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`ESTTA564177
`ESTTA Tracking number:
`10/09/2013
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`Filing date:
`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`Notice of Opposition
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`Notice is hereby given that the following party opposes registration of the indicated application.
`Opposer Information
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`Name
`Granted to Date
`of previous
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`Address
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`Tony Hawk, Inc.
`10/12/2013
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`1611-A South Melrose Dr., #362
`Vista, CA 92081
`UNITED STATES
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`Attorney
`information
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`JOHN R SOMMER
`17426 DAIMLER STREET
`IRVINE, CA 92614
`UNITED STATES
`sommer@stussy.com Phone:(949) 752-5344
`Applicant Information
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`Application No
`Opposition Filing
`Date
`International
`Registration No.
`Applicant
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`79129592
`10/09/2013
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`1158910
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`Publication date
`Opposition
`Period Ends
`International
`Registration Date
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`08/13/2013
`10/12/2013
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`03/25/2013
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`Sowind SA
`1, Place Girardet CH-2301 La Chaux-de-Fonds
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`SWITZERLAND
`Goods/Services Affected by Opposition
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`Class 014.
`All goods and services in the class are opposed, namely: Timepieces and chronometric instruments,
`namely, watches, wristwatches, chronometers, clocks, table clocks, movements for timepieces;
`jewelry; not all of the aforesaid goods being shaped like a hawk
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`Grounds for Opposition
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`Deceptiveness
`False suggestion of a connection
`Consists of or comprises a name, portrait, or
`signature of a living individual without written
`consent, or the name, portrait, or signature of a
`deceased president without the written consent
`of the surviving spouse
`Priority and likelihood of confusion
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`Trademark Act section 2(a)
`Trademark Act section 2(a)
`Trademark Act section 2(c)
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`Trademark Act section 2(d)
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`Dilution
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`Trademark Act section 43(c)
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`Marks Cited by Opposer as Basis for Opposition
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`U.S. Registration
`No.
`Registration Date
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`3509271
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`09/30/2008
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`Application Date
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`01/10/2007
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`Foreign Priority
`Date
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`NONE
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`Word Mark
`Design Mark
`Description of
`Mark
`Goods/Services
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`TONY HAWK
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`NONE
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`Class 014. First use: First Use: 2008/06/27 First Use In Commerce: 2008/06/27
`Watches
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`U.S. Registration
`No.
`Registration Date
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`3759627
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`03/16/2010
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`Application Date
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`07/07/2003
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`Foreign Priority
`Date
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`NONE
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`Word Mark
`Design Mark
`Description of
`Mark
`Goods/Services
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`HAWK
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`NONE
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`Class 025. First use: First Use: 1998/12/31 First Use In Commerce: 1999/12/31
`Shoes for skateboarders
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`U.S. Registration
`No.
`Registration Date
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`4311424
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`04/02/2013
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`Application Date
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`09/01/2011
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`Foreign Priority
`Date
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`NONE
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`Word Mark
`Design Mark
`Description of
`Mark
`Goods/Services
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`HAWK
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`NONE
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`Class 025. First use: First Use: 1998/12/31 First Use In Commerce: 1999/12/31
`Boots; Flip flops; Sandals; Shoes; Snow boots
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`U.S. Registration
`No.
`Registration Date
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`3647939
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`06/30/2009
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`Application Date
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`07/07/2003
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`Foreign Priority
`Date
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`NONE
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`Word Mark
`Design Mark
`Description of
`Mark
`Goods/Services
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`HAWK
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`NONE
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`Class 028. First use: First Use: 2006/11/30 First Use In Commerce: 2006/11/30
`Skateboard accessories, namely, skateboard decks
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`U.S. Registration
`No.
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`3612766
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`Application Date
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`07/07/2003
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`Registration Date
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`04/28/2009
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`Foreign Priority
`Date
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`NONE
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`Word Mark
`Design Mark
`Description of
`Mark
`Goods/Services
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`U.S. Application/
`Registration No.
`Registration Date
`Word Mark
`Goods/Services
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`HAWK
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`NONE
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`Class 009. First use: First Use: 2008/03/31 First Use In Commerce: 2008/03/31
`helmets for skateboarding, in-line skating and bicycling
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`Application Date
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`NONE
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`NONE
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`NONE
`HAWK
`Watches
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`Attachments
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`Sowind.opposition.pdf(84805 bytes )
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`Certificate of Service
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of this paper has been served upon all parties, at their address
`record by First Class Mail on this date.
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`Signature
`Name
`Date
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`/John R. Sommer/
`JOHN R SOMMER
`10/09/2013
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Opposition No.:
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`In the matter of Application Serial No. 79/129592
`Published for Opposition in the OFFICIAL GAZETTE of August 13, 2013
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`NOTICE OF OPPOSITION
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`Tony Hawk."Kpe0"*ÐQrrqugtÑ+."c"Ecnkhqtpkc"eqtrqtcvkqp, believes it will be damaged by
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`registration of the mark HAWK as applied for in Serial No. 79/129592 in International Class 14,
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`filed by Sowind, S.A., *ÐCrrnkecpvÑ+."cpf"jgtgd{"qrrqugu"vjg"ucog0
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`As grounds for this Opposition, it is alleged:
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`On or about March 23, 2013, Applicant filed an application under Section 66D
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`with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to register the mark HAWK (hereinafter
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`ÐCrrnkecpvÓu"HAWK OctmÑ+ in International Class 14 hqt"ÐTimepieces and chronometric
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`instruments, namely, watches, wristwatches, chronometers, clocks, table clocks, movements for
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`timepieces; jewelry; not all of the aforesaid goods being shaped like a hawk0Ñ""The application
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`was assigned serial number 79/129592. Applicant claims a priority date of October 9, 2012.
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`Since nqpi"rtkqt"vq"CrrnkecpvÓu"hknkpi"fcvg"cpf"enckogf"rtkqtkv{"fcvg."Opposer has
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`made substantial and continuous use HAWK and TONY HAWK (sometimes with TONY in
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`small letters) on watches and other goods and services in commerce in the United States.
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`Opposer is the owner of U.S. Trademark Registration No. 3,509,271, registered
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`Ugrvgodgt"52."422:"hqt"VQP["JCYM"hqt"Ðycvejgu0Ñ""Uwej"tgikuvtcvkqp"ku"incontestable within the
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`meaning of Section 15.
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`4.
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`Opposer is the owner of U.S. Trademark Registration Nos. 3,759,627, registered
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`March 16, 2010, and 4,311,424, registered April 2, 2013, for HAWK on footwear.
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`5.
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`Opposer is the owner of U.S. Trademark Registration No. 3,647,939, registered June
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`30, 2009, for HAWK for Ðskateboards accessories, namely skateboard decks.Ñ
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`Opposer is the owner of U.S. Trademark Registration No. 3,612,766, registered April
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`28, 2009, for HAWK for Ðjelmets for skateboarding, in-line skating and bicycling.
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`Vjgtg"ku"pq"kuuwg"cu"vq"rtkqtkv{0""QrrqugtÓu"use of HAWK by itself and TONY
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`HAWK on watches long predates any possible priority date hqt"CrrnkecpvÓu"Crrnkecvkqp0
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`HAWK and TONY HAWK are associated in the minds of consumers with Tony
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`Hawk, Inc., the assignee of the trademarks of Ot0"Cpvjqp{"Jcym."vjg"yqtnfÓu"oquv"hcoqwu"
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`skateboarder. Mr. Hawk has not given his consent to the use of his name by Applicant and so
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`Applicant has violated Section 2(c).
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`9.
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`By virtue of QrrqugtÓu use, promotion, and sales of HAWK and TONY HAWK,
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`QrrqugtÓu HAWK and TONY HAWK Mark has come to represent exceedingly valuable
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`goodwill owned by Opposer.
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`10.
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`The goods on which Opposer uses its HAWK and TONY HAWK Marks and the
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`goods for which Appnkecpv"uggmu"vq"tgikuvgt"CrrnkecpvÓu"HAWK Mark are identical. The goods
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`hqt"yjkej"Crrnkecpv"uggmu"vq"tgikuvgt"CrrnkecpvÓu"JCYM"Octm"ctg"tgncvgf"vq"qvjgt"iqqfu"uqnf"
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`by Opposer and consumer would expect to come from a single source.
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`CrrnkecpvÓu"HAWK Mark is confusingly and substantially similar vq"QrrqugtÓu"
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`HAWK and TONY HAWK Marks.
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`Wug"d{"Crrnkecpv"qh"CrrnkecpvÓu"HAWK Mark will be likely to cause confusion,
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`mistake, or deception with Opposer and QrrqugtÓu"HAWK and TONY HAWK Marks, and result
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`in the belief tjcv"Crrnkecpv"qt"CrrnkecpvÓu"iqqfu"ctg"kp"uqog"yc{"eqppgevgf"ykvj."urqpuqtgf"d{."
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`or approved by Opposer, resulting in damage and injury to Opposer. Persons familiar with
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`QrrqugtÓu"HAWK and TONY HAWK Marks are nkmgn{"vq"dw{"CrrnkecpvÓu"iqqfu"believing such
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`products made or associated with Opposer. Any such confusion in trade inevitably would result
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`kp"nquu"qh"ucngu"vq"Qrrqugt0""Hwtvjgtoqtg."cp{"fghgev."qdlgevkqp."qt"hcwnv"hqwpf"ykvj"CrrnkecpvÓu"
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`rtqfwevu"octmgvgf"wpfgt"CrrnkecpvÓu"Octm"yqwnf"pgeguuctkn{"tghlect upon and seriously injure
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`vjg"tgrwvcvkqp"vjcv"Qrrqugt"jcu"guvcdnkujgf"hqt"kvu"rtqfwevu"ogtejcpfkugf"wpfgt"QrrqugtÓu"
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`HAWK and TONY HAWK Marks.
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`CrrnkecpvÓu"Octm."kh"tgiistered, will disparage or falsely suggest a connection
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`between Applicant and Opposer and their respective goods, in violation of Section 2(a).
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`CrrnkecpvÓu"Octm."kh"tgikuvgtgf."yknn"uq"tgugodng"QrrqugtÓu"Octmu"tgikuvgtgf"qp"
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`the Principal Register of the U.U0"Rcvgpv"("Vtcfgoctm"Qhhkeg."cpf"QrrqugtÓu"Octmu"kp"wugf"kp"
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`the United States and not abandoned, as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the
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`goods of the Applicant, as to cause confusion, mistake or to deceive, in violation of Section 2(d).
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`AprnkecpvÓu"Octm."kh"tgikuvgtgf."yknn"fknwvg"vjg"fkuvkpevkxgpguu"qh"QrrqugtÓu"Octm"
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`in violation of Section 43(c).
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`aforesaid goods will be damaging to Opposer, and Opposer therefore requests that the
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`/s/ John R. Sommer
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`John R. Sommer
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`17426 Daimler Street
`Irvine, California 92614
`(949) 752-5344
`Fax: (949) 752-5439
`SOMMER@STUSSY.COM
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`Attorneys for Opposer
`Tony Hawk, Inc.
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