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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`2 Opposition No. 91161603
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`REBECCA SPAAR
`DEPOSITION OF:
`EXAMINATION DATE:
`January 20,
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`ALLERGAN,
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`INC.,
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`Opposer,
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`BIOCENTRIC LABORATORIES,
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`INC.,
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`Applicant.
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`the deposition of
`PURSUANT TO NOTICE,
`REBECCA SPAAR was taken at 10:00 a.m. on January
`20, 2006, at Sheridan Ross, P.C., 1560 Broadway,
`Suite 1200, Denver, Colorado, before Lisa
`Persichitte Reed, Registered Professional
`Reporter and Notary Public in and for the State
`of Colorado.
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`Lisa Persichitte Reed
`Registered Professional Reporter
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`Attorneys‘ Service Center
`475 Seventeenth Street, Denver, CO
`(303) 295-3376
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`E ATTORNEYS SERVICE CENTER, INC.
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`“Service is our middle name” ‘
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`Thursday, March 02, 2006
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`Kenneth L. Wilton, Esq.
`Seyfarth Shaw LLP
`2029 Century Park East, Suite 3300
`Los Angeles, CA 9006-3063
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`Re: Allergan, INC. v. Biocentric Laboratories, INC.
`Deposition of: Rebecca Spaar
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`Dear Mr. Wilton:
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`The above-mentioned original deposition is being forwarded to you, as indicated below.
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`_ Unsigned; signed signature page and amendments, if any, to be submitted
`at trial.
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`Unsigned; pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure. Said deponent and/or
`counsel were to arrange for review and signature; there has been no
`response from either party and said deposition remains unsigned.
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`Signed by the deponent with no amendments.
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`Signed by the deponent with amendments, copies of which are enclosed.
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`Please call if we can be of any further assistance. Thank you.
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`Sincerely,
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`ane i3uswel1
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`Enclosures: One Sealed Original Transcript (w\exhibit loose)
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`m ATTORNEYS SERVICE CENTER, INC.
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`“Service is our middle name”
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`Thursday, January 26, 2006.
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`Kenneth L. Wilton, Esq.
`Seyfarth Shaw LLP
`2029 Century Park East, Suite 3300
`Los Angeles, CA 9006-3063
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`Re: Allergan, INC. v. Biocentric Laboratories, INC.
`Deposition of: Rebecca Spaar
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`Dear Mr. Wilton:
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`Enclosed are your copy, MiniTranscript and ASCII disk of the deposition of Rebecca
`Spaar per your request. An invoice for the services of the court reporter will be
`forwarded under separate cover.
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`A copy of the transcript and some amendment sheets are being forwarded to the witness
`for review and signature.
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`The original deposition is being held in this office until thirty days have expired, or the
`witness has reviewed and signed it.
`It will be forwarded to you at that time along with
`any amendments. If you would like to have the original forwarded sooner, please contact
`this office.
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`Please call if we can be of any further assistance.
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`Sincerely,
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`Chantell Rodriguez
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`THE DEPO CENTER THE VIDEOCONFERENCE CENTER
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`m ATTORNEYS SERVICE CENTER, INC.
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`“Service is our middle name”
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`Thursday, January 26, 2006
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`Rebecca Spaar
`32260 E. 167th Drive
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`Hudson, CO 80642
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`Re: Allergan, INC. v. Biocentric Laboratories
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`Dear Ms. Spaar:
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`A copy of your deposition taken in the above-captioned case is enclosed for your review
`and signature.
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`If you wish to make any changes, please make them in ink on the amendment sheets
`provided. You will then need to take the enclosed affidavit and your amendments, if
`any, to a notary public, sign the affidavit and each amendment sheet in the presence of
`the notary, and have each signature notarized.
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`Please return the signed and notarized affidavit and amendment sheets to this office no
`later than thirty days from the date of this letter.
`(Please do not return the copy of the
`transcript;
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`is yours to keep). The affidavit and amendment sheets will then be
`forwarded along with the original transcript to the noticing attorney.
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`If we do not hear from you by that date, we will forward your deposition unsigned to the
`noticing attorney.
`If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact your
`attorney.
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`Sincerely,
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`Chantell Rodriguez
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`THE VIDEOCONFERENCE CENTER
`THE DEPO CENTER
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`Rebecca Soaar
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`A P P E A R A N C E S
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`THE OPPOSER:
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`KENNETH L. WILTON, ESQ.
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`Seyfarth Shaw LLP
`2029 Century Park East, Suite 3300
`Los Angeles, California 90067-3063
`(310) 201-5271
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`Present: Michael Lehman
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`P R O C E E D I N G S
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`REBECCA SPAAR
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`The deponent herein, being first duly
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`sworn to testify to the truth in the above cause,
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`was examined and testified on her oath as
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`BY MR. WILTON:
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`E X A M I N A T I O N
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`Could you, please, state and
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`spell your name for the record.
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`Rebecca Spaar, R—e-b—e-c-c—a,
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`MR. WILTON: And, sir,
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`MR. LEHMAN: Michael Lehman,
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`M—i—c—h—a—e—l, L—e-h—m-a—n.
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`MR. WILTON:
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`THE DEPONENT:
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`MR. WILTON: Not really.
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`It is the first
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`Laboratories.
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`How is that relevant to what
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`We're a small company.
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`Have you ever had more than ten
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`govern the cleanliness of your facility?
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`BioEntopic massage cream.
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`What is BioEntopic?
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`In the real estate business?
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`industry.
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`Mr. Mcvay is in cosmetics.
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`Yes.
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`xhibit 20, which are requests -- responses to
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`Your competitive edge over whom?
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`Friend.
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`Notes about
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`Who prepared these notes?
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`I did.
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`How did you go about preparing
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`Are they under any obligation to
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`That is your site, correct?
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`Do you maintain that site?
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`I don't know how to do Internet
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`That is probably a bad question.
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`None of us here do.
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`That's a whole different world.
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`Do you hire a company that
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`I have a friend who does, who is
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`It is.
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`And those products were packaged
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`Biocentric?
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`Yes.
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`Yes.
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`BioCentric?
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`This is another
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`I believe this is from your Web site as
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`Correct.
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`This is a description of one of
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`For two reasons.
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`One is for
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`It is general consumer information.
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`Hold on just a moment, please.
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`to support
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`just --
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`One is coming soon, please.
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`Health food stores.
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`Yes.
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`With regard to the general
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`consumer information,
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`your product?
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`You always want
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`It would be impossible to
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`Am I a marketing
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`It's an explanation of what
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`Correct.
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`Obviously, it's tailored to the
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`product, but you have a description that
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`describes the product,
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`right?
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`Correct.
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`Do you write all those?
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`By and large, yes.
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`What do you mean by "by and
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`large"?
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`Of course,
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`So somebody else edits what you
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`is that fair?
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`By virtue of the fact that
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`somebody has to input it.
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`Since I can't directly
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`With my approval.
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`yes.
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`Let me go quickly through a
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`I just want to confirm -— in
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`Exhibits 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27. Are these all
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`include products that you sell?
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`Yes.
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`MR. WILTON: Why don't we take a
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`You mentioned
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`health food stores that sell your product?
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`May I assume from that,
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`Network and distributors have
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`are some of them on the Web and some of them --
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`With regard to those health food
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`I believe some are.
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`though.
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`Yes, on a very limited basis.
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`Does Biocentric have a storefront
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