea for medical purposes all of the foregoing made in whole or significant part of ginger”
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`in International Class 005. This second application was filed on August 23, 2021,
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`claiming rights under Section 44E to a Mexican registration and an intention to use the
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`mark in commerce.
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`4.
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`Petitioner is the owner of a third pending U.S. Trademark Application Serial No.
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`90714888 for the RETRO CHUPA PANZA & Design mark (“Petitioner’s Fourth
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`Application”) on the Principal Register. The applied for goods are “Balms for medical
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`purposes; Dietary supplemental drinks; Dietetic infusions for medical use; Massage gels
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`for medical purposes; Meal replacement drink mixes adapted for medical use; Medical
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`preparations for slimming purposes; Medicated lotions for body; Medicated soap;
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`Medicinal tea; Mentholated ointment for medical use; Slimming pills” in International
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`Class 005. This fourth application was filed on May 17, 2021, claiming an intention to
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`use the mark in commerce.
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`5.
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`The USPTO has refused all four of Petitioner’s Applications (the CHUPA PANZA
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`Marks) under Section 2(d) because of a likelihood of confusion with U.S. Trademark
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`Registration Nos. 6840247 for the mark CHUPANZON (“Registrant’s Mark”).
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`6.
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`By virtue of Petitioner’s extensive advertising and promotion of his goods under
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`the CHUPA PANZA Marks, those goods have become recognizable by the public as
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`exclusively denoting Petitioner and his goods. In addition, the CHUPA PANZA mark has
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`come to symbolize the reputable quality of Petitioner’s goods. As a result of Petitioner’s
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`substantial effort and investment on behalf of his brand, the goodwill inherent in the
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`CHUPA PANZA Mark is a valuable asset of Petitioner.
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`7.
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`Petitioner’s CHUPA PANZA Marks are strong marks entitled to a broad range of
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`protection.
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`8.
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`Petitioner’s CHUPA PANZA Marks are highly distinctive, as reflected by the lack
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`of third-party usage in commerce and lack of third-party registration of marks containing
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`CHUPA PANZA for similar goods.
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`Registrant’s Registration
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`9.
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`The Registrant is the owner of record of the U.S. Registration Nos. 6840247 for
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`the CHUPANZON mark for “Herbal teas for medicinal purposes” in International Class
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`005. (hereinafter “Registrant’s Goods”)
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`10. Registrant’s application for the goods in International Classes 005 was filed on
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`November 1, 2020, and was granted registration on September 6, 2022. Registrant
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`claims to have first used the CHUPANZON mark on the identified goods on August 4,
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`2020, and claims March 24, 2022, as the date the mark was first used in commerce in
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`connection with the identified goods.
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`Likelihood of Confusion – Section 2(d)
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`11. Petitioner incorporates Paragraphs 1 through 10 herein.
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`12. Upon information and belief, Petitioner’s first use in commerce in the United
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`States of America of its CHUPA PANZA Marks precedes any priority date on which
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`Registrant may rely.
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`13. Registrant’s CHUPANZON mark is nearly identical to Petitioner’s CHUPA
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`PANZA Marks since the dominant part of each party’s mark are the words CHUPA
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`PANZA.
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`14. Petitioner’s CHUPA PANZA Marks and Registrant’s CHUPANZON Mark are
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`nearly identical, in sound, meaning, appearance, and commercial impression.
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`15. Registrant’s Goods are identical or closely related to Petitioner’s Goods which he
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`has long offered in the United States under his CHUPA PANZA trademark.
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`16. Upon information and belief, the classes of customers for Registrant’s Goods and
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`Petitioner’s Goods are identical or substantially overlapping.
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`17. Upon information and belief, the channels of trade for Registrant’s Goods and
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`Petitioner’s Goods are identical or substantially overlapping.
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`18. Accordingly, purchasers are likely to believe and would be justified in believing
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`that Registrant’s Goods originate from Petitioner or from an entity in some way
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`associated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Petitioner.
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`19. Registrant’s Registration of the CHUPANZON mark is inconsistent with
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`Petitioner’s prior rights in its CHUPA PANZA Marks.
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`20. Registrant’s use and registration of the CHUPANZON mark for Registrant’s
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`Goods is likely to cause confusion, deception, or mistake and irreparable damage and
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`injury to Petitioner, in violation of § 2(d) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(d).
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`21. Petitioner is damaged and will continue to be damaged by the use and
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`registration of Registrant’s CHUPANZON mark within the meaning of 15 U.S.C. § 1064.
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`WHEREFORE, Petitioner prays that this Petition for Cancellation be granted, that
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`judgment be entered against Registrant, and that United States Trademark Registration
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`No. 6840247 be cancelled.
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`Petitioner appoints the undersigned as its attorneys to prosecute and to transact
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`all business in the Patent and Trademark Office connected therewith.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Date: November 1, 2023 TDFoster - Intellectual Property Law
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`_/Thomas D. Foster/_
`Thomas D. Foster, Esq
`Registration No. 44,686
`Counsel for Petitioner
`11622 El Camino Real, Suite 100
`San Diego, CA 92130
`Phone: 858.922.2170
`Fax: 888.757.3817
`foster@tdfoster.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF ELECTRONIC FILING
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`I hereby certify that the PETITION FOR CANCELLATION is being transmitted
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`electronically to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent and Trademark
`Office, via the ESTTA system, on the date identified below.
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`Dated: November 1, 2023 _/Thomas D. Foster/_
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