Application

PTO- 1478

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PTO- 1478

Approved for use through 10/31/2024. OMB 0651-0009

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it contains a valid OMB control number

Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register

Serial Number: 97444221

Filing Date: 06/06/2022

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: (Stylized and/or Design, see mark) The color(s) black, red and off-white is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of the stylized word KARTEL with black lettering at the top and fading to red lettering at the bottom. The stylized word SHISHA appears in smaller, black letters above the word KARTEL. A black diamond appears before and after the word SHISHA, which is separated from the word KARTEL by a segmented line. The background of the mark is colored off-white.
The applicant, AIR IP Holdings Limited, a limited corporation legally organized under the laws of United Arab Emirates, having an address of
      Unit OT 20-33, Level 20, Central Park
      Dubai International Financial Centre
      Dubai
      United Arab Emirates
      XXXX

requests registration of the trademark/service mark identified above in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the Principal Register established by the Act of July 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. Section 1051 et seq.), as amended, for the following:

International Class 034:  Tobacco; smokers' articles, namely, hookah charcoal, hookah foil, disposable hoses for hookahs, aluminum foil for hookahs, copper stems for use with hookahs; matches; absorbent paper for tobacco pipes; articles for use with tobacco, namely, tobacco pipes, hookah charcoal and filter tubes; ashtrays for smokers; cigarettes; electronic cigarettes; electronic hookahs; electronic cigars; electronic smoking pipes; electronic shisha pipes; electronic cigarette boxes and cases; liquids for electronic cigarettes and hookahs; electronic nicotine inhalation devices; cartridges and refill cartridges for electronic cigarettes; smoking sets for electronic cigarettes; electronic cigarette atomizers; cases for electronic cigarettes; firestones; flavorings other than essential oils, for use in electronic cigarettes and hookahs; flavored tobacco; flavorings other than essential oils, for tobacco; herbal molasses tobacco substitutes; herbs for smoking; hookahs; hookah tobacco; hookah pipes; lighters for smokers; mentholated tobacco; steam stones for hookahs; shisha tobacco; shisha pipes; tobacco filters; tobacco jars and tins; tobacco substitutes; tobacco powder; tobacco pins; tobacco pouches; tobacco cases; rolling tobacco; smokeless tobacco; tobacco and tobacco products, including substitutes; raw or manufactured tobacco; smokeless cigarette vaporizer pipes; vaporizers for smoking purposes; oral vaporizers for smokers; personal vaporizers, electronic cigarettes and electronic hookahs, and flavorings and solutions thereof

Priority based on foreign filing: The applicant has a bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods/services and asserts a claim of priority based on United Arab Emirates application number 373229, filed 03/24/2022.
INTENT TO PERFECT 44(d) : At this time, the applicant intends to rely on Section 44(e) as a basis for registration. If ultimately the applicant does not rely on Section 44(e) as a basis for registration, a valid claim of priority may be retained.





The owner's/holder's proposed attorney information: Larry H. Tronco. Other appointed attorneys are the other attorneys of Holland & Hart. LLP. Larry H. Tronco of Holland & Hart, LLP, is a member of the XX bar, admitted to the bar in XXXX, bar membership no. XXX, and the attorney(s) is located at
      Trademark Docketing
      PO Box 8749
      Denver, Colorado 80201
      United States
      303-473-2873(phone)
      docket@hollandhart.com
The docket/reference number is 106526.0021.
Larry H. Tronco submitted the following statement: The attorney of record is an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, or any U.S. Commonwealth or territory.

The applicant's current Correspondence Information:

Larry H. Tronco

PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: docket@hollandhart.com        SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): lhtronco@hollandhart.com; cmichel@hollandhart.com; tkhawkes@hollandhart.com Requirement for Email and Electronic Filing: I understand that a valid email address must be maintained by the applicant owner/holder and the applicant owner's/holder's attorney, if appointed, and that all official trademark correspondence must be submitted via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).

A fee payment in the amount of $350 has been submitted with the application, representing payment for 1 class(es).

Declaration

	Basis: If the applicant is filing the application based on use in commerce under 15 U.S.C. § 1051(a): The signatory believes that the applicant is the owner of the trademark/service mark sought to be registered; The mark is in use in commerce and was in use in commerce as of the filing date of the application on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; The specimen(s) shows the mark as used on or in connection with the goods/services in the application and was used on or in connection with the goods/services in the application as of the application filing date; and To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, the facts recited in the application are accurate. And/Or If the applicant is filing the application based on an intent to use the mark in commerce under 15 U.S.C. § 1051(b), § 1126(d), and/or § 1126(e): The signatory believes that the applicant is entitled to use the mark in commerce; The applicant has a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce and had a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce as of the application filing date on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; and To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, the facts recited in the application are accurate.
	To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, no other persons, except, if applicable, concurrent users, have the right to use the mark in commerce, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods/services of such other persons, to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive.
	To the best of the signatory's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances, the allegations and other factual contentions made above have evidentiary support.
	The signatory being warned that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, and that such willful false statements and the like may jeopardize the validity of the application or submission or any registration resulting therefrom, declares that all statements made of his/her own knowledge are true and all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.

Declaration Signature

Signature: /LARRY H. TRONCO/   Date: 06/06/2022
Signatory's Name: Larry H. Tronco
Signatory's Position: Attorney of record, Colorado bar member
Signatory's Phone Number: 303-473-2873
Signature method: Signed directly within the form
Payment Sale Number: 97444221
Payment Accounting Date: 06/06/2022

Serial Number: 97444221
Internet Transmission Date: Mon Jun 06 12:53:27 ET 2022
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XX.XXX.XXX.XX-2022060612532776
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