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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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`Address
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`Correspondence
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`Raul Gonzalez
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`Individual
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`Incorporated or
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`UNITED STATES
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`#323 8175 S. VIRGINIA ST., STE 850
`RENO, NV 89511
`UNITED STATES
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`PHILLP THOMAS HORTON
`THE RAPACKE LAW GROUP
`3750 BIRCH TERRACE
`DAVIE, FL 33330
`UNITED STATES
`Primary email: phillip@arapackelaw.com
`Secondary email(s): casey@arapackelaw.com, jessicaw@arapackelaw.com
`No phone number provided
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`Registration subject to cancellation
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`Registration no.
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`1515902
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`Registration date
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`12/06/1988
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`Register
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`Registrant
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`Principal
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`R.W. LYNCH CO., INC.
`2333 SAN RAMON VALLEY BLVD., STE. 300
`SAN RAMON, CA 945834429
`UNITED STATES
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`Goods/services subject to cancellation
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`Class 042. First Use: Jan 5, 1987 First Use In Commerce: Jan 5, 1987
`All goods and services in the class are subject to cancellation, namely: FORWARDING INQUIRIES
`BY POTENTIAL CLIENTS TO PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS
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`Grounds for cancellation
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`Abandonment
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`Trademark Act Section 14(3)
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`Attachments
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`INJURY HELPLINE cancellation.pdf(54777 bytes )
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`Signature
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`/Phillip Thomas Horton/
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`Name
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`Date
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`Phillip Thomas Horton
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`02/26/2025
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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.:
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`1,515,902
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`For the mark:
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`Registered on:
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`Raul Gazquez Gonzalez,
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`Petitioner,
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`R.W. Lynch Co., Inc.,
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`Respondent.
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`INJURY HELPLINE
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`December 06, 1988
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`PETITION FOR CANCELLATION
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`Raul Gazquez Gonzalez (“Petitioner”) is an individual with the address of #323 8175 S. Virginia
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`Street, Ste 850, Reno, NV 89511. Petitioner believes that it is being damaged by the registration of R.W.
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`Lynch Co., Inc.’s (“Respondent”) mark INJURY HELPLINE shown in Registration No. 1,515,902 and
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`hereby petitions to cancel the same. As grounds for its cancellation, Petitioner alleges the following:
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`Petitioner is an individual offering a wide array of services.
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`Upon information and belief, Respondent R.W. Lynch Co., Inc., is a California corporation
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`with an address of 2333 San Ramon Valley Blvd, Ste. 300, San Ramon, CA 94583.
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`Petitioner is using the INJURY HELPLINE trademark (“Petitioner’s Mark”)
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`in association with the following services: “Legal services, namely, providing customized
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`documentation, information, counseling, advice and consultation services in all areas of law; Providing
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`legal information and legal services by means of a website on the Internet” in International Class 045
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`(“Petitioner’s Services”).
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`Respondent is the listed owner of U.S. Registration No. 1,515,902 (“Respondent’s
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`Registration) for the mark INJURY HELPLINE (“Respondent’s Mark”) for ““forwarding inquiries by
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`potential clients to personal injury lawyers” in International Class 042 (“Respondent’s Services”).
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`On April 23, 2024, Petitioner filed U.S. Application No. 98/515,071 for the mark INJURY
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` PETITION FOR CANCELLATION
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`HELPLINE (“Petitioner’s Application”).
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`On February 13, 2025, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued a Final Office
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`Action refusing registration of Petitioner’s Application on the ground of likelihood of confusion under
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`Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d), based in part on Respondent’s Registration for Respondent’s Services.
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`Upon information and belief, Respondent has either never used Respondent’s Mark in
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`commerce, or completely ceased using the mark with any or all of the services identified in Respondent’s
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`Registration in any commercial activity lawfully regulated by the U.S. Congress, including for a non-use
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`period of at least three (3) consecutive years.
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`On information and belief, Respondent is not using Respondent’s Mark on or in
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`connection with Respondent’s Services and has no intentions to resume such use.
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`Respondent is presumed to have abandoned any trademark rights it may have in
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`Respondent’s Mark in connection with Respondent’s Services.
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`Accordingly, Respondent’s INJURY HELPLINE mark shown in Registration No. 1,515,902
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`should be cancelled in its entirety based on abandonment under Section 45 of the Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1127.
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`WHEREFORE, Petitioner believes that it is being and will continue to be damaged by
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`Respondent’s Registration, and requests that the Petition for Cancellation be sustained, and that
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`Respondent’s INJURY HELPLINE mark and entire registration be cancelled.
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`Rapacke Law Group
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`Date: 02/26/2025
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`By: /Phillip Thomas Horton/
`Phillip Thomas Horton, Esq.
`THE RAPACKE LAW GROUP
`3750 Birch Terrace
`Davie, FL 33330
`Phillip@arapackelaw.com
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`Attorney for Applicant
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