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PETITION TO CANCEL BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD

Reg. No. [#######] for [MARK] (Classes [#])
Registration Date: [DATE]

PARTIES

  • Petitioner: [Name, Entity, Address] (owner of [Petitioner Marks/Registrations Nos.]).
  • Registrant: [Name, Entity, Address].

STANDING

  • Petitioner is damaged by the continued registration because [overlapping goods/services/channels/customers; current/future use].

GROUNDS FOR CANCELLATION

  • Abandonment/Nonuse (§ 14): Registrant discontinued use with intent not to resume; [facts, lack of bona fide use].
  • (Optional) Likelihood of Confusion (§ 2(d)): Petitioner’s use/registration predates Registrant; marks are similar; goods/services related.
  • (Optional) Descriptiveness/Genericness (§ 2(e)): Mark is merely descriptive/generic; lacks secondary meaning.
  • (Optional) Fraud: Registrant knowingly made false material statements to the USPTO with intent to deceive (plead with particularity).
  • (Optional) False Suggestion of Connection (§ 2(a)): [Facts].

FACTS SUPPORTING CLAIMS

  • Petitioner’s first use dates, registrations, and current use.
  • Registrant’s alleged use/nonuse; specimens; marketplace presence; evidence of discontinuance; third-party use.
  • Comparative analysis of marks, goods/services, channels, consumer sophistication.

PRAYER FOR RELIEF

  • Cancel Registration No. [###] in its entirety (or specify classes).
  • Grant such other relief as the Board deems just.

SIGNATURE BLOCK

[Attorney name, firm, address, email, phone]
Date.

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