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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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`Name
`
`Granted to Date
`of previous ex-
`tension
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`Address
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`Attorney informa-
`tion
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`Biogen MA Inc.
`
`04/01/2017
`
`250 Binney Street
`Cambridge, MA 02142
`UNITED STATES
`
`ROBERTA JACOBS-MEADWAY
`ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT LLC
`50 SOUTH 16TH STREET 22ND FLOOR
`PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102
`UNITED STATES
`rjacobsmeadway@eckertseamans.com, ipdocket@eckertseamans.com, egal-
`lard@eckertseamans.com, lmcguinness@eckertseamans.com, egal-
`lard@eckertseamans.com, jtorres@eckertseamans.com Phone:215-851-8522
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`Applicant Information
`
`Application No
`
`86913589
`
`Publication date
`
`01/31/2017
`
`Opposition Filing
`Date
`
`Applicant
`
`03/28/2017
`
`Opposition Peri-
`od Ends
`
`04/01/2017
`
`BeiGene, Ltd.
`c/o Mourant Ozannes Corporate Services
`Grand Cayman, KY1-1108
`CAYMAN ISLANDS
`
`Goods/Services Affected by Opposition
`
`Class 005. First Use: 0 First Use In Commerce: 0
`All goods and services in the class are opposed, namely: Medicines, pharmaceutical prepara-
`tions,chemico-pharmaceutical preparations, biological preparations for medical purposes, chemical
`preparations for medical purposes, all of the foregoing for the treatment of cancer and rheumatoid
`arthritis; diagnostic biomarker reagents for medical purposes
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`Grounds for Opposition
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`Priority and likelihood of confusion
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`Trademark Act Section 2(d)
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`Marks Cited by Opposer as Basis for Opposition
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`U.S. Registration
`No.
`
`2099409
`
`Registration Date
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`09/23/1997
`
`Application Date
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`10/07/1996
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`Foreign Priority
`Date
`
`NONE
`
`

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`Word Mark
`
`Design Mark
`
`Description of
`Mark
`
`Goods/Services
`
`BIOGEN
`
`NONE
`
`Class 036. First use: First Use: 1995/02/00 First Use In Commerce: 1995/02/00
`providing grants for improving the quality of life of multiple sclerosis patients and
`their families; providing grants in support of scientific, medical, and business
`meetings and workshops; [ providing grants in supports of public television
`broadcasting; ] and providing grantsin support of educating the public about
`medical issues
`
`U.S. Registration
`No.
`
`4914777
`
`Registration Date
`
`03/08/2016
`
`Word Mark
`
`Design Mark
`
`BIOGEN
`
`Application Date
`
`10/24/2014
`
`Foreign Priority
`Date
`
`NONE
`
`Description of
`Mark
`
`Goods/Services
`
`NONE
`
`Class 005. First use: First Use: 2015/07/08 First Use In Commerce: 2015/07/08
`Pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of neurologic disorders and he-
`mophilia
`Class 042. First use: First Use: 2015/03/23 First Use In Commerce: 2015/03/23
`Development of pharmaceutical preparations and medicines
`
`U.S. Registration
`No.
`
`4965489
`
`Registration Date
`
`05/24/2016
`
`Word Mark
`
`Design Mark
`
`BIOGEN
`
`Application Date
`
`10/24/2014
`
`Foreign Priority
`Date
`
`NONE
`
`Description of
`Mark
`
`The mark consists of the word "BIOGEN" to the right of a circle composed of
`smaller shapes in various shadings.
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`

`

`Goods/Services
`
`Class 042. First use: First Use: 2015/03/23 First Use In Commerce: 2015/03/23
`Development of pharmaceutical preparations and medicines
`
`U.S. Registration
`No.
`
`5085981
`
`Registration Date
`
`11/22/2016
`
`Word Mark
`
`Design Mark
`
`BIOGEN
`
`Application Date
`
`04/05/2016
`
`Foreign Priority
`Date
`
`NONE
`
`Description of
`Mark
`
`Goods/Services
`
`Related Proceed-
`ings
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`Attachments
`
`NONE
`
`Class 005. First use: First Use: 2015/07/08 First Use In Commerce: 2015/07/08
`Pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of neurologic disorders and he-
`mophilia
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`Opposition No. 91233555
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`EXHIBIT A NOTICE OF OPPOSITION BEIGENE.PDF(413922 bytes )
`EXHIBIT B NOTICE OF OPPOSITION BEIGENE.PDF(35555 bytes )
`EXHIBIT C NOTICE OF OPPOSITION BEIGENE.PDF(38390 bytes )
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`Signature
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`/Roberta Jacobs-Meadway/
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`Name
`
`Date
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`ROBERTA JACOBS-MEADWAY
`
`03/28/2017
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`BOX TTAB FEE
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`BIOGEN MA INC.,
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` BEIGENE, LTD.,
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`v.
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`Opposer,
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`: Opposition No. ___________________
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`Applicant.
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`NOTICE OF OPPOSITION
`
`
`Honorable Commissioner for Trademarks
`P. O. Box 1451
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
`
`
`In the matter of Trademark Application Serial No. 86/913,589 for the mark BEI GENE
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`and design , filed February 19, 2016, and published for opposition in the Official Gazette on
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`January 31, 2017.
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`Biogen MA Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, located and doing business at 250 Binney
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`Street Cambridge, MA 02142 (“Biogen” or “Opposer”), believes that it will be damaged by the
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`registration of the mark shown in the above-identified application for the goods in International
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`Class 5 and hereby opposes the same. The grounds for opposition are as follows:
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`1.
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`BeiGene, Ltd., a Cayman Islands Corporation having an address of c/o
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`Mourant Ozannes Corporate Services, 94 Solaris Ave., Camana Bay, Grand Cayman KY1-1108,
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`Cayman Islands (“Applicant”), seeks to register BEI GENE and design as a trademark for,
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`“medicines, pharmaceutical preparations, chemico-pharmaceutical preparations, biological
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`preparations for medical purposes, chemical preparations for medical purposes, all of the
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`foregoing for the treatment of cancer and rheumatoid arthritis; diagnostic biomarker reagents for
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`medical purposes” in International Class 5 as evidenced by the publication of said mark in the
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`Official Gazette on January 31, 2017.
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`2.
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`The application herein opposed was filed February 19, 2016 on the basis
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`of intent to use. Applicant claims no date earlier than February 19, 2016 for the purpose of
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`priority.
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`3.
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`Biogen is and has been engaged in research and development of
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`pharmaceutical preparations for more than thirty-five (35) years and has built a substantial and
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`successful business in connection therewith.
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`4.
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`Biogen used “Biogen” as its trade name from 1978 until its merger with
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`Idec Pharmaceuticals in 2003. Thereafter, Biogen used “Biogen Idec” as its trade name, but
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`members of the relevant public and trade, and also the press, have continuously referred to
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`Biogen as “Biogen.” Within Biogen Idec, the company was referred to as “Biogen.” Biogen
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`returned to its original trade name, Biogen, in March 2015.
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`5.
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`Biogen has consistently used BIOGEN as its trade name or the first and
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`dominant component of its trade names for almost four decades in connection with its goods and
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`services and business.
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`6.
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`Biogen has for more than thirty-five (35) years continuously used
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`BIOGEN as a mark or as the first and dominant element of its marks in connection with
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`pharmaceutical preparations, including those for the treatment of MS, rheumatoid arthritis and
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`other immunological conditions, as well as for cancers such as non-Hodgkins lymphoma and
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`leukemia. Biogen has also provided services related to its core business, including
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`pharmaceutical research and development and patient support services, particularly for those
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`with autoimmune diseases such as MS. Examples of the use of BIOGEN in connection with
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`Biogen’s various pharmaceutical preparations and related services are included in Exhibit A.
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`7.
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`Biogen has maintained the URL www.biogen.com continuously since
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`April 14, 1995, and that URL has always been associated with Biogen’s main website, even
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`during that period when Biogen was using Biogen Idec as a trade name so that people searching
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`for Biogen could and can find its website.
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`8.
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`Biogen is the owner of numerous federal registrations for its BIOGEN
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`marks, including U.S. Registration Nos. 2,099,409 and 4,914,777 for the mark BIOGEN;
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`Registration Nos. 4,965,489 and 5,085,981 for the mark BIOGEN & design. Printouts of the
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`USPTO records showing title and status of the identified registrations are attached as Exhibit B
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`through Exhibit E.
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`9.
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`As Biogen is the owner of federal registrations which are valid and
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`subsisting, priority is not in issue.
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`10.
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`Biogen’s BIOGEN names and marks are inherently distinctive as applied
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`to Biogen’s business and pharmaceutical preparations and related services.
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`11.
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`Applicant’s mark, BEI GENE and design, for pharmaceutical preparations
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`for cancer and rheumatoid arthritis, inter alia, is confusingly similar to Opposer’s BIOGEN
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`names and marks in sound, appearance and commercial impression.
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`12.
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`Both Opposer’s BIOGEN name and mark and the word portion of
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`Applicant’s BEI GENE and design mark begin with the consonant B- followed by two vowels
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`(one of which is an I in both) and the element “GEN”, with Applicant’s mark adding a final -E.
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`With or without the final –E, the –GEN element conveys the same connotation.
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`13.
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`Neither BIOGEN nor BEIGENE are recognized dictionary words and
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`neither has one accepted established pronunciation. Applicant states that “BEIGENE” has no
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`meaning in English. The similarities in overall commercial impressions of the two marks are
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`great given the shared elements of the B-, -I-, and –GEN.
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`14.
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`The addition of the design element consisting of a red vertical rectangle
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`containing four Chinese characters does not lessen the likelihood that the goods offered under the
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`mark of the opposed application would be viewed as coming from or being offered in affiliation
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`with BIOGEN. The applicant states that the four Chinese characters transliterate to “BAI JI
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`SHENG WU” where “SHENG WU” means Biology, and “BAI JI” has no meaning in English.
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`The “Biology” element of the mark herein opposed does nothing to obviate the similarity in
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`overall commercial impression and connotation. The presence of the Chinese characters suggests
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`an Asian affiliate of the business, particularly as Biogen has a significant business interest and
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`presence outside the United States.
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`15.
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`Biogen’s goods and the Applicant’s goods are closely related, being
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`pharmaceutical preparations, inter alia, and directed to overlapping and related indications
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`including rheumatoid arthritis and other auto-immunological conditions and cancer. See Exhibit
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`A.
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`16.
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`The goods and services identified in Biogen’s registrations for its
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`BIOGEN marks (see Exhibits B-E) are customarily marketed and delivered through the same
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`channels of trade as the goods identified in the application herein opposed, which include those
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`directed to medical professionals and patients dealing with autoimmune conditions and cancer
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`and their families and supporters.
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`17.
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`Applicant’s BEI GENE and design mark as applied to the goods set forth
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`in the application herein opposed so resembles Biogen’s names and marks as applied to Biogen’s
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`business and goods and services that it is likely to cause confusion, mistake, and/or deception.
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`18.
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`Applicant’s goods are such that members of the relevant public and trade,
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`on seeing Applicant’s BEI GENE and design mark, would reasonably assume in error that
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`Applicant’s goods are developed or produced or sold by or in affiliation with Biogen.
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`19.
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`If Applicant is permitted to register BEI GENE and design for the goods
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`set forth in the application herein opposed, confusion of the relevant trade and public is likely to
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`result, which is likely to damage and injure Biogen.
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`20.
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`Any defect, objection to or fault found with Applicant’s goods sold under
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`the mark BEI GENE and design would necessarily reflect on and seriously injure the reputation
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`that Biogen has established for its business, its pharmaceutical preparations, and its related goods
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`and services.
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`21.
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`If Applicant is granted a registration for the mark herein opposed, it would
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`obtain thereby at least a prima facie exclusive right to use the mark. Such registration would be
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`a source of damage and injury to Biogen.
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`WHEREFORE, Biogen prays that registration of the mark of Application Serial
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`No. 86/913,589 for the goods identified therein be refused and that this Opposition be sustained.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`
`
`
`
`
`
`By: s/ Roberta Jacobs-Meadway
` Roberta Jacobs-Meadway
` Elizabeth Gallard
` Jenna Torres
` ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC
`Two Liberty Place
`50 S. 16th Street, 22nd Floor
`Philadelphia, PA 19102
`(215) 851-8400
`
`rjacobsmeadway@eckertseamans.com
`egallard@eckertseamans.com
`jtorres@eckertseamans.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR OPPOSER
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`
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`Dated: March 28, 2017
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`CERTIFICATE OF FILING
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that in accordance with 37 CPR. § 2.119(b), a
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`true and correct copy of the foregoing Notice of Opposition was filed electronically with the
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`United States Patent and Trademark Office via the Electronic System for Trademark Trial and
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`Appeals (“ESTTA”) on the date shown below.
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`Under rule 37 C.F.R. § 2.105, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board shall notify
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`applicant, BeiGene, Ltd., c/o Timothy J. Kelly, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, 1290 Avenue
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`of the Americas, New York, NY 10104—3 800.
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`Dated: March 28, 2017
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`By: J
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`Moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis, in
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`Axial spondyloarthritis, including:
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