Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Electronic Filing System. 39145
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`ESTTA Tracking number: ESTTA46462
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`Filing date3
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`09/27/2005
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Notice of Opposition
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`Notice is hereby given that the following party opposes registration of the indicated
`application.
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`Opposer Information
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`727 West 14881 South
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`Address
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`Bluffdale, UT 84065
`UNITED STATES
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`Brent T. Winder
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`Attorney
`information
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`Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough
`170 South Main Street, Suite 1500
`Salt Lake City, UT 84101
`UNITED STATES
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`bWinder@j oneswaldo. com Phone: 80 1 -52 1 -3200
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`Applicant Information
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`Application No 78333500
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`01’1’°Si‘i°“
`Filing Date
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`OQQ7/2005
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`International
`Registration
`No.
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`NONE
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`Publication
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`Opposition
`Period Ends
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`International
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`08/30f2005
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`09/29x2005
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`NONE
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`Applicant
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`Wainwright Close, Churchfields Industrial Estate, St. Leonards-on-Sea
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`East Sussex, TN38 9PP
`UNITED KINGDOM
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`Goods/ Services Affected by Opposition
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`Class 012.
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`All goods and sevices in the class are opposed, namely: seats for automobiles; safety
`harnesses for automobile seats; structural parts for seats for automobiles and safety
`harnesses for automobiles
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`Related
`Proceedings
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`Cancellation No. 92042980 is currently pending between the parties.
`This cancellation has been suspended in light of a pending action filed
`in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah (Case No.
`2:04CV00626 TS).
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`Attachments
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`Opposition Pleading.pdf ( 2 pages )
`Civil Case.pdf ( 44 pages )
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`Signature
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`fBrent T. Winder!
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`Name
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`Brent T. Winder
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE
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`TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`IN THE MATTER OF Serial No. 78/333,500
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`Filed on November 26, 2003
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`Trademark: CORBEAU SEATS (and Design)
`Attorney Docket No. l3645.0004
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`Opposition No.
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`CORBEAU USA LLC,
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`Opposer
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`CORBEAU SEATS LTD.
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`Applicant
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`NOTICE OF OPPOSITION
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`Opposer, Corbeau USA LLC, a Utah limited liability with its principal place of business
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`located at 727 West 14881 South Bluffdale, Utah 84065, believes that it will be damaged by
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`registration of the mark shown in the above-identified application.
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`The grounds for opposition are as follows:
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`Count I.
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`1. Applicant is not the owner of mark as set forth in the ‘500 application. Specifically,
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`there is presently a dispute in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah (Case No.
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`2:04CV00626 TS) wherein ownership of the CORBEAU mark, as well as other related marks, is
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`in dispute. See attached Complaint, filed July 7, 2004.
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`2. Inasmuch as this dispute is ongoing, Opposer feels it would be damaged by the
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`registration of the mark as depicted in the ‘500 application.
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`WHEREFORE Opposer prays that Application No. 78/333,500 be rejected, with the
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`registration of the mark therein sought, for the services therein specified being refused.
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`The statutory Opposition Filing Fee of $300 is included herewith. Please charge any
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`additional required fees, related to this opposition proceeding, to Deposit Account No. 50-1723.
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`DATED this 27”‘ day of September, 2005.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`MichaelJ. illey
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`Brent T. Winder
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`Attorneys for Opposer
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`JONES, WALDO, HOLBROOK & MCDONOUGH
`170 South Main Street, Suite 1500
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`Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1644
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`Telephone: (801) 521-3200
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`Facsimile: (801) 328-0537
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`DECK TYPE: Civil
`DATE STAMP: 07/07/2004 @ 16:23:02
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`Michael]. Kelley (USB #5301)
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`Brent T. Winder (USB #8765)
`JONES, WALDO, HOLBROOK & McDONOUGH, P. c.
`170 South Main Street, Suite 1500
`Salt Lake city, Utah 84101
`Telephone: (801) 521-3200
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`COMPLAINT
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`DATE STAMP: 07/07/2004 @ 16: 23:02
`CASE NUMBER:
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`CORBEAU USA LLC,
`a Utah Limited Liability Company,
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`Plaintiff,
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`VS.
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`CORBEAU SEATS LTD.,
`an England Limited Liability Company,
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`laintiff Corbeau USA LLC, by and through its undersigned ‘counsel,
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`Defendant.
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`complains against Defendant Corbeau Seats Ltd. (hereinafter “Defendant”) as follows:
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`The Parties
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`1.
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`Corbeau USA LLC is a Utah limited liability company, organized and
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`existing under the laws of the State of Utah, qualified to do business in the State of Utah,
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`with its principal place of business located at 727 West 14881 South, Bluffdale, Utah
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`84065. Corbeau USA LLC is successor in interest to Corbeau USA, a California
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`partnership which has since been dissolved (both entities will hereinafter be collectively
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`referred to as “Corbeau USA”).
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`2.
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`Defendant is, on information and belief, a private limited liability
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`company, organized and existing under the laws of England, with its principal place of
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`business located at 17 Wainwright Close, Churchfields Industrial Estate, St. Leonards on
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`Sea TN38 9PP, United Kingdom.
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`Jurisdiction and Venue
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`3.
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`This action arises under the trademark laws of the United States, 15
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`U.S.C. §§ 1051 et seq. This Court has subj ect matter jurisdiction over this action
`pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1121 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 & 1338. Defendant is subject to
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`personal jurisdiction in the State of Utah pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 4(k), UTAH
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`CODE ANN. §§ 78-27-23 & 78-27-24 and Defendant’s contacts with the State of Utah
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`are sufficient for this Court to exercise personal jurisdiction over Defendant under the
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`Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Venue is proper under 28
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`U.S.C. § 1391.
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`First Cause of Action — Federal Declaratory Judgment
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`4.
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`Corbeau USA incorporates by reference, as if fully set forth herein,
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`each and every allegation in 111] 1-3 of this Complaint.
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`5.
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`On information and belief, on or about May 1, 1983, Tranz Acc., lnc., a
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`California corporation (hereinafter “Tranz Acc.”), began selling automobile seats,
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`brackets and related Wares under the CORBEAU GT SEATS logo and the CORBEAU
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`word mark. A representative copy of the CORBEAU GT SEATS logo is attached
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`herewith as Exhibit “A.”
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`6.
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`On information and belief, on or about July 18, 1983, Tranz Acc.
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`applied for federal registration of the CORBEAU GT SEATS logo. A copy of the
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`Trademark Electronic Search System (“TESS”) information sheet, as obtained from the
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website, is included herewith as Exhibit “B.”
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`7.
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`On or about September l, 1988, Corbeau USA acquired the entire
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`inventory of automobile seats, brackets and related wares from Tranz Acc. that bore the
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`CORBEAU GT SEATS logo and/or the word mark CORBEAU.
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`8.
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`Coincident with its purchase of all Tranz Acc. automobile seats,
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`brackets and related wares bearing the CORBEAU GT SEATS logo and/or the word
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`mark CORBEAU, all U.S. trademark rights in the logo and word mark, including the
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`goodwill associated therewith, were acquired by Corbeau USA in connection with said
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`seats, brackets and related wares.
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`9.
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`After acquiring the inventory and trademark rights from Tranz Acc., as
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`discussed above, Corbeau USA, began selling said seats, brackets and related wares
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`under the CORBEAU GT SEAT logo and CORBEAU word mark.
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`10.
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`In addition to the selling inventory obtained from Tranz Acc., Corbeau
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`USA also began selling some automobile seat inventory purchased from Defendant.
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`11.
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`In addition to selling the inventory obtained from the Tranz Acc.
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`purchase, as well as the automobile seat inventory supplied by Defendant, Corbeau USA
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`also sold, under theCORBEAU GT SEATS logo and the CORBEAU word mark,
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`brackets and other products purchased from other third party suppliers.
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`l2.
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`Pursuant to its supplier relationship with Corbeau USA, Defendant
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`provided Corbeau USA with a certain number of automobile seats bearing the
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`CORBEAU GT SEAT logo, the CORBEAU word mark, and subsequently (as discussed
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`below), the CORBEAU SEATS logo.
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`13.
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`On or about September 1, 1996, Corbeau USA shifted primary
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`production of its automobile seats to other suppliers.
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`14.
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`After shifting primary production of its automobile seats to other
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`suppliers, Corbeau USA substantially reduced the amount of automobile seat inventory
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`purchased from Defendant, ultimately completely severing the supplier relationship on or
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`about January 1, 2003.
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`15.
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`On or about January 1, 1996, Corbeau USA began selling automobile
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`seats, seat brackets and related Wares under the CORBEAU SEATS logo. A
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`representative copy of the CORBEAU SEATS logo is attached hereto as Exhibit “C.”
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`16.
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`Since on or about January 1, 1996, Corbeau USA has made continuous
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`use of the CORBEAU SEATS logo in connection with automobile seats, seat brackets
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`and related Wares.
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`17.
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`Through its continuous use of the COREEAU SEATS logo, Corbeau
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`USA has established trademark rights in the CORBEAU SEATS logo, in connection with
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`automobile seats, seat brackets and related wares, that date back at least as early as
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`January 1, 1996.
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`18.
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`On or about November 1, 2001, Corbeau USA began selling safety
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`harnesses and related wares under the CORBEAU SEATS logo, as Well as the
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`CORBEAU word mark.
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`19.
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`Since on or about November 1, 2001, Corbeau USA has made
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`continuous use of the CORBEAU SEATS logo and the CORBEAU word mark in
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`connection with safety harnesses and related wares.
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`20.
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`Through its continuous use of the CORBEAU SEATS logo and the
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`CORBEAU word mark, Corbeau USA has established trademark rights in these marks, in
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`connection with safety harnesses and related wares, that date back at least as early as
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`November 1, 2001.
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`21.
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`Through its continuous use ofthe CORBEAU GT SEATS logo, the
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`word mark CORBEAU, and the CORBEAU SEATS logo, Corbeau USA has established
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`trademark rights in the word CORBEAU, in connection with automobile seats, seat
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`brackets and related Wares, that date back at least as early as May 1, 1983.
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`22.
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`On information and belief, on December 7, 1997, Blok Beheer B.V., a
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`Netherlands limited liability company (hereinafter “Blok Beheer”), filed an intent to use
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`trademark application for the mark CORBEAU in connection with automobile seats.
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`This application matured into registration no. 2376439 (hereinafter “the ‘439
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`registration”). A copy of the TESS information sheet for this registration is included
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`herewith as Exhibit “D.”
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`23.
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`On information and belief, Blok Beheer never used the CORBEAU
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`trademark in connection with automobile seats, or in any other capacity in the U.S.
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`24.
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`On information and belief, on August 23, 2001, Blok Beheer recorded
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`with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) a document purporting to assign its
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`entire interest in the ‘439 registration to Considine Consultants B.V., a Netherlands
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`limited liability company (hereinafter “Considine”).
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`25.
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`On information and belief, the purported assignment from Blok Beheer
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`to Considine was not accompanied by a transfer of the business in connection with which
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`the CORBEAU mark was intended to be used.
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`26.
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`On information and belief, no Statement of Use was filed with the
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`USPTO prior to the purported assignment from Blok Beheer to Considine.
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`27.
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`On information and belief, Considine never used the CORBEAU
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`trademark in connection with automobile seats, or in any other capacity in the U.S.
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`28.
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`On information and belief, on November 13, 2001, Considine recorded
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`with the USPTO a document purporting to assign its entire interest in the ‘439
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`registration to Rodi Beheer B.V., a Netherlands corporation (hereinafter “Rodi Beheer”).
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`29.
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`On information and belief, the purported assignment from Considine to
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`Rodi Beheer was not accompanied by a transfer of the business in connection with which
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`the CORBEAU mark was intended to be used.
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`30.
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`On information and belief, no Statement of Use was filed with the
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`USPTO prior to the purported assignment from Considine to Rodi Beheer.
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`31.
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`On information and belief, Rodi Beheer never used the CORBEAU
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`trademark in connection with automobile seats, or in any other capacity in the U.S.
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`32.
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`On information and belief, on January 30, 2004, Rodi Beheer recorded
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`with the USPTO a document purporting to assign its entire interest in the ‘439
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`registration to Defendant.
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`33.
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`On information and belief, the purported assignment from Rodi Beheer
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`to Defendant was not accompanied by a transfer of the business in connection with which
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`the CORBEAU mark was intended to be used.
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`34.
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`On information and belief, no Statement of Use was filed with the
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`USPTO prior to the purported assignment fiom Rodi Beheer to Defendant.
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`On information and belief, Defendant never used the CORBEAU
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`36.
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`On information and belief, neither Blok Beheer, nor any of its
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`successors in interest, had a bona fide intent to use the CORBEAU mark as designated in
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`the ‘439 registration.
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`37.
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`Because the CORBEAU mark was never actually used by Blok Beheer,
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`or any of its successors in interest, and further, since none of the foregoing assignments
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`were accompanied by a transfer of the business in connection with which the CORBEAU
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`mark was intended to be used, the ‘439 registration is void.
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`38.
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`On or about November 26, 2003, Defendant filed an intent to use
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`application for federal registration of a mark that is, in virtually every respect, an exact
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`duplicate of the CORBEAU SEATS logo. The USPTO assigned the application Serial
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`No. 78/333500 (hereinafter “the ‘500 application”). The designated goods in the ‘500
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`application are “seats for automobiles; safety harnesses for automobiles; parts and filings
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`for the aforesaid.” A copy of the TESS information sheet is included herewith as Exhibit
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`“E.”
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`39.
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`By its own admission in the ‘500 application, Defendant had not, at the
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`time of filing, yet used the CORBEAU SEATS logo in commerce in connection with
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`“seats for automobiles; safety harnesses for automobiles; parts and filings for the
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`aforesaid,” but rather only had a bona fide intent to do so.
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`40.
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`On information and belief, Defendant has not yet used the CORBEAU
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`SEATS logo in commerce in connection with “seats for automobiles; safety harnesses for
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`automobiles; parts and filings for the aforesaid.”
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`After being put on notice of the ‘500 application, and hoping to resolve
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`any disputes concerning ownership of the respective trademark rights, Oorbeau USA
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`filed, on February 5, 2004, two in use trademark applications with the USPTO for the
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`CORBEAU SEATS logo and the word mark CORBEAU, both to be registered in
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`connection with “seats for automobiles; safety harnesses for automobiles; parts and
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`filings for the aforesaid.” The USPTO assigned the two applications Serial Nos.
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`76/574217 (“the ‘217 application) and 76/574218 (“the ‘218 application”) respectively.
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`Copies of the TESS information sheets for these applications are included herewith as
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`Exhibits “F” and “G” respectively.
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`42.
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`On or about March 1, 2004, Corbeau USA also initiated cancellation
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`proceedings with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) against the ‘439
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`registration. A copy of Corbeau USA’s Petition to Cancel is included herewith as Exhibit
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`“H.”
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`On April 15, 2004, Corbeau USA received an Answer from Defendant
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`to its Petition. A copy of Defendant’s Answer is included herewith as Exhibit “I.” The
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`TTAB has not yet ruled on Corbeau USA’s Petition.
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`44.
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`On or about June 11, 2004, Defendant sent Corbeau USA a letter
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`asserting that Corbeau USA was infringing Defendant’s rights in the CORBEAU word
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`mark, as well as in the CORBEAU SEATS logo is included herewith as Exhibit “J.”
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`45.
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`There currently exists an actual controversy between Corbeau USA
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`and Defendant regarding the respective rights of Corbeau USA and Defendant in the
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`CORBEAU word mark as well as in the CORBEAU SEATS logo mark.
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`46.
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`Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2201 and 15 U.S.C. § 1119, Corbeau USA is
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`entitled to a declaratory judgment that:
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`A. Corbeau USA is the owner of the U.S. trademark rights for the word
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`CORBEAU, used in connection with automobile seats, safety harnesses, seat brackets
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`and related wares.
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`B. Corbeau USA is the owner of the U.S. trademark rights for the CORBEAU
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`SEATS logo, used in connection with automobile seats, safety harnesses, seat brackets
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`and related wares.
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`C. Corbeau USA is entitled to federal trademark registration for the word
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`CORBEAU and the CORBEAU SEATS logo, both in connection with automobile seats,
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`safety harnesses, seat brackets and related wares.
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`D. The ‘439 Registration was not validly transferred, and as such, as well as
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`for other reasons stated herein, is void.
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`E. Corbeau USA’s use of the CORBEAU word mark, the CORBEAU SEATS
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`logo, and any other related marks, used in connection with automobile seats, safety
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`harnesses, seat brackets and related wares, has not and does not infringe or otherwise
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`Violate any rights of Defendant (if any).
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`WI-IEREFORE, Corbeau USA requests that the Court enter a declaratory judgment that:
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`A. Corbeau USA is the owner of the U.S. trademark rights for the word
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`CORBEAU, used in connection with automobile seats, safety harnesses, seat brackets
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`and related wares.
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`B. Corbeau USA is the owner of the U.S. trademark rights for the CORBEAU
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`SEATS logo, used in connection with automobile seats, safety harnesses, seat brackets
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`and related wares.
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`C. Corbeau USA is entitled to federal trademark registration for the word
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`CORBEAU and the CORBEAU SEATS logo, both in connection with automobile seats,
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`safety harnesses, seat brackets and related wares.
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`D. The ‘439 Registration was not validly transferred, and as such, as well as
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`for other reasons stated herein, is Void.
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`E. Corbeau USA’s use of the CORBEAU Word mark, the CORBEAU SEATS
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`logo, and any other related marks, used in connection with automobile seats, safety
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`harnesses, seat brackets and related Wares, has not and does not infringe or otherwise
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`Violate any rights of Defendant (if any).
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`JURY DEMAND
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`Pursuant to Rule 38 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff demands
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`a trial by jury in this case for all of the issues in this action triable by jury.
`Dated this ?% day of July, 2004.
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`JONES, WALDO, HOLBROOK & McDONO‘UGH, P.C.
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`By
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`Michael J. Kelley
`Brent T. Winder
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
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