`ESTTA254812
`ESTTA Tracking number:
`12/12/2008
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`Filing date:
`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`91184465
`Defendant
`SYGNIS Pharma AG
`Catherine J. Holland
`Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
`2040 Main Street, 14th Floor
`Irvine, CA 92614
`UNITED STATES
`efiling@kmob.com
`Answer
`Gregory B. Phillips
`efiling@kmob.com
`/gregory phillips/
`12/12/2008
`ibhw1 001zus.pdf ( 4 pages )(111292 bytes )
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`IBHWH1.001ZUS
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`TRADEMARK
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MEDIMMUNE, LLC,
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`Opposition No. 91184465
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`Opposer,
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`SYGNIS PHARMA AG,
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`I hereby certify that this correspondence and all marked
`attachments are being deposited with the United States
`Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and
`Appeal Board via electronic filing through their website
`located at http://estta.uspto,gov/ on:
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`December 12 2008
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`Applicant.
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`Gregory B. Phillips
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`APPLICANT’S ANSWER TO NOTICE OF OPPOSITION
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`Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks
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`P.O. Box 1451
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`Arlington, VA 22313-1451
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`Dear Sir:
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`Applicant, SYGNIS Pharma AG, (“Applicant”), a company organized under the laws of
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`Germany, having an address at Im Neuenheimer Feld 515 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, hereby
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`answers the Notice of Opposition filed by Medlmmune, LLC (“Opposer”) against registration of
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`Applicant’s mark SYGNIS, U.S. Application Serial Number 79/039,076, as follows:
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`Answering Paragraph 1 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant admits the
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`allegations contained therein.
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`2.
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`Answering Paragraph 2 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant admits the
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`allegations contained therein.
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`Answering Paragraph 3 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant
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`is without
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`sufficient knowledge or information to form a belief as to the truth or falsity of the allegations
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`contained therein, and accordingly denies the allegations.
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`4.
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`Answering Paragraph 4 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant
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`is without
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`sufficient knowledge or information to form a belief as to the truth or falsity of the allegations
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`contained therein, and accordingly denies the allegations.
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`5.
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`Answering Paragraph 5 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant
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`is without
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`sufficient knowledge or information to form a belief as to the truth or falsity of the allegations
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`contained therein, and accordingly denies the allegations.
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`6.
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`Answering Paragraph 6 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant denies the
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`allegations contained therein.
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`Answering Paragraph 7 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant denies the
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`allegations contained therein.
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`Answering Paragraph 8 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant denies the
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`allegations contained therein.
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`Answering Paragraph 9 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant denies the
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`allegations contained therein.
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`10.
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`Answering Paragraph 10 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant denies the
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`allegations contained therein.
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`Applicant reserves the right to amend this Answer to allege affirmative defenses in the
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`event discovery of other information indicates they are appropriate.
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`WHEREFORE, Applicant prays that the Notice of Opposition be dismissed in its entirety,
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`and that a registration issue to Applicant for its mark. Please charge Deposit Account No. ll-
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`1410 for any fees which may be required, or credit any overpayment to this account.
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`Please direct all correspondence with respect to this Opposition to the undersigned at the
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`address listed below.
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`Dated: December 12 2008
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`Respectfiilly submitted,
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`KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP
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`By:
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`Catherine J. Holland
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`Gregory B. Phillips
`2040 Main Street
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`Fourteenth Floor
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`Irvine, CA 92614
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`(949) 760-0404
`Attorneys for Applicant
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that I served a copy of the foregoing Answer to Notice of Opposition
`upon Opposer’s counsel by depositing one copy thereof in the United States Mail, f1rst—class
`postage prepaid, on December 12, 2008, addressed as follows:
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`Constance Golden
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`Attorney for Opposer
`ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB
`666 Third Avenue
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`New York, NY 10017-5621
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`Mary
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`uyen
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`6357563
`121108
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