Petition to Cancel "Urban Homestead"

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Petition filed by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen, authors of The Urban Homestead, to cancel the Dervaes Family's "Urban Homestead" registration.

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Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Electronic Filing System. http://estta.uspto.gov

ESTTA Tracking number: ESTTA401575Filing date: 04/04/2011

IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICEBEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD

Petition for Cancellation

Notice is hereby given that the following parties request to cancel indicated registration.

Petitioner Information

Name Kelly Coyne

Entity Individual Citizenship UNITED STATES

Address 1327 McCollum StreetLos Angeles, CA 90026UNITED STATES

Name Erik Knutzen

Entity Individual Citizenship UNITED STATES

Address 1327 McCollum StreetLos Angeles, CA 90026UNITED STATES

Name Process Media, Inc.

Entity Corporation Citizenship Washington

Address 1240 W. Sims Way, Suite 124Port Townsend, WA 98368UNITED STATES

Attorneyinformation

Jennifer A. GolinveauxWinston & Strawn LLP101 California StreetSan Francisco, CA 94111UNITED STATESdocketsf@winston.com,keckhart@winston.com,jgolinveaux@winston.comPhone:415-591-1000

Registrations Subject to Cancellation

Registration No 3855377 Registration date 10/05/2010

Registrant Dervaes Institute631 Cypress AvenuePasadena, CA 91103UNITED STATES

Goods/Services Subject to Cancellation

Class 041. First Use: 2002/12/00 First Use In Commerce: 2003/01/00All goods and services in the class are cancelled, namely: Educational services, namely, conductinginformal programs in the fields of sustainable living, organic foods and gardening, homesteading, theenvironment, and conservation, using on-line activities and interactive exhibits; entertainmentservices, namely, providing a web site featuring photographs and audio and video recordingsfeaturing instruction and current events reporting on sustainable living, organic foods and gardening,the environment, and conservation; on-line journals, namely, blogs featuring the subjects ofsustainable living, organic foods and gardening, the environment, and conservation

Grounds for Cancellation

Torres v. Cantine Torresella S.r.l.Fraud 808 F.2d 46, 1 USPQ2d 1483 (Fed. Cir. 1986)

Genericness Trademark Act section 23

The mark is merely descriptive Trademark Act section 2(e)(1)

Registration No 3633366 Registration date 06/02/2009

Registrant Dervaes Institute631 Cypress AvenuePasadena, CA 91103UNITED STATES

Goods/Services Subject to Cancellation

Class 041. First Use: 2002/03/06 First Use In Commerce: 2002/03/06All goods and services in the class are cancelled, namely: Educational services, namely, conductinginformal programs in the fields of sustainable living, organic foods and gardening, the environment,and conservation, using on-line activities and interactive exhibits; entertainment services, namely,providing a web site featuring photographic, audio and video featuring sustainable living, organicfoods and gardening, the environment, and conservation; on-line journals, namely, blogs featuringsustainable living, organic foods and gardening, the environment and conservation

Grounds for Cancellation

Genericness Trademark Act section 23

Other 15 U.S.C. Section 1091(a)

Attachments petition to cancel_001.pdf ( 12 pages )(537567 bytes )exh. A_001.pdf ( 2 pages )(350044 bytes )exh. B_001.pdf ( 2 pages )(270423 bytes )exh. C_001.pdf ( 2 pages )(1104188 bytes )

Certificate of Service

The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of this paper has been served upon all parties, at their addressrecord by First Class Mail on this date.

Signature /Kimberly A. Eckhart/

Name Kimberly A. Eckhart

Date 04/04/2011