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`ESTTA466491
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`04/11/2012
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`91204011
`Plaintiff
`Richardson/Yale Property Trust
`ELLIOT S BLAIR
`C/O RICHARDSON/YALE PROPERTY TRUST
`600 MADISON AVENUE, 22ND FLOOR
`NEW YORK, NY 10022
`UNITED STATES
`eblairlaw@hotmail.com
`Motion to Dismiss - Rule 12(b)
`Elliot S. Blair, Esq.
`eblairlaw@hotmail.com
`/ESB/
`04/11/2012
`darkofthemoon.pdf ( 62 pages )(6197695 bytes )
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`distributed
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`_Pi”ctm-es from w.‘hi:am‘, up“ infcrmatitm and" ‘belie-fu App!-i‘c.3m
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`apquirgdfighps. Oppose? aimestablished that tlige mark has been used iaeoimnneitce silicathe
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`asserttans -are i(f1-“J QPEUSEF has Jfleacled no Faetthat
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`a ttached the-Feta‘ [tagiaifhar wiflz _tl1e’étiidif:l'oIiJ,é3 Eiéhibitsganuuemd Imgnetflfla when deeiphe-re‘é' in
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`the most favmableaught :1e_a1:Iy evidemgejazgd it_1nu;tbeT_rey_qgn1zed that "Dark atthe Moon“
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`* .:s;st ms 1nc. -9‘H8F?.2d required standards.
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`Itlie. .quesfiun ,bjf’Wh[eT.hBT "little
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`;and t:he%r.:+"sn_I:ant:hereafIfis filial: Jihe-fimzaaser has se-nib? 1192-fi.ght5.i?n§its:m.arl§amd hasatan<1i.ng
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`tr) QppQ‘$e Appficanfs regiést-rat.imL
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`0;1p:1se_r~ha1s; £'§.tahfishecI:a valid-gound for
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`appusing Qthe mamas alltwéln-g7;sutih
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`wc-uI'd iamziihge nppn "0ppase1".s pemmiary
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`rights tn usia its mark
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`O]1p'oser~in"i1és N;otic£ 91'Dp;_iusifi’fii;1'.di$dDSE$. Féthi_'I3it_3,thi-ngs, variaus
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`p_ri.or vgrsipns, gaciafitafian and transl-al;i.o'11-5. T]'lt?'-
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`Exhibit
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`F-rennin. June 2_§f:;r.% 19185‘ "B-4ii%e'd herein -in pa-mgwaph
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`Exhibit C: Letter Samuel F1‘€I!1'.Cha‘ Jtfly 1.. 1935. ;Ec%ite.d herein in
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`'Ex.l1ib'it 1):: Letter Frei1ch,~..'Marc:-h 29, 2IJ'?.;Z‘(cit'arii herein
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`paragrafih LB.-:]%
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`Exhibit E: Le1terTh_ea1;:=e
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`1:3‘c:a1:<s,ju13;: 15, 19;f3'E-if-r;ited_JJerei11'in paragraph 1.3;);
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`'E5(Iii—1Eiit=F-'3: Best; Plays\1i'9.«4.4:—.45s frmn Burns Mani?“ '“'”°"1“d1ng_Pag.:=:'_I3 0f Burns
`Mantel réiesx-‘ring tcii "'Da_r'1c u_:'_:_f tJ1e'Mt;1p1_1"9
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`Eéflflbit-G=% L3-SW5 Plays ofitfi-E Wear; 1949 1131.1
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`Eixhibitfl". ‘NM YorI§'Ti'me;$~ATtiI€_l€»
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`'19%’c5
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`E.5d1ihit'J; _[\}ewYork Times eritiquig. March 1.4., 1945.
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`Exhibits;1:1 and 1-2 'r;e:s;1;:T«::e;ct:ixre1‘y:T New Ynrk ‘Timer. critique June 28; T970. afiid
`Em‘ an off~BTDa{fW3}\j
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`10.2 Eidfihit K; Article ;6h/flag? flatter 0'ctbbTe§" 1929 3;.
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`Exhibit P—‘1—: Alexander Cohen ta Trinity Theatre September 12;, 1980
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`P—2: A1e.x'a_1-f1&_é.r 'C.13iié:i11 "cc; Vivian‘ Beaumont ‘TP1‘e::i~tre, .S.feptember 12,
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`1-930;
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`Exhibit P-31: _]_'e-'1-time Rdbbins. F-e’b'£ua17y:-23;.1‘§8E?: ta Haward Ri.I:»hardson.;
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`.. Exhibit P-4: Ier:on1e;Rubbr'n:s.%Nu.vember'29,%;989toH-owardRicha.rc1som
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`E2i‘chiI_ii‘I: P+5:_ Btu‘-an% Huutrzm, Nnvenilierizi, :1|9?2‘ mfloward
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`P:-6: Opera Nati0naL%.CJeteb:er
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`the market with the nagne "Dari; Hf
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`:9 ea -paint Eh}1't"W'fiH'1fi‘T¢fl‘dEI"
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`Qppo-ge_~r'sJ=us§: in mark unr'ewgn'izaThle as ta, jdantifjr ;Eh_e1.'som:ee- af IL]ilE:‘_]31Elf‘I§.‘
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`'I‘he_
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`mark as E119 names are identical. Furthermore, the gmids -and services Applicant is séelciiug
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`registratim; For are in the'lJ'ke‘ly zone of exp_ansior1 for 'P_Iainl:iffs' mark
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`McCarthy in
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`treatise states, "If the st-:-niojr user cannot pr0Ve_aUtLIa] sales penetration
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`into _tl1_e co u1estec{area_, and ca-rmot prove that tJ1_e-re_putation ofits mark extends into that area,
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`it maystifl malie a 'c‘:lai1_n that the iunioruser is located-in an area which falls within the senior
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`user's "2m:1_e at? u_atu_ra'_J exp_ansion."' That is, as of Izhje date: cifth-e‘ junuior'user's' first adoptien and
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`use, Ehe contested area was nnein which I:l1_e_se‘ni0r user _sh0u1d be
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`moln to expand.
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`5 McCaI'-th ' on Trad-e-111arks and UI] fair Cam etiti'ofl § 26:20 [ti-I11 ed_.]_. Dpptjsuer has Shown
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`every indication tllat it may _e:£panid i-nto. -and has 'eXp2u1d.ed into, the field of tm'der1;1a_rk
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`Applicant seek pratecfion. 'Eberef0re, Opposer‘ I1=a_s a distinct finajn C13] j1'ni:ierest in the outcome
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`uftlle "matter a_s1'tWDuld:aff.e.ct its current-ancl fuhjre usein the mark w1"th'in the United States
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`tluroughjout the world. Opposer has‘ satisfied the necessary -requjre_mu_eu'ts tn oppose the
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`Moti-0r1_ to DiS_T_I'1_J'S'S.
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`IV. C0NCLU_SIT.0_N
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`Acconiingly, PIai_ntiff has stated _a we.l]—pleaded claim for which re_liefmay”t1e;granted.
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`As such, P|ajnti£F respectfully asls this court to‘ deny Defendants‘ Moiiofi to Dismiss, and 1:0
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`pmr?:eiei:l with the current .0]3_p0siti0n.
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`[la tech April 11, 2012
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`E‘1licrtS_. Blair, Esq.
`600 Madison Avenue, 2.-7.'"” Floor
`New York, NewYerl< 10022
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`LITI C‘retc\DO.TM—Mem0—FL-#91 20401 1.{635.)—04~1 1.- ‘I 2
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`I hereby certify thata true and complete C013)’ Of [the foregoing 0PPOSER’S MEMORANDUM
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`IN OPPOSTFION T0 APPLICAN’I"S MUTIIJN TO DISCUSS has b_e_en served ‘cm Kim I.
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`Landstnan, Esq‘. by maifing -said
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`copy on gpri] 11, 2012, and via
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`email
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`e'af'i5e”&1 m]enb'o k.|'.‘D1TI'
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`:E_1lio_t S. Blai-r, Esq.
`Attorney for Opposer
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`certificate ‘of Transmission
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`Ihereby rser-tify that this c0rr_esp0ndenC_e is being tjra11smitted£:lectrcanically via the Uni ted
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`States-Patent and Trademark olficejs’ ESTTA-Web 5Y$té.I;I1 "on A pri] 1. 1. 2012.
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`-Elliot 3. Blair, Esq.
`Attorney for Oppnser
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`ma-Her otf’n‘ade.mark appiicaficn Serial No. .3514063.6
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`Published in the Ofiicial Gzizetteron August 30, ?-2.011,
`Extension ta file opposi't1on_ 5_§;:au1ted unfll Deg:-embe; 23, 20] fl
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`The above.-idejnfified qppcser believes that it will be damaged by -registratiofl oftt-1e_rnat1~e
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