92080891•Shanghai Duohui Network Technology Co., Ltd. v. Travel Tao Ltd.
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December 16, 2025 Cancellation No. 92080891 alv Shanghai Duohui Network Technology Co., Ltd. v. Travel Tao Ltd. Before Greenbaum, Thurmon, and Casagrande, Administrative Trademark Judges. By the Board: This case now comes up on Petitioner’s motion (filed July 29, 2025) for summary judgment on its pleaded claims, listed below.1 The motion is fully briefed.2 1 49 TTABVUE. Citations to the Board record refer to TTABVUE, the Board’s online docketing system, unless otherwise specified. See Turdin v. Trilobite, Ltd., Conc. Use. No. 94002505, 2014 TTAB LEXIS 17, at *6 n.6 (TTAB 2014) The number preceding “TTABVUE” corresponds to the docket entry number, and any number following “TTABVUE” refers to the page number of the docket entry where the cited materials appear. 2 We observe that at the end of Respondent’s brief in response (51 TTABVUE 13-14), it appears to assert a “counter-claim of petitioner’s fraud.” The only type of counterclaim that we may entertain is a counterclaim for cancellation of a registration owned by an adverse party. See TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD MANUAL OF PROCEDURE (TBMP) § 313 (2025) and cases cited therein. Petitioner, however, has not pleaded ownership of a registration. We therefore disregard this unpleaded counterclaim. In addition, Respondent’s statement in its brief that it “reserves all rights to pursue trademark infringement claims against Petitioner” will also be disregarded. Such a claim is outside the Board’s jurisdiction and cannot be considered. Paramount Pictures Corp. v. White, Opp. No. 91090130, 1994 TTAB LEXIS 14, at *11, n.5 (TTAB 1994) (no jurisdiction over claims of trademark UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Trademark Trial and Appeal Board P.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451 General Contact Number: 571-272-8500 General Email: TTABInfo@uspto.gov This order is not a precedent of the TTAB.
Cancellation No. 92080891 2 The Board has considered the parties’ submissions and does not recount all of the facts or arguments except as necessary to explain the decision. See Guess? IP Holder L.P. v. Knowluxe LLC, No. 92060707, 2015 TTAB LEXIS 482, at *4-5 (TTAB 2015). I. Relevant Background Petitioner seeks to cancel Respondent’s registration for the mark XTRANSFER3, in standard character form, for the following goods and services: International Class 9: Central processing units (CPU); Computer network server; Computer software platforms, downloadable, for application development; Data processing apparatus; Downloadable computer programs for connecting remotely to computers or computer networks; Downloadable computer software for encryption; Downloadable computer software for use as an electronic wallet; Downloadable mobile applications for managing bank accounts; Electronic and magnetic ID cards for use in connection with payment for services; Labels carrying magnetically, optically, or electronically recorded or encoded information; Pocket-sized electronic calculators. International Class 35: Advertising services; Advertising agency services; On-line advertising on a computer network; Outdoor advertising; Pay per click advertising; Production of advertising films; Providing business information via a web site; Provision of an on-line marketplace for buyers and sellers of goods and services; Updating and maintenance of data in computer databases; Direct mail advertising services. International Class 36: Cash and foreign exchange transactions; Currency exchange services; Electronic funds transfer; Financial services, namely, providing information in the fields of foreign currency, commodities, financial derivatives, interest rate products, and equities via the internet and intranet systems. International Class 42: Computer programming; Computer software consultancy; Computer system design; Conversion of computer programs and data, other than physical conversion; Conversion of data or documents from physical to electronic media; Design and infringement and unfair competition), aff’d, 108 F.3d 1392 (table), 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 3079 (Fed. Cir. 1997). 3 U.S. Registration No. 6390519.
Cancellation No. 92080891 3 development of software in the field of mobile applications; Electronic data storage; Information technology consulting services; Product development consultation; Scientific research and development; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for managing bank accounts; User authentication services using technology for e-commerce transactions. Respondent filed the underlying intent-to-use application on March 12, 2020. Following the filing of its Statement of Use (SOU) on February 25, 2021 and its acceptance by the Office on May 14, 2021, Respondent’s registration issued on June 15, 2021, with a claimed date of first use anywhere and first use in commerce of February 25, 2021 for all classes of goods and services. In its amended petition for cancellation, Petitioner alleges the following claims: (1) Petitioner has priority of use of an identical mark and Respondent’s later use is likely to cause confusion; (2) nonuse by Respondent of the mark in connection with any of the goods and services recited in the registration; (3) Respondent’s lack of bona fide intent to use; and (4) fraud.4 Petitioner pleads prior use of the identical mark XTRANSFER in the United States in connection with a mobile application since at least June 15, 2019.5 Additionally, Petitioner alleges it filed Application Serial No. 97503809 for registration of the mark XTRANSFER for various goods and services in International Classes 9, 35, 36, 41, and 42, on July 14, 2022, which has been refused registration due to a likelihood of confusion with the involved Registration.6 4 32 TTABVUE. 5 Id. at 15-16, ¶¶ 36-37. 6 Id. at 14-15, ¶¶ 34-35.
Cancellation No. 92080891 4 Respondent denies the salient allegations in its answer.7 Petitioner now moves for summary judgment on all pleaded claims. II. Summary Judgment Standard Summary judgment is an appropriate method of disposing of cases in which there are no genuine disputes as to material facts, thus allowing resolution as a matter of law. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a). The burden is on the party moving for summary judgment to demonstrate the absence of any genuine dispute of material fact and that it is entitled to summary judgment as a matter of law. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c). A factual dispute is genuine if, on the evidence of record, a reasonable fact finder could resolve the matter in favor of the non-moving party. See Opryland USA Inc. v. Great Am. Music Show Inc., 970 F.2d 847, 850 (Fed. Cir. 1992); Olde Tyme Foods, Inc. v. Roundy’s, Inc., 961 F.2d 200, 202 (Fed. Cir. 1992). In considering the propriety of summary judgment, all evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to the non-movant, and all justifiable inferences are to be drawn in the non-movant’s favor. See Lloyd’s Food Prods., Inc. v. Eli’s, Inc., 987 F.2d 766, 767 (Fed. Cir. 1993). The Board may not resolve disputes as to material facts and, based thereon, decide the merits of the proceeding. Rather, we may only ascertain whether any material fact is genuinely disputed. See Lloyd’s Food Prods., 987 F.2d at 767; Olde Tyme Foods, 961 F.2d at 202; Meyers v. Brooks Shoe Inc., 912 F.2d 1459, 1461 (Fed. Cir. 1990). 7 33 TTABVUE.
Cancellation No. 92080891 5 II. Analysis and Order For the reasons explained below, we grant Petitioner’s motion for summary judgment on its nonuse claim. A. Entitlement to a Statutory Cause of Action A plaintiff’s entitlement to a statutory cause of action must be proven in every inter partes case. See Australian Therapeutic Supplies Pty. Ltd. v. Naked TM, LLC, 965 F.3d 1370, 1373-74 (Fed. Cir. 2020). In a cancellation proceeding, a party may petition to cancel the registrant’s registration of a mark where such action is within the zone of interests protected by the relevant statute and the petitioner’s reasonable belief in damage is proximately caused by continued registration of the registrant’s mark. See Corcamore, LLC v. SFM, LLC, 978 F.3d 1298, 1304-07 (Fed. Cir. 2020). Entitlement to a statutory cause of action is generally conferred on a plaintiff whose pleaded pending application has been refused registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. § 1052(d). See, e.g., Great Seats Ltd. v. Great Seats, Inc., Can. No. 92032524, 2007 TTAB LEXIS 68, at *5-6 (TTAB 2007); Cerveceria Modelo S.A. de C.V. v. R.B. Marco & Sons, Inc., Can. No. 92022137, 2000 TTAB LEXIS 394, at *3-4 (TTAB 2000). Respondent does not contest Petitioner’s statutory entitlement in its brief in response, and, more importantly, in Respondent’s answer it admits that Petitioner owns an application for the mark XTRANSFER and that Petitioner’s application was refused registration based on Respondent’s registration.8 See Performance Prods. Ltd. 8 33 TTABVUE 5-6, ¶¶33-34.
Cancellation No. 92080891 6 v. Weapon X Motorsports, Inc., Opp. No. 91221553, 2018 TTAB LEXIS 72, at *20 (TTAB 2018) (opposer’s standing established through applicant’s admissions that opposer’s pending application would be refused registration should applicant’s application register). Petitioner also has supported its motion for summary judgment with a copy of the Office Action refusing registration of Petitioner’s mark in light of Respondent’s registration.9 We find that, for purposes of this motion, there exist no genuine disputes of material fact that Petitioner is entitled to a statutory cause of action under Section 2(d) to petition to cancel Respondent’s registration. See, e.g., Great Seats, 2007 TTAB LEXIS 68, at *5-6 (finding petitioner’s ownership of application for mark and services related to registrant’s mark and services and refusal of application sufficient to establish entitlement to bring Section 2(d) claim); Cerveceria Modelo, 2000 TTAB LEXIS 394, at *3-4; TBMP § 309.03(b) and authorities cited therein. Accordingly, Petitioner may rely on any statutory ground for cancellation. See Lipton Indus., Inc. v. Ralston Purina Co., 670 F.2d 1024, 1031 (CCPA 1982). B. Nonuse 1. Evidence and Parties’ Arguments A registration under Trademark Act Section 1, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, cannot be obtained for goods or services upon which an applicant or registrant has not used the mark. Trademark Act Section 45, 15 U.S.C. §1027 defines “use in commerce” for goods and services as: 9 49 TTABVUE 290-99.
Cancellation No. 92080891 7 [T]he bona fide use of a mark in the ordinary course of trade, and not made merely to reserve a right in a mark….[A] mark shall be deemed to be in use in commerce…on goods when…it is placed in any manner on the goods or their containers or the displays associated therewith or on the tags or labels affixed thereto, or if the nature of the goods makes such placement impracticable, then on documents associated with the goods or their sale, and…the goods are sold or transported in commerce…on services when it is used or displayed in the sale or advertising of services and the services are rendered in commerce, or the services are rendered in more than one State or in the United States and a foreign country and the person rendering the services is engaged in commerce in connection with the services. 15 U.S.C. §1127. A nonuse claim is based on allegations that the mark was not used in commerce in connection with the recited goods or services as of the filing date of a use-based application, or the filing date of an amendment to allege use in support of an intent- to-use application, or, as here, prior to the expiration of time for filing a statement of use in support of an intent-to-use application. See, e.g., Embarcadero Techs., Inc. v. Delphix Corp., Opp. No. 91197762, 2016 TTAB LEXIS 11, at *17 (TTAB 2016) (granting motion to amend to add claim of nonuse based on respondent's alleged failure to use its mark in commerce by the expiration of the time for filing a statement of use). Therefore, nonuse as of the filing deadline for the SOU can provide an “independent basis” to cancel Respondent’s registration. Tao Licensing, LLC v. Bender Consulting Ltd, Can. No. 92057132, 2017 TTAB LEXIS 437, at *1 (TTAB 2017). To prevail on its claim of nonuse, Petitioner must establish that there is no genuine dispute of material fact that Respondent had not used the mark XTRANSFER in commerce in connection with the goods and services identified in its
Cancellation No. 92080891 8 application as of the deadline for filing its SOU, i.e., March 1, 2021. See id.; Ashland Licensing & Intell. Prop. LLC v. Sunpoint Int’l Grp. USA Corp., Can. No. 92057294, 2016 TTAB LEXIS 219, at *20 (TTAB 2016); Embarcadero Techs., 2016 TTAB LEXIS 11, at *17 (“actual filing of a statement of use does not cut off the deadline for meeting the requirements for a statement of use” so the focus in a nonuse claim is whether the mark was in use as of the deadline to file a statement of use). Petitioner must establish the case for cancellation by a preponderance of the evidence. Cerveceria Centroamericana S.A. v. Cerveceria India, Inc., 892 F.2d 1021, 1023 (Fed. Cir. 1989); see also On-line Careline Inc. v. Am. Online Inc., 229 F.3d 1080, 1087 (Fed. Cir. 2000). In determining whether there is a genuine dispute of material fact for trial, we take this substantive evidentiary burden into account. See Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 254 (1986). As an initial matter, Petitioner cites the wrong standard in its petition to cancel in stating that Respondent had no use of the mark when it filed its SOU. In particular, Petitioner states the following: 49. On February 25, 2021, Registrant represented to the USPTO the material fact that as of that date, Registrant was using the XTRANSFER mark in commerce in connection with all of the Claimed Goods and Services. 50. On information and belief, at the time Registrant filed its Statement of Use, and contrary to Registrant’s declaration, Registrant was not using the XTRANSFER mark in U.S. commerce at all.10 10 32 TTABVUE 17.
Cancellation No. 92080891 9 However, inasmuch as Petitioner also alleges that Respondent never used its mark, we find that Petitioner’s claim of nonuse to include an allegation that Respondent did not use its mark as of the deadline for filing its SOU.11 Accordingly, the complaint is construed to sufficiently plead a nonuse claim. See IdeasOne Inc. v. Nationwide Better Health, Can. No. 92049636, 2009 TTAB LEXIS 86, at *3 (TTAB 2009) (pleading must be examined in its entirety, construing the allegations therein liberally, as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(f), to determine whether it contains any allegations which, if proved, would entitle plaintiff to the relief sought). Further, Respondent has not objected to Petitioner’s motion on the ground that it is based, in part, on an unpleaded issue, but rather has treated the issue on its merits. Accordingly, to the extent that it may be necessary to do so, we deem Petitioner’s pleading to be amended, by agreement of the parties, to assert the proper standard. See Paramount Pictures Corp., 1994 TTAB LEXIS 14, at *14. In evidentiary support of its motion with regard to the nonuse claim, Petitioner has submitted and relies on, inter alia, (1) Respondent’s responses to Petitioner’s Second Request for Production of Documents;12 (2) Respondent’s revised responses to Petitioner’s First and Second Requests for Production of Documents;13 (3) the declaration of Richard Finkelstein, Respondent’s former counsel, wherein he admits that he does not have and never had any actual knowledge of Respondent’s use of its mark in U.S. commerce and that when he signed the involved SOU he merely relied 11 See id., ¶51 (“as of February 25, 2021, as well as at any earlier or later time, Registrant did not have…use in commerce…”) and ¶52 (“Registrant has never used in U.S. commerce…”). 12 49 TTABVUE 38-62. 13 Id. at 64-88.
Cancellation No. 92080891 10 on representations made to him by Respondent and its attorneys and his review of the website that was presented to him;14 (4) Respondent’s responses and objections to Petitioner’s Second Set of Interrogatories;15 (5) Respondent’s revised responses thereto;16 and (6) the declaration of Rob Holmes, a third-party private investigator hired by Petitioner, wherein he discusses the investigation he undertook regarding certain of Respondent’s goods and services.17 In particular, Petitioner relies on Respondent’s revised responses to its Interrogatory Nos. 7, 9-10, 16-17, and 1918 in which Respondent essentially states that it has only used the subject mark on the following goods and services: “Pocket-sized electronic calculators” and “downloadable computer software for use as an electronic wallet” in Class 9; “Advertising services” in Class 35; “Cash and foreign exchange transactions; Currency exchange services; Electronic funds transfer; Financial services, namely, providing information in the fields of foreign currency, commodities, financial derivatives, interest rate products, and equities via the internet and intranet systems” in Class 36; and “Computer software consultancy” in Class 42. Petitioner designates these goods and services as the “Claimed Goods and Services.”19 For convenience purposes, we adopt the same designation in this order. 14 Id. at 90-91. 15 Id. at 93-120. 16 Id. at 122-52. 17 Id. at 213-49. 18 49 TTABVUE 125-30. 19 Id. at 20.
Cancellation No. 92080891 11 In these same responses, while referencing some or all of the goods and services immediately above, Respondent makes, inter alia, the following statements: Registrant only provide [sic] goods and service mentioned above. Registrant did not provide product or service [sic] for the rest of goods registered in U.S. Registration No. 6,390,519. (Revised Response to Interrogatory No. 7).20 Registrant did not provide product or service [sic] for the rest of goods or services registered in U.S. Registration No. 6,390,519 on the website intbuyeasy.com. (Revised Response to Interrogatory No. 9).21 Registrant did not provide product or service [sic] for the rest of goods registered in U.S. Registration No. 6,390,519 excepts [sic] the ones above. (Revised Response to Interrogatory No. 10).22 Registrant did not sale [sic] the rest of goods [sic] in Class 9. Registrant no longer sales [sic] any goods in Class 9 in the USA with the mark xTransfer. (Revised Response to Interrogatory No. 16).23 Registrant did not provide the rest of services [sic] in Class 35. Registrant no longer provides any services in Class 35 in the USA with the mark xTransfer. (Revised Response to Interrogatory No. 17).24 Registrant did not provide the rest of services [sic] in Class 42. Registrant no longer provides any services in Class 42 in the USA under the mark xTransfer.” (Revised Response to Interrogatory No. 19).25 Therefore, as Petitioner points out in support of its motion, Respondent admits that it never used the XTRANSFER mark with any of the following goods and services (Petitioner identifies these as the “Never-Offered Goods and Services”): 20 Id. at 125. 21 Id. at 127. 22 Id. at 128. 23 Id. at 129. 24 Id. 25 Id. at 130.
Cancellation No. 92080891 12 Class 9: Central processing units (CPU); Computer network server; Computer software platforms, downloadable, for application development; Data processing apparatus; Downloadable computer programs for connecting remotely to computers or computer networks; Downloadable computer software for encryption; Downloadable mobile applications for managing bank accounts; Electronic and magnetic ID cards for use in connection with payment for services; Labels carrying magnetically, optically, or electronically recorded or encoded information; Class 35: Advertising agency services; On-line advertising on a computer network; Outdoor advertising; Pay per click advertising; Production of advertising films; Providing business information via a web site; Provision of an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of goods and services; Updating and maintenance of data in computer databases; Direct mail advertising services; Class 42: Computer programming; Computer system design; Conversion of computer programs and data, other than physical conversion; Conversion of data or documents from physical to electronic media; Design and development of software in the field of mobile applications; Electronic data storage; Information technology consulting services; Product development consultation; Scientific research and development; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for managing bank accounts; User authentication services using technology for e-commerce transactions. In further support of its motion, Petitioner obtained the sworn declaration of Respondent’s former attorney, Mr. Finkelstein, who signed the application during the prosecution thereof.26 Among the statements Mr. Finkelstein makes in the declaration regarding the signing of the application are the following: 2. I have no first-hand knowledge as to my former client Travel Tao’s actual or intended use of the mark XTRANSFER. 3. I conducted an inquiry with my former client Travel Tao regarding its use and its proposed use of its XTRANSFER trademark in the United States in connection with each and every good and/or service listed in U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88/832,385 (the “Application”) prior to signing and filing the Application, which I filed 26 Id. at 90-91.
Cancellation No. 92080891 13 on March 12, 2020. In that Application, I attested to Travel Tao’s bona fide intention to use its XTRANSFER mark in United States commerce based solely on information conveyed to me by Travel Tao. 4. I conducted an inquiry with my former client Travel Tao regarding its actual use of its XTRANSFER trademark in the United States in connection with each and every good and/or service listed in the Application prior to signing and filing the Statement of Use for the Application, which I filed on February 25, 2021. In that Statement of Use, I attested to Travel Tao’s actual use of its XTRANSFER mark in United States commerce based solely on information conveyed to me by Travel Tao. 5. I reviewed the website that Travel Tao presented to me to determine that it appeared to me to be a legitimate website. 6. I currently do not have, and have never had, any actual knowledge of Travel Tao’s use of its XTRANSFER mark in United States commerce. 7. I have consistently stated that I have no actual knowledge of Travel Tao’s use of its XTRANSFER mark in United States commerce.27 Mr. Finkelstein makes the following statements regarding the SOU which he signed and filed on February 25, 2021 on behalf of Respondent. 8. With regard to signing the Statement of Use, when I inquired regarding Travel Tao’s use of its XTRANSFER mark in the United States, I merely relied on the representations made to me by Travel Tao or its attorneys and the review of the website presented to me. 9. Apart from relying on the representations made to me by Travel Tao or its attorneys, I did not conduct my own independent investigation or inquiry regarding Travel Tao’s actual use of the XTRANSFER mark in the United States other than the review of the website indicated in the Statement of Use. 28 27 Id. 28 Id. at 91.
Cancellation No. 92080891 14 We observe that during discovery Petitioner asked Respondent “to describe in detail” the basis for Respondent’s sworn declaration in the SOU. Specifically, Petitioner asked the following: 29. Describe in detail the basis for your sworn declaration in the Statement of Use filed with the USPTO on February 25, 2021 to support the XTRANSFER registration (Reg. No. 6,390,519) that “[t]he mark is in use in commerce on or in connection with all of the goods/services in the application or notice of allowance, or as subsequently modified.29 Respondent answered as follows: Answer: Registrant did not enter sworn declaration in the Statement of Use. It was entered by Richard S. Finkelstein.30 Similarly, we observe that when asked to describe all the steps taken by Mr. Finkelstein to confirm accuracy of the SOU in Petitioner’s Interrogatory No. 40, Respondent simply states it “has no such knowledge.”31 In further support of the present motion, Petitioner also states that while Respondent claims to have used the XTRANSFER Mark with certain “Claimed Goods and Services” in classes 9, 35, and 42 (see above Pg. 10), when asked in discovery for “documents sufficient to show how Registrant has provided each [of the Class 9, 35, and 42 goods and services] in the U.S.” the only document Respondent points to is its specimen of use submitted with its SOU, which purports to show use of the XTRANSFER Mark through the “IntBuyEasy Website.”32 Petitioner also points out 29 Id. at 134. 30 Id. 31 Id at 136. 32 Id. at 8. See also Respondent’s responses to Request for Document Nos. 21-22, 24., id. at 67-68.
Cancellation No. 92080891 15 that “[Respondent] admits it had no control over or knowledge of what was offered for sale through the IntBuyEasy website.”33 Specifically, Respondent admitted in its response to Petitioner’s Document Request No. 13 that it “never participated in the running of website is [sic] not the owner and runner of the website.”34 With regard to the Class 36 services, in support of its claim to have used the XTRANSFER Mark with these services in the U.S., Petitioner states that Respondent directed Petitioner “to snippets of screenshots of ‘Google Banner[s]” but “there is no evidence…that any of these services are sold in the U.S. or to consumers in the U.S.”35 In the same vein, Petitioner states that “[Respondent] also has no evidence that it ever sold any services in the U.S.” and that “when asked [during discovery] to produce ‘all document and things that reflect, or that relate to or refer to, the total dollar volume of goods and services under [Respondent’s] Mark in the United States,’ [Respondent] responded: ‘Registrant has no such documents.’”36 Petitioner states that it hired an “an independent third-party service provider to independently investigate Registrant’s purported use of the subject XTRANSFER Mark in the U.S.” and that “the investigator was unable to confirm any use of [sic] XTRANSFER Mark as purportedly shown in the Specimen of Use.”37 A copy of the declaration of this investigator, Mr. Holmes, is provided, along with attached exhibits.38 33 Id. at 8. 34 Id. at 66. 35 Id. at 8. See also Respondent’s response to Document Request No. 23, id. at 68, 75-85. 36 Id. at 9. See also Respondent’s response to Document Request No. 9., id. at 65. 37 Id. at 9. 38 Id. at 213-49.
Cancellation No. 92080891 16 Mr. Holmes recounts the steps he took to purchase certain of the goods and services from the list of “Claimed Goods and Services” from Respondent, namely, the “calculators” and “electronic wallet” from class 9 and the “electronic funds transfer” and “currency exchange services” from Class 36. Mr. Holmes, specifically, states as follows: 5. In August 2022, I was contacted by counsel for Petitioner to make purchases from the IntBuyEasy website and report on the financial transactions that cleared and the goods and services that were rendered. 6. On August 25, 2022, the [sic] I visited the IntBuyEasy website and ordered the calculator then-offered for sale at http://www.intbuyeasy.com/en/pd.jsp?id=l. On September 2, 2022, I received in the mail via USPS a calculator. The shipping label on the package the calculator arrived in referenced eBay and listed a return address as “Brian Henry 341 East Lakeshore Dr East Shelton, WA 98584-7956.” Neither the packaging of the calculator, nor the calculator itself, bore any XTRANSFER mark or branding. Instead, the calculator bore the BROOKSTONE® and QUICKCHANGE™ trademarks and branding. Based on the condition of the calculator and the box, the product appeared to me to be used. For example, the box and interior materials had curled corners, indicating prior usage, and the calculator had handwriting on the back-all indicating that it is not a new product. It appeared to me that the calculator was not fulfilled by Travel Tao nor the IntBuyEasy website but was instead purchased, sent, and fulfilled through eBay. A copy of my report regarding the purchase of this calculator from the IntBuyEasy website is attached hereto as Exhibit 1. 7. On September 30, 2022, I visited the IntBuyEasy website and ordered the e-wallet application then-offered for sale at www.intbuyeasy.com/en/pd.jsp?id=42. On that same day, that transaction was processed via PayPal (in that my PayPal account was deducted by $28 to fulfill the order or the e-wallet software application). 8. As of the date of this Declaration, the order remains unfulfilled. No e-wallet software was delivered or made downloadable to me.
Cancellation No. 92080891 17 9. On September 30, 2022, I also attempted to purchase the electronic funds transfer / currency exchange services then-offered for sale at www.intbuyeasy.com/en/pd.jsp?id=7. On that same day, that transaction was processed via PayPal (in that my PayPal account was deducted by $68 to fulfill the order or the electronic funds transfer / currency exchange services). Attached as Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of my Pay Pal account showing a deduction of $101 for purchase of the e-wallet application and electronic funds transfer/currency exchange services. 10. As of the date of this Declaration, the order remains unfulfilled as no electronic funds transfer or currency exchange services were delivered or made downloadable to me. On April 20, 2023, Petitioner states that its counsel identified use by Respondent of a “mobile application, which purports to allow internet users to download [Respondent’s] mobile app via the Google Play store”; that “[t]he website states that [Respondent’s] mobile app is ‘[a] safe, fast and no-hidden-fee way to send money to China from Japan, Australia.’”; and that “[a]s such, to the extent that this mobile application could be interpreted to be ‘downloadable computer software for use as an electronic wallet’ [Respondent] does not offer these services in or to consumers in the U.S.” 39 Similarly, Petitioner argues that “[t]o the extent this mobile application could be considered to be serving as a conduit, method or component through which [Respondent] purportedly offered any of the services in Class 36, that mobile app does not offer these services in or to consumers in the U.S.”40 With regard to the “advertising services” in Class 35 on the list of “Claimed Goods and Services,” Petitioner refers the Board to Document Request No. 22, which asks for “documents sufficient to show how [Respondent] has provided each of the Class 39 Id. at 10. See attached exhibits, id. at 251-53. 40 Id. at 11.
Cancellation No. 92080891 18 35 services identified in the XTRANSFER Registration….”41 In response to this request, Respondent replies: “All of these use evidence documents for the above service and product can be found on the USPTO website” and directs Petitioner to Respondent’s SOU. But then in the same response Respondent specifically states: “Registrant no longer sales [sic] any goods in Class 35 in the USA with the mark xTransfer.”42 Similarly, with regard to the “computer software consultancy” in Class 42 on the list of Claimed Goods and Services, Petitioner asked Respondent the following during discovery for the following documents and things: 24: Documents sufficient to show how Registrant has provided each of the Class 42 services identified in the XTRANSFER registration (Reg. No. 6,390,519) in the U.S., including documents showing the first date on which each service was sold or provided in the U.S., whether Registrant’s use of the XTRANSFER mark is ongoing for each service, and the most recent date on which each service was sold or provided in the U.S. Answer: The first date of use of software consultancy service in class 42 is Feb. 25, 2021. All of these use evidence documents for the above service and product can be found on the database of the USPTO website…Registrant no longer sales [sic] any goods in Class 42 in the USA with the mark xTransfer.43 In all, Petitioner asserts that “it is undisputed that [Respondent] did not use the XTRANSFER Mark in connection with any of the Never-Offered Goods and Services as of the date of [Respondent’s] filing of the XTRANSFER SOU” and that “[t]he Board should therefore cancel the XTRANSFER Registration as to the Never-Offered Goods 41 Id. at 12. See also the response to Document Request No. 22, id. at 67. 42 Id. 43 Id. at 68.
Cancellation No. 92080891 19 and Services as a matter of law.”44 Finally, Petitioner asserts that Respondent “has never used the XTRANSFER Mark with any of the Claimed Goods and Services, and therefore, the Board should cancel the XTRANSFER Registration in its entirety.”45 In response to Petitioner’s motion, Respondent argues that Petitioner has not met its burden of proof. In particular, Respondent asserts that “Petitioner admits that ‘Respondent sells its goods and services on e-commence platforms including intbuyeasy.com and Google Play.’”46 Respondent further argues that the findings of Petitioner’s third-party investigator are irrelevant because Respondent has “no direct oversight over the goods traded via the intbuyeasy.com Website” and “Respondent’s role was solely that of a platform user.”47 Respondent asserts that “[t]he website used by Respondent is a genuine commercial website”; that such website “has been operational for years, capable of processing orders, maintains stable traffic, and possesses actual e-commerce functionality”; and that “Respondent used this website to offer downloadable electronic wallet software, advertising services, and computer software consulting services related to the XTRANSFER mark, forming a complete commercial loop.”48 In addition, Respondent states that it “deployed applications on other platforms, including Google Play, Aptoide App and Apple App Store, and presented evidence of commercial use pertaining to foreign exchange services.”49 Significantly, Respondent provides no evidentiary support for these assertions. 44 Id. at 21. 45 Id. 46 51 TTABVUE 6. 47 Id. 48 Id. at 6-7. 49 Id. at 7.
Cancellation No. 92080891 20 In reply, Petitioner argues it “is entitled to summary judgment on its nonuse claim because (1) [Respondent] admits to never having used the XTRANSFER Mark with the Never-Offered Goods and Services and (2) Petitioner’s undisputed evidence, including its unrebutted independent investigator’s report, shows that [Respondent] has never used the XTRANSFER Mark with the Remaining Goods and Services.”50 Petitioner argues that “[e]ven if [Respondent] now claims through unsupported, attorney argument to have used the mark on the [Claimed] Goods and Services, this argument is wholly unsubstantiated by any evidence and cannot create a genuine issue of material fact” and that “Petitioner’s nonuse claim succeeds as a matter of law.”51 Petitioner states that, contrary to Respondent’s assertions, Petitioner does not admit “anywhere in [its] Motion for Summary Judgment” that Respondent sells its goods and services on e-commerce platforms such as intbuyeasy.com and Google Play.52 Petitioner emphasizes that Respondent “fails to provide a shred of evidence showing where a U.S.-based consumer can purchase these goods and services under the XTRANSFER Mark.”53 2. Analysis On this record, there is no evidence, documentary or otherwise, showing that Respondent used the mark XTRANSFER in commerce in the U.S. in connection with any of the goods and services identified in its underlying application as of the deadline for the filing of its SOU. In particular, Petitioner has introduced evidence in the form 50 52 TTABVUE 2-3. 51 Id. at 3. 52 Id. at 6. 53 Id.
Cancellation No. 92080891 21 of Respondent’s discovery responses, its third-party investigator’s declaration and supporting exhibits, and the declaration of Respondent’s former counsel. Together this evidence demonstrates that Respondent has not made use in the U.S. of any of the goods and services recited in the registration. Respondent has not attached any evidence to demonstrate that it made use of its mark in commerce as of the deadline for the filing of its SOU other than the specimen of record. It is clear under 37 C.F.R. § 2.122(b)(2) that specimens in the underlying application are not competent evidence. In view of the totality of the evidence, and in particular the absence of sufficiently specific testimony or documentary evidence regarding activities that constitute actual use in commerce of XTRANSFER by Respondent as of the relevant date, the sole reasonable inference is that as of the deadline for filing the SOU, no use was made. See Tao Licensing, 2017 TTAB LEXIS 437, at *33. In view thereof, after giving Respondent the benefit of all justifiable inferences from the undisputed facts, Respondent has failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact regarding its nonuse of the mark in commerce in connection with any of the goods and services as of March 1, 2021, the deadline to file the SOU. See Octocom Sys., Inc. v. Hous. Comp. Servs., Inc., 918 F.2d 937, 940-41 (Fed. Cir. 1990); Hornblower & Weeks Inc. v. Hornblower & Weeks, Inc., Opp. No. 91110043, 2001 TTAB LEXIS 562, at *22-23 (TTAB 2001) (factual assertions, without evidentiary support, are insufficient to defend against a motion for summary judgment).
Cancellation No. 92080891 22 Accordingly, we find that there is no genuine dispute of material fact that Petitioner established its entitlement to a statutory cause of action and that the underlying application for Registration No. 6390519 is void ab initio due to nonuse of the involved mark with any of the identified goods or services as of the deadline for filing the SOU. See 15 U.S.C. § 1127. We therefore grant Petitioner’s motion for summary judgment on its claim that Registration No. 6390519 is void ab initio due to nonuse. See Tao Licensing, LLC, 2017 TTAB LEXIS 437, at *24. In view of this determination, we need not decide Petitioner’s claims of fraud or likelihood of confusion, or any of the remaining claims in Petitioner’s amended petition for cancellation. Yazhong Investing Ltd. v. Multi-Media Tech. Ventures, Ltd., Can. No. 92056548, 2018 TTAB LEXIS 168, at *44 n.52 (TTAB 2018) (Board has the “discretion to decide only those claims necessary to enter judgment and dispose of the case”). III. Decision In view of the foregoing, Petitioner’s motion for summary judgment on its claim of nonuse is granted as to all classes, and Registration No. 6390519 will be cancelled in due course.
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