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`ESTTA1372287
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`Filing date:
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`07/19/2024
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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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`Correspondence
`information
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`Reliance Vitamin Company, Inc.
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`Corporation
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`Incorporated or
`registered in
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`New Jersey
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`3775 PARK AVENUE, SUITE #1
`EDISON, NJ 08820
`UNITED STATES
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`RITA C. CHIPPERSON
`ATTORNEY
`RELIANCE VITAMIN COMPANY, INC.
`5 COLD HILL SOUTH, SUITE 21
`MENDHAM, NJ 07945
`UNITED STATES
`Primary email: rcc@chippersonlaw.com
`Secondary email(s): mdg@chippersonlaw.com, jk@chippersonlaw.com
`9738459071
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`Registration subject to cancellation
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`Registration no.
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`4976071
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`Registration date
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`06/14/2016
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`Register
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`Registrant
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`Principal
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`GeroNova Research Inc.
`156 MAUU PL.
`HAIKU, HI 96708
`UNITED STATES
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`Goods/services subject to cancellation
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`Class 005. First Use: Jul 15, 2006 First Use In Commerce: Jul 15, 2009
`All goods and services in the class are subject to cancellation, namely: Dietary supplements, nutri-
`tional supplements, herbs and herbal extracts for use as dietary supplements, plant enzymes for use
`as dietary supplements, vitamins and minerals for use as dietary supplements that are highly bio-
`available and readily absorbed into the human body
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`Grounds for cancellation
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`The mark is or has become generic
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`Trademark Act Section 14(3)
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`Attachments
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`24.07.19.Petition for Cancellation.RCCFinal.pdf(190852 bytes )
`Exhibit A Reliance Product Page.pdf(201588 bytes )
`Exhibit B Bioenhance Definition.pdf(159467 bytes )
`Exhibit C GeroNova Amazon.pdf(1265096 bytes )
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`Exhibit D GeroNova Webpage.pdf(1169346 bytes )
`Exhibit E Vitamin D3.pdf(329553 bytes )
`Exhibit F BetaHealth.pdf(252158 bytes )
`Exhibit G Fertilizer.pdf(823756 bytes )
`Exhibit H Scientific Article.pdf(550250 bytes )
`Exhibit I Seagren et al.pdf(155599 bytes )
`Exhibit J Curcumin.pdf(150229 bytes )
`Exhibit K Sublingual Tablet.pdf(216743 bytes )
`Exhibit L Solid Dispersion.pdf(1046303 bytes )
`Exhibit M Novel Bioenhanced Curcumin.pdf(243859 bytes )
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`Signature
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`/Rita C. Chipperson/
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`Name
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`Date
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`Rita C. Chipperson
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`07/19/2024
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`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Petitioner,
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`Registrant .
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`Cancellation No.__________________
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`Registration No. 4,976,071
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`Mark: BIO-ENHANCED
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`RELIANCE VITAMIN COMPANY INC.,
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`v.
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`GERONOVA RESEARCH INC.,
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`PETITION FOR CANCELLATION
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`Reliance Vitamin Company Inc. (“Petitioner”) is currently, and will continue to be,
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`damaged by the existence of U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4,976,071 (“Registrant’s
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`Registration”) for the word mark “BIO-ENHANCED” (“Registrant’s Mark”), and hereby
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`petitions to cancel Registrant’s Registration. Registrant’s Registration is owned by GeroNova
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`Research Inc. (“Registrant”). The grounds for cancellation are as follows:
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`1.
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`Petitioner is a corporation having its principal place of business at 3775 Park
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`Avenue, Edison, New Jersey 08820.
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`2.
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`On information and belief, Registrant, GeroNova Research Inc., is a corporation
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`having its principal place of business at 156 Mauu Place, Haiku, Hawaii 96708.
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`3.
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`Registrant’s Registration was issued on June 14, 2016, from application serial
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`number 86/547,686, which was filed on February 26, 2015, for “dietary supplements, nutritional
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`supplements, herbs and herbal extracts for use as dietary supplements, plant enzymes for use as
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`dietary supplements, vitamins and minerals for use as dietary supplements that are highly bio-
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`available and readily absorbed into the human body” in International Class 005 (“Registrant’s
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`Application”).
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`4.
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`On July 15, 2015, in response to an Office Action issued on June 9, 2015 by the
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`United States Patent and Trademark Office, Registrant amended its application to include the
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`filing basis of Section 1(a) of the Trademark Act. Additionally, Registrant filed a specimen,
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`showing use of Registrant’s Mark and described the specimen as “GeroNova brand bottled
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`products with their labels that are currently used in commerce with the Bio-Enhanced mark,”
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`stating a first use date of July 15, 2006.
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`5.
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`Petitioner manufactures and sells a 35 Billion Probiotic product that includes a
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`BEAR acronym, wherein BEAR stands for “bio enhanced acid resistant strain” (“Product”). See
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`Exhibit A, pg. 1. Petitioner sells the Product to AlcePharma International (“Customer”), who lists
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`the Product for sale on, and distributes the product through, Amazon.
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`6.
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`On or about March 12, 2024, Customer received a notice from Amazon informing
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`Customer that the Amazon listing of the Product was removed due to Registrant’s accusations
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`that Customer infringed upon Registrant’s Registration. Customer’s Amazon listing of the
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`Product has yet to be restored.
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`7.
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`Consequently, Petitioner is entitled to bring a statutory cause of action under
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`Section 14 of the Lanham Act because it is currently, and will continue to be, damaged by
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`Registrant’s Registration due to Customer’s inability to sell its product, which directly damages
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`Petitioner’s ability to sell the Product directly, to Customer, and to other customers.
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`FIRST GROUND FOR CANCELLATION – GENERICNESS
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`8.
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`The term “bio-enhanced” is defined by Wiktionary as a simple past and past
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`participle of the verb “bioenhance,” which is defined as “to biologically or biochemically
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`enhance.” See Exhibit B, pg. 1. It is in wide use in connection with goods and services in the
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`field of dietary and nutritional supplements. The primary significance of the word “bio-
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`enhanced” to the relevant consuming public is merely as a generic term that refers not to a
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`particular source of goods, but to the genus of goods that have been biologically or
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`biochemically enhanced, because it identifies a key aspect of those goods.
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`9.
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`Registrant itself uses the word “Bio-Enhanced” to merely indicate that it is a
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`species in the genus of goods that are biologically or biochemically enhanced – not as an
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`indication of source. For example, a search of Registrant’s Amazon product listing for “Na R-
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`Lipoic Acid 115mg” shows that the Registrant uses the Registrant’s Mark alongside the term
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`“Stabilized,” in the bottom of the label and separate and away from its trademark of Geranova
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`Research, to merely describe properties of Registrant’s product (i.e., stabilized and bio-
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`enhanced). The positioning of the term “Bio-Enhanced” indicates that it serves as a description
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`of a genus of goods (i.e., supplements) that has been biologically or biochemically enhanced,
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`rather than an indication as to source. See Exhibit C, pg. 1.
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`10.
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`Registrant’s advertising of its product further evidences that “Bio-Enhanced” is a
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`generic term that is merely used to describe the genus of goods. Registrant’s Amazon product
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`listing also displays Registrant’s Mark alongside terms like “Stabilized,” “Water Soluble,”
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`“Antioxidant,” and “Anti-Aging” in a chart describing features of Registrant’s product. See
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`Exhibit C, pg. 3. By seeing “Bio-Enhanced” next to the aforementioned terms, consumers are
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`likely to understand that “Bio-Enhanced” is a characteristic of its product akin to whether the
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`product is stabilized, water soluble, or has antioxidant and anti-aging properties.
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`11.
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`Additionally, Registrant’s homepage, geronova.com, states that Registrant’s
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`product, “Bio-Enhanced R-Lipoic Acid,” is biologically enhanced, which further shows that the
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`term “Bio-Enhanced” merely indicates a function or quality of the product. Registrant states on
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`its homepage that its “Bio-Enhanced® R-Lipoic Acid” product “is formulated using a unique
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`stabilization process that ensures maximum absorption” and “GeroNova's Bio-Enhanced® R-
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`Lipoic Acid has been shown to provide superior bioavailability, stability, and potency compared
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`to other forms of Lipoic Acid providing a range of health benefits. This is because we convert
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`the biologically active "R" form of Lipoic Acid to Sodium R-Lipoic Acid (Na RLA), which
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`can achieve 10-30 times higher peak blood levels than pure, unstabilized R-Lipoic Acid (RLA).”
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`See Exhibit D, pg. 3 (emphasis added).
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`12.
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`Other sellers of supplements regularly use the term “Bio-Enhanced” to describe a
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`characteristic of its products. For example, Natural Factors sells supplements under its Whole
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`Earth & Sea brand named “Vegan Bioenhanced Vitamin D3.” See Exhibit E, pg. 1. Another
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`supplement seller, BetaHealth, also uses the term to name its product, “Orthoplex White
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`BioEnhanced Methyl B.” See Exhibit F, pg. 1.
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`13.
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`Additionally, the term “Bio-Enhanced” is used in the fertilizer industry to describe
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`whether the fertilizer is enhanced with supplements. For example, a fertilizer sold by Nature’s
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`Lawn & Gardens, Inc. sells “16-4-8 Natural Liquid Fertilizer for Lawns Trees Shrubs Gardens
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`with Humic & Fulvic Acid Kelp Molasses – Bio-Enhanced – Nature’s Lawn & Garden.” See
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`Exhibit G, pg. 1. The seller describes this product as being “supplemented (Bio-Enhanced) with
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`Nature’s Magic, [a] natural nutrient package.” See Exhibit G, pg. 1. The term “Bio-Enhanced”
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`used in this context indicates a genus of goods (i.e., fertilizer) that has been biologically or
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`biochemically enhanced with additional nutrients and does not indicate the source of the
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`fertilizer.
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`14.
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`Furthermore, the term “Bio-Enhanced” is regularly used in other scientific
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`literature to describe scientific processes, supplements and drugs. For example, on September 2,
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`2013, almost two years before the application date of Registrant’s Registration, a scientific
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`article by R.K. Pathak and R.A. Ram, entitled “Bio-enhancers: A potential tool to improve soil
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`fertility, plant health in organic production of horticultural crops,” also defines “bio enhancers”
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`as “organic preparations, obtained by active fermentation of animal and plant residues over a
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`specific duration,” See Exhibit H, pg. 2. This shows that the term “bio enhancers” and its
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`derivatives (i.e., “Bio-Enhanced”) are defined terms that were used in the scientific journals well
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`before the application date of Registrant’s Registration.
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`15.
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`Similarly, authors Eria A. Seagren, David J. Hollander, David A. Stahl, and Bruce
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`E. Rittmann, published an article entitled “[a]n integrated evaluation of bioenhanced in situ
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`LNAPL dissolution.” See Exhibit I, pg. 1. In the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, an article
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`was published entitled “Bioenhanced curcumin may induce remission in ulcerative colitis.” See
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`Exhibit J, pg. 1. Authors Doaa Ahmed El-Setouhy, Emad B Basalious, and Nevine Shawky
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`Abdelmalak published an article entitled “Bioenhanced sublingual tablet of drug with limited
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`permeability using novel surfactant binder and microencapsulated polysorbate: In vitro/in vivo
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`evaluation.” See Exhibit K, pg. 1. Authors Prashant P. Mande, Sagar S. Bachhav, and Padma V.
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`Devarajan published an article entitled “Bioenhanced advanced third generation solid dispersion
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`of tadalafil: Repurposing with improved therapy in pyelonephritis.” See Exhibit L, pg. 1. Authors
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`Rupa Banerjee, Partha Pal, Amulya Penmetsa, Pradip Kathi, Ganesh Girish, Idan Goren, and D
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`Nageshwar Reddy published an article entitled “Novel Bioenhanced Curcumin with Mesalamine
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`for Induction of Clinical and Endoscopic Remission in Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis: A
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`Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-controlled Pilot Study.” See Exhibit M, pg. 1. Such use of
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`the term “Bio-Enhanced” in these articles further evidences that the term is merely used to
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`describe something as being “biologically or biochemically enhanced.”
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`16.
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`As such, the Wiktionary definition of the term “bioenhanced,” as well as the
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`term’s use in the health supplement industries, fertilizer industries, and scientific literature
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`illustrates that the term “Bio-Enhanced” does not identify the source of any goods. Rather, it is a
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`common term that describes a characteristic of a product. Additionally, Registrant’s packaging
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`and advertising of Registrant’s product further reveals that Registrant’s use of “BIO-
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`ENHANCED” in connection with Registrant’s goods in Class 005 is merely to describe a key
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`aspect of the Class 005 goods as something that was “biologically or biochemically enhanced.”
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`17.
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`In sum, “bioenhanced” is a generic term for goods in the field of dietary and
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`nutritional supplements because it refers to a key aspect of that genus and is therefore not
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`registrable as a trademark or service mark.
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`18.
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`Consequently, Registrant’s Registration should be cancelled.
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`CONCLUSION
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`19.
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`If Registrant’s Registration is permitted to remain on the Principal Register with
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`all the rights and privileges conferred on it by its status as a Principal Registration, Petitioner will
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`be damaged, including its loss of sales and damaged reputation, and Registrant will enjoy
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`unlawful gain and advantage to which it is not entitled under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051
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`et seq.
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`
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`WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests that this Petition be granted and that the
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`Registrant’s Registration be cancelled.
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`July 19, 2024
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`(Date)
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`By:
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`/Rita C. Chipperson NJ, NY Bar Member/
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`RITA C. CHIPPERSON, ESQ.
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`CHIPPERSON LAW GROUP, P.C.
`5 Cold Hill Road South, Suite 21
`Mendham, New Jersey 07945
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`bioenhance (third-person smgular simple present bioenhances, present partte1ple bioenhancing, simple past and pas! partte1ple bioenhanced)
`1. To biologically or bl0Chemica11y enhance
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