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`ESTTA1348259
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`Filing date:
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`03/25/2024
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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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`WESTERN HUSTLE LLC
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`Limited Liability Company
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`2764 W HWY 7
`ATOKA, OK 74525
`UNITED STATES
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`Incorporated or
`registered in
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`WYOMING
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`Attorney informa-
`tion
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`ALEX L. NGUYEN
`VENCOUNSEL
`21781 VENTURA BLVD
`#188A
`WOODLAND HILLS, CA 91364
`UNITED STATES
`Primary email: alex@vencounsel.com
`Secondary email(s): brandon@vencounsel.com, stetsonbfrost@gmail.com
`424-524-7398
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`Docket no.
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`Registration subject to cancellation
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`Registration no.
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`5938607
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`Registration date
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`12/17/2019
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`Register
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`Registrant
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`Principal
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`Dunham, Kevin Myles
`292 COUNTRY WALK CIRCLE
`BRUNSWICK, GA 31525
`UNITED STATES
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`Additional registrant information
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`Additional registrant in-
`formation provided by
`the petitioner
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`KEVIN MYLES DURHAM
`224 BEACHSIDE DR.
`BRUNSWICK, GA 31523
`UNITED STATES
`avamal06@yahoo.com
`No phone number provided
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`Goods/services subject to cancellation
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`Class 025. First Use: Jul 3, 2018 First Use In Commerce: Oct 20, 2018
`All goods and services in the class are subject to cancellation, namely: Shirts
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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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`No use of mark in commerce before application,
`amendment to allege use, or statement of use
`was due
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`Trademark Act Sections 14(1) and 1(a), (c), and
`(d)
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`Abandonment
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`Trademark Act Section 14(3)
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`Attachments
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`Canc Petition WH re SOUTHERN HUSTLE 5938607 20240325 FX.pdf(127873
`bytes )
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`Signature
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`Name
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`Date
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`/Alex L. Nguyen/
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`Alex L. Nguyen
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`03/25/2024
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`In the Matter of Registration No. 5938607
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`For the mark: SOUTHERN HUSTLE
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`Registered: Dec. 17, 2019
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`WESTERN HUSTLE LLC, a limited liability
`company,
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`KEVIN MYLES DUNHAM, a natural person,
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`Respondent.
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` Cancellation No. ______________
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`PETITION FOR CANCELLATION
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`Western Hustle LLC ("Petitioner"), a limited liability company organized and
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`existing under the laws of California with a principal place of business at 2764 W
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`Hwy 7, Atoka, OK 74525, believes that it will be damaged by the continued
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`registration of U.S. Trademark Registration No. 5938607 for the SOUTHERN
`HUSTLE mark in connection with "shirts” under Class 25 ("Registration"), and
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`hereby petitions for cancellation of the Registration in its entirety pursuant to
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`Sections 14(1), 14(3), and 14(6) of the Lanham Trademark Act of 1946 ("Lanham
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`Act"), 15 U.S.C. § 1064(1), (3), (6). As grounds for cancellation, Petitioner alleges as
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`follows:
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`1.
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`Petitioner is in the business of producing and selling clothing and apparel.
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`2.
`Petitioner has filed Application Serial No. 97888476 ("Application") for the
`WESTERN HUSTLE mark in connection with “[c]lothing, namely, t-shirts, shirts,
`sweatshirts, hoodies, coats; Headwear, namely, hats, caps, bandanas” under
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`International Class 25. The Application is currently pending.
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`3.
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`In a non-final office action dated January 11, 2024 ("Office Action"), the
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`USPTO cited the Registration against the Application, thereby interfering with
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`Petitioner's Application and causing harm to Petitioner. Petitioner therefore has a
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`real interest in seeking cancellation of the Registration in its entirety, and therefore,
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`has standing to bring this action.
`Kevin Myles Dunham (“Respondent”) is a natural person and Georgia
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`4.
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`resident with a principal address located at 292 Country Walk Circle, Brunswick, GA
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`31525. Respondent is the current listed owner of the Registration.
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`5.
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`The Registration matured from Application No. 87660443 filed under
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`Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051(b), based on an intent to use.
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`6.
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`On information and belief, at the time Respondent filed the underlying
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`Application No. 87660443 and continuing to date, Respondent did not and does not
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`have the capability or experience to offer the goods identified therein.
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`7.
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`On information and belief, at the time Respondent filed a statement of use
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`under Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051(d), on March 8, 2019 and
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`thereafter, Respondent had failed to use the mark in commerce in connection with
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`the goods services identified in Application No. 87660443 prior to filing the statement
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`of use and the Registration is subject to cancellation in its entirety pursuant
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`to Section 14(1) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1064(1).
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`8.
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`On information and belief, Respondent never used the SOUTHERN
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`HUSTLE mark in commerce at any time during the three-year period following the
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`registration date of such mark in connection with any of the goods identified in the
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`Registration, and the Registration is subject to cancellation in its entirety pursuant
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`to Section 14(6) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1064(6).
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`9.
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`On information and belief, Respondent has ceased to use in commerce the
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`SOUTHERN HUSTLE mark in connection with the goods identified in the
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`Registration over a period of at least three consecutive years without any intention
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`to resume use. Respondent's nonuse of the SOUTHERN HUSTLE mark in commerce
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`for at least three consecutive years is prima facie evidence of abandonment.
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`Accordingly, Respondent has abandoned the SOUTHERN HUSTLE mark and the
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`Registration is subject to cancellation in its entirety pursuant to Section 14(3) of the
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`Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1064(3).
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`WHEREFORE, in light of the foregoing reasons enumerated above, and such
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`other reasons as the Board determines are just and appropriate, Petitioner
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`respectfully prays that this Petition be sustained and that the Registration be
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`cancelled in its entirety.
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`Dated: 03/25/2024
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Los Angeles, CA
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`VENCOUNSEL, P.C.
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`______________________________
`Alex L. Nguyen
`Cal Bar No. 326887
`21781 Ventura Blvd., Ste 188A
`Woodland Hills, CA 91364
`(818) 324-7671
`alex@vencounsel.com
`Attorney for Petitioner
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