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`ESTTA Tracking number:
`01/14/2015
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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 ex-
`tension
`Address
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`ALM Media Properties, LLC
`01/14/2015
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`120 Broadway, 5th Floor
`New York, NY 10271
`UNITED STATES
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`Attorney informa-
`tion
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`Jordan A. LaVine
`Flaster/Greenberg P.C.
`1600 JFK Boulevard, 2nd Floor
`Philadelphia, PA 19103
`UNITED STATES
`jordan.lavine@flastergreenberg.com,
`linda.ladzenski@flastergreenberg.com,alexis.arena@flastergreenberg.com
`Phone:215.279.9389
`Applicant Information
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`Application No
`Opposition Filing
`Date
`Applicant
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`77959462
`01/14/2015
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`Publication date
`Opposition Peri-
`od Ends
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`09/16/2014
`01/14/2015
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`BERMAN, Bruce M.
`3 Maple Road
`Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
`UNITED STATES
`Goods/Services Affected by Opposition
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`Class 041. First Use: 2010/01/29 First Use In Commerce: 2010/01/29
`All goods and services in the class are opposed, namely: On-line journals, namely, blogs featuring in-
`tellectual property coverage
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`Grounds for Opposition
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`Priority and likelihood of confusion
`Torres v. Cantine Torresella S.r.l.Fraud
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`Trademark Act section 2(d)
`808 F.2d 46, 1 USPQ2d 1483 (Fed. Cir. 1986)
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`Mark Cited by Opposer as Basis for Opposition
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`U.S. Application/ Registra-
`tion No.
`Registration Date
`Word Mark
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`NONE
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`Application Date
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`NONE
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`NONE
`IP INSIDER
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`Goods/Services
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`printed and online publications featuring information, news and com-
`mentary in the legal field
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`Attachments
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`IP Insider Notice of Opposition.pdf(27814 bytes )
`IP Insider Exhibit A.pdf(89467 bytes )
`IP Insider Exhibit B.pdf(161236 bytes )
`IP Insider Exhibit C.pdf(77251 bytes )
`Ip Insider Exhibit D.pdf(1266580 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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`/jordan lavine/
`Jordan A. LaVine
`01/14/2015
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ALM MEDIA PROPERTIES, LLC,
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`Opposer,
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`BRUCE M. BERMAN
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`Applicant.
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`Re:
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`Application Serial No. 77/959,462
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`NOTICE OF OPPOSITION
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`In the matter of trademark Application Serial No. 77/959,462 filed March 15, 2010, and
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`published for opposition in the Official Gazette of September 16, 2014, ALM Media Properties, LLC
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`("Opposer"), a Delaware limited liability company, having a business address of 120 Broadway, 5th
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`Floor, New York, NY 10271, believes that it will be damaged if a registration issues for the services
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`therein identified and hereby opposes the registration of said trademark. The grounds for opposition
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`are set forth below.
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`Background
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`1.
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`Applicant seeks to register "IP Insider" as a trademark for “on-line journals,
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`namely, blogs featuring intellectual property coverage,” as evidenced by the publication of said
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`mark in the Official Gazette of September 16, 2014.
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`2.
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`Opposer and its related companies, including ALM Media, LLC, comprise the
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`nation's leading source of news and information for the legal industry. Opposer is a global leader
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`in specialized business news and information. Trusted reporting delivered through innovative
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`technology is the hallmark of Opposer’s award-winning media properties, which include
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`Law.com, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, The National Law Journal and The New
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`York Law Journal. Headquartered in New York City with 16 offices worldwide, Opposer’s
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`brands have been serving their markets since 1843.
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`Opposer’s “IP Insider” Trademark
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`3.
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`Since at least as early as February 10, 2010, ALM has used the trademark “IP
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`Insider” in connection with a print and online column featuring news, information and
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`commentary concerning the legal field. The column appears within Opposer’s Corporate
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`Counsel
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`print
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`publication
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`and
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`at
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`the
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`Corporate
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`Counsel website
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`at
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`http://www.corpcounsel.com/ip-insider. ALM began promoting the trademark on at least as
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`early as February 10, 2010, and began using the mark in commerce on at least as early as
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`February 12, 2010.
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`4.
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`As a result of Opposer’s continuous use of its “IP Insider” mark since at least as
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`early as February 10, 2010, and its continuous use of the mark in commerce since at least as
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`early as February 12, 2010, for the goods and services described above, the mark has become
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`well-known, has become associated exclusively with Opposer, and has become a very valuable
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`asset of Opposer.
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`5.
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`Opposer’s "IP Insider" mark is inherently distinctive as used in connection with
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`Opposer's goods and services or, alternatively, has acquired distinctiveness for Opposer’s goods
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`and services.
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`Applicant’s “IP Insider” Trademark
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`6.
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`Applicant bases his application to register "IP Insider" upon his alleged use of the
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`mark in commerce since at least as early as January 29, 2010.
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`7.
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`On information and belief, Applicant’s alleged first date of use in commerce, as
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`stated in the preceding paragraph, is false because he did not make a commercial use of the mark
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`until March 12, 2010, or even later.
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`8.
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`On March 25, 2010, Opposer wrote to Applicant and challenged Applicant’s
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`alleged first date of use because the “Welcome Message” on Applicant’s blog was dated
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`February 12, 2010. In that letter, Opposer noted that Applicant filed his trademark application
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`immediately following a conversation on March 15, 2010, with Opposer’s in-house counsel in
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`which Opposer’s in-house counsel expressed concern regarding Applicant’s initial use of the
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`mark. In the same letter, Opposer asked Applicant to provide information or documentation
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`supporting the alleged first date of use of January 29, 2010. See Exhibit A.
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`9.
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`On April 9, 2010, Applicant responded to Opposer in writing and stated that he
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`could establish his first date of use “through documents that have been electronically filed and
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`stored,” but refused to provide the purported documents. Instead, he offered to assign the
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`trademark and transfer the associated domain to Opposer in exchange for $25,000 and free
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`advertising in Opposer’s magazines. Opposer rejected Applicant’s proposal. See Exhibit B.
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`10.
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`On approximately August 9, 2011, Applicant changed the name of his blog to “IP
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`Closeup.” See Exhibit C.
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`11.
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`Applicant appears to make a continuing diminutive use of the mark “IP Insider” at his
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`“IP Closeup” website, but he improperly uses the ® symbol with the mark – the mark is not
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`registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office – and it is not clear whether Applicant has
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`continuously used the “IP Insider” mark at his website since he changed the name of his blog on
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`August 9, 2011. See Exhibit D.
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`Count I - Fraud
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`12.
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`13.
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`The allegations contained in the preceding paragraphs are incorporated herein.
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`Upon information and belief, and based upon the results of Opposer’s
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`investigation and the correspondence between the parties, Applicant knowingly made false,
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`material misrepresentations of fact in filing his application for the “IP Insider” trademark herein
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`opposed. Specifically, Applicant knew or should have known that any activities of his preceding
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`the launch of his blog on February 12, 2010 did not constitute use of the mark in commerce.
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`14.
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`Opposer has previously asked Applicant to provide information that would
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`support a date of first preceding February 12, 2010, but Applicant has refused to provide such
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`information.
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`15.
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`Based upon the aforementioned acts, Opposer committed fraud in filing the
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`application herein opposed and stating a knowingly false date of first use and first use in
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`commerce for the “IP Insider” mark.
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`16.
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`By virtue of the foregoing, if the aforementioned application is permitted to
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`proceed to registration, with all the presumptions afforded to a registration issued on the
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`Principal Register, it will be a source of potential harm to Opposer, who uses a similar trademark
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`for similar goods and services.
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`Count II – Likelihood Confusion under Section 2(d)
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`17.
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`18.
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`The allegations contained in the preceding paragraphs are incorporated herein.
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`On information and belief, Applicant did not begin using his “IP Insider” mark
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`until February 12, 2010.
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`19.
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`As Opposer began using its “IP Insider” on February 10, 2010 and began using
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`the trademark in commerce on February 12, 2010, Opposer is the prior user of the “IP Insider”
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`trademark.
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`20.
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`21.
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`The respective marks are similar in sight, sound and meaning.
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`Opposer's goods and services and Applicant's services are related and
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`complementary. They each include a blog and/or online column concerning legal matters and,
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`more specifically, legal matters in the field of intellectual property.
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`22.
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`To the extent Applicant’s application is not restricted by trade channel,
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`Applicant's services and Opposer's goods and services are likely to be offered to an overlapping
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`class of purchasers through the same and similar channels of trade.
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`23.
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`Applicant's "IP Insider" trademark as used in connection with the services
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`identified in its application so resembles Opposer's "IP Insider" mark as used in connection with
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`the goods and services that it is likely to cause confusion, mistake or deception.
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`24.
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`If Applicant is permitted to register the mark "IP Insider" for the services
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`identified in the application herein opposed, confusion of the trade and public is likely to result,
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`such confusion resulting in damage and injury to Opposer.
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`25.
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`Purchasers, potential purchasers and the relevant public, upon seeing Applicant's
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`"IP Insider" mark would be likely to believe in error that such services are provided in
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`association or affiliation with or under the sponsorship of or license from Opposer.
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`26.
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`If Applicant is permitted to register its mark for the services set forth in the
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`application herein opposed, persons familiar with the goods and services of Opposer would be
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`likely to engage Applicant's services as services sponsored by or produced in affiliation with or
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`under the sponsorship of Opposer. Furthermore, any defect, objection to or fault found with
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`Applicant's services provided under its mark would necessarily reflect on and seriously injure the
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`reputation that Opposer has established for its goods and services under the "IP Insider" mark.
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`27.
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`If Applicant is granted a registration for the mark herein opposed, it would obtain
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`thereby at least a prima facie exclusive right to use the mark. Such registration would be a source of
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`damage and injury to Opposer and Opposer's customers.
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`WHEREFORE, Opposer prays that registration of the mark of Application Serial No.
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`77/959,462 be refused and that this opposition be sustained.
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`January 14, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`FLASTER/GREENBERG P.C.
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`Jordan A. LaVine
`Alexis K. Arena
`1600 JFK Boulevard, 2nd Floor
`Philadelphia, PA 19103-7086
`215.279-9389
`ATTORNEYS FOR OPPOSER
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ALM MEDIA PROPERTIES, LLC,
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`Opposer,
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`v.
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`BRUCE E. BERMAN
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`Re:
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`Application Serial No. 77/959,462
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that the foregoing Notice of Opposition was served on the following this 14th day
`of January, 2015, via regular U.S. Mail:
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`Ted Sabety
`Sabety +associates PLLC
`8 West 40th Street, 12th Floor
`New York, NEW YORK 10018
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`Bruce M. Berman
`3 Maple Road
`Briarcliff Manor
`New York, NY 10510
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`By:
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`Jordan A. LaVine
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`Dated: January 14, 2015
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`April 9, 2010
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`Jordan Lavine, Esq.
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`By e—mail: iordan.lavine@flastergreenberg.com
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`Dear Mr. LaVine:
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`Thank you for your letter of March 25.
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`As my application states, my first use of the mark IP Insider predates yours. I can
`establish my January 29”‘ date through documents that have been electronically filed
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`15. I would like to know what is the proof of your dates?
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`Subject:
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`IP Insider is Now IP CloseUp.
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`From: Bruce Berman < bberman@brodyberman.com>
`To: Bruce Berman < bberman@brodyberman.com>
`Sent: Mon Aug 08 12:11:38 2011
`Subject: IP Insider is Now IP CloseUp.
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`R EM I N DER : I P I n sid er Becom es I P CloseUp on T u esd a y , A u g u st 9
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`A N ew Look & N am e; More Great I P Updat es
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`Dear Clients, Colleagues and Friends: 
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`The response to I P I nsider has been fantastic. Launched 18 m onths ago t he blog receives an average of
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`We’ve listened to our readers and have learned what they want: Concise news and clear perspective of I P
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`Executives of top patent holders w ill
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`of Responsible Licensing” to be held in
`NYC’s financial district on March 12.
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`There are still some audiences that believe that NPE, or non-practicing entity, is just another
`term for patent “troll.” To them patent holders who wish to license their inventions but do not
`sell products are suspect. More suspicious are companies that refuse to recognize that there
`are vast differences in the quality of asserted patents and the business that own them.
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`NPE 2015: The Business of Responsible licensing will examine those differences
`and ways to combat misconceptions among patent holders. The conference will attract both
`non-practicing and practicing patent holders of all sizes, as well as investors, law firms, and
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`media, US Congress, regulatory authorities or the courts – with much of that attention casting
`them, and large parts of the patent market, in a negative light,” writes conference organizer
`Richard Lloyd.
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`“But at the same time, many NPEs’ business models are proving successful. A growing band
`of public IP companies (PIPCOs) have attracted new investors to the sector. The licensing
`strategies of many NPEs have never been more sophisticated, with several emphasising a
`shift away from litigation. And the growing confidence in the sector can be seen in several
`businesses committing themselves to best practices and playing an active role as the
`licensing sector considers adopting industry-wide standards.”
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`IP thought-leaders who will be present at the conference include John Lindren, CEO of
`Conversant, which has taken a leadership role promoting best practices for patent licensing,
`Hon. Randall R. Rader , former Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Federal
`Circuit, and David Kappos, former USPTO Commissioner. A full list of speakers can be
`found here.
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`“The days of asserting questionable patents to secure early settlements from defendants are
`all but over,” said Gerald Holtzman, President of Personalized Media Communications, an
`inventor-owned company, who will
`participate on a panel in New York on
`March 12. “Still, there are those who
`would prefer patents be even weaker to
`further their agenda. America needs
`strong patents and a viable system to
`nurture innovation, encourage
`commerce and provide jobs.”
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`“Being able to distinguish clearly
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`Opportunities still exist to
`monetize patents for those
`w illing to do their homew ork
`and adjust expectations, veteran patent licensing executive Bob Bramson,
`a WiLAN director, told IP CloseUp in an exclusive interview .
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`There is a common theme running through Rockstar’s recent $188M settlement with Cisco,
`its litigation against Asian handset makers, including Samsung, and sale of 4,000 patents to
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`a group led by RPX for $900M: Patent holders with solid patents and realistic expectations
`can still find success.
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`Despite impediments like IPRs, software-adverse decisions like CLS Bank v. Alice, and
`aggressive anti-NPE lobbying, significant patent agreements are stilling being transacted. The
`key to their success, says Bramson, who is responsible for more than 1,000 patent licenses
`and sales over a 40 year career, is quality and need.
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`“Licensing is about money,” says the patent attorney and strategist who was recorded in our
`offices in late December. “Surely, the sugar-plum visions of a few years ago need to be
`rethought, but that does not mean there aren’t good opportunities out there for those willing
`to conduct the necessary due diligence. Patent monetization is about risk and reward, and if
`after careful analysis the potential damages are still there, then you at least have the basis of
`discussion. The last thing a patent monetizer wants to do is win the battle but lose the war.
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`“Rumor has it that the Rockstar deal got done because of pressures exerted by some of their
`investors, notably Apple and Microsoft . There is a complex network of relationships and
`needs that fuel agreements between big parties, and direct revenue is frequently only a part
`of it.”
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`Patent Value in Perspective
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`While it’s difficult to calculate the precise current value of Rockstar (the company) based on
`its December 23rd patent sale to RPX, it is safe to say that it is a quarter to a half of the
`$4.5B that it’s investors, Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Ericsson, EMC and
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`Blackberry, paid in 2011. That said, $1B to $2B value on a single patent portfolio in the
`current anti-enforcement environment is nothing to sneeze at.
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`These investors also had complex needs and unique resources, the most important of which
`appeared to be keeping the patents out of Google’s hands. In Apple and Microsoft’s case,
`they also had huge amounts of cash on their balance sheet to deploy.
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`“I expect that there will be a clearing out of patent monetization businesses in the next couple
`of years,” continues Bramson, who founded and served as CEO of InterDigital Technology
`Corp. “But that’s not to say there aren’t still opportunities out there. Smartphones are one of
`many industries that rely on patents to compete. Sectors like medical technology and smart
`cars are heating up, and 3-D printing is likely to be huge.”
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`Watch the interview with Bob Bramson by clicking here.
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