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`ESTTA Tracking number:
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`ESTTA1297296
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`Filing date:
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`07/14/2023
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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
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`Entity
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`Address
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`SHOPOLOGY INC.
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`Corporation
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`54 CHURCHILL AVE
`PALO ALTO, CA 94306
`UNITED STATES
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`Citizenship
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`DELAWARE
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`Attorney informa-
`tion
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`RAJ ABHYANKER
`LEGALFORCE RAPC WORLDWIDE, P.C.
`446 E SOUTHERN AVE
`TEMPE, AZ 85282
`UNITED STATES
`Primary email: raj@trademarkia.com
`Secondary email(s): raj@legalforcelaw.com, litigation@trademarkia.com
`650-965-8731
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`Docket no.
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`2034333
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`Registration subject to cancellation
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`Registration no.
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`4745959
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`Registration date
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`06/02/2015
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`Register
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`Registrant
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`Principal
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`Shopology, LLC
`7296 HOLLINGTON PLACE
`FAIRFAX STATION, VA 22039
`UNITED STATES
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`Goods/services subject to cancellation
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`Class 045. First Use: Jan 1, 2004 First Use In Commerce: Jan 1, 2004
`All goods and services in the class are subject to cancellation, namely: E-commerce based personal
`shopping service for women
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`Grounds for cancellation
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`Mark never used in commerce
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`Trademark Act Section 14(6)
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`Fraud on the USPTO
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`Trademark Act Section 14(3); In re Bose Corp.,
`580 F.3d 1240, 91 USPQ2d 1938 (Fed. Cir.
`2009)
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`Attachments
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`Petition for Cancellation for SHOPOLOGY.pdf(607649 bytes )
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`Signature
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`Name
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`Date
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`/Raj Abhyanker/
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`Raj Abhyanker
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`07/14/2023
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Cancellation No.:
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`PETITION FOR CANCELLATION
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`Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §§ 1064, 37 C.F.R. § 2.111, and TBMP § 309.03, SHOPOLOGY
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`Alto, California, United States 94306 (‘Petitioner’), believes that it is and will be damaged by
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`Registration No. 4,745,959 for the mark SHOPOLOGY(“Registrant’s Mark”), currently owned
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`by Shopology, LLC, a limited liability company of Virginia United States, having an address of
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`7296 Hollington Place Fairfax Station, Virginia United States 22039 (“Registrant”). Petitioner
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`hereby petitions to cancel the Registrant’s Mark. As grounds thereof, Petitioner alleges on
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`On Aug. 23, 2013, Registrant filed an application for the standard character mark
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`International Class 045, which wasassigned U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 86046117.
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`On Jun. 02, 2015, Registrant’s Mark was registered to Registrant with the
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`Registrant alleges in Registrant’s Registration that
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`The false and fraudulent declaration referred to above with respect to Registrant’s
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`Accordingly, the instant Petition to Cancel is appropriate under Section 14(3) and
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`Date: June 16, 2023
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