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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`PRIYA SINHA CLOUTIER
`CLOUTIER ARNOLD JACOBOWITZ
`2701 1ST AVE, SUITE 200
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE
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`Opposition No. 91253119
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`ANSWER AND COUNTERCLAIM:
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`APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 88493424
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`MARK: PICNIC
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`APPLICANT’S ANSWER TO NOTICE OF OPPOSITION
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`Applicant, Vivid Robotics, Inc., for its answer to the Notice of Opposition filed by PickNiK,
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`LLC against application for registration of the trademark Picnic, Serial No. 88493424, filed June
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`undersigned counsel, hereby pleads and avers as follows:
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`ANSWER AND COUNTERCLAIM: APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 88493424 MARK: PICNIC - 1
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`1. Answering paragraph 1 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant admits the allegations
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`2. Answering paragraph 2 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant admits the allegation
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`3. Answering paragraph 3 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant denies the allegation
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`4. Answering paragraph 4 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant admits the allegation
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`“PickNik is the owner of pending U.S. Trademark Application Serial No.
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`88/706,056 for PICKNIK for “Design and development of computer software for
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`Class 42 (the “PICKNIK Application”), which was filed as a use-based application
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`under Section 1(a) of the Lanham Act.” Applicant denies the remainder of the
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`allegation contained therein.
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`5. Answering paragraph 5 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant does not have
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`therein and accordingly denies the allegations.
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`6. Answering paragraph 6 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant does not have
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`sufficient knowledge or information to form a belief as to the allegations contained
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`therein and accordingly denies the allegations.
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`ANSWER AND COUNTERCLAIM: APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 88493424 MARK: PICNIC - 2
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`7. Answering paragraph 7 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant does not have
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`8. Answering paragraph 8 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant does not have
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`9. Answering paragraph 9 of the Notice of Opposition, Applicant does not have
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`The complaint fails, in whole or part, because the trademark asserted against Applicant in
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`APPLICANT’S COUNTERCLAIMS
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`1. On information and belief, Counter-Defendant is a limited liability corporation
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`2. Counterclaimant Vivid Robotics, Inc., is a corporation organized and existing under
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`3. Counter-Defendant, filed US trademark Application, Serial No. 88/706,056, on
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`November 25, 2019, for “PickNik” (the “PickNik trademark”) in connection with the
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`IC 042.: Design and development of computer software for robots;
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`ANSWER AND COUNTERCLAIM: APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 88493424 MARK: PICNIC - 4
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`4. Prior to November 25, 2019, the Counter-Defendant did not take any action
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`PickNik trademark.
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`5. Counter-Defendant certified to the USPTO that it first used the PickNik trademark in
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`March 2015; and its first use in commerce was in October 2015.
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`6. On or about September 18, 2019, Counter-Defendant published a blog post, attached
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`7. Counter-Defendants certified to the USPTO that the PickNik trademark has been used
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`8. In its September 18, 2019 “PickNik Turns 2” blog, Counter-Defendant states that it is
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`9. On its LinkedIn Page, attached hereto as Exhibit B, Counter-Defendant claims to
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`10. Counter-Defendants have provided no specimen of use for its broad US trademark
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`application except its own website; proper specimens listed in the TMEP have not
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`11. The Counter-Defendant has provided no specimen showing that it has manufactured or
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`12. The Counter-Defendant has provided no specimen showing that it has provided
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`13. The Counter-Defendant has provided no specimen showing that it has provided online
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`14. In fact, the Counter-Defendant cannot sell, license, or otherwise commercialize the
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`15. Any rights Counter-Defendants have in the PickNik trademark must be limited to
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Cloutier Arnold Jacobowitz PLLC
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`By: /Priya Sinha Cloutier/
`Priya Sinha Cloutier, WSBA #37407
`Email: priya@cajlawyers.com
`2701 1st Ave., Ste 200
`Seattle, WA 98121
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`EXHIBIT A
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`“PickNik Turns 2”
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`PickNik Turns 2 | PickNik
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`PickNik Turns 2
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`When Dr. Dave Coleman entered the Amazon Picking Challenge in 2015 on behalf
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`starting a successful robotics company.
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`“We didn’t win [the Amazon Picking Challenge], but Google o(cid:123)ered me a job as a
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`PickNik Turns 2 | PickNik
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`PickNik’s humble beginnings started in Dave’s basement, and now employs over a
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`Dave’s passion for the open source software model has helped PickNik Robotics
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`become lead developer and maintainer of MoveIt, a key part of ROS (Robotics
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`Operating System). MoveIt is used heavily by industry, startups, academics, and
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`graduate students alike to enable robotic arms to interact with objects and move
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`including projects by NASA and many others.
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`As the robotics industry continues to grow, PickNik continues to focus on world
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`class robotics consulting and providing powerful robotics software.
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`Accelerate Your Robotics Development | About PickNik: Robots are complex
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`systems that require a wide breadth of expert knowledge spanning multiple
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`disciplines, making robotics development extremely di(cid:124)cult and costly. Since 2015,
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`PickNik’s mission has been to address this technical challenge while dramatically
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`reducing development time for advanced robotic applications. To achieve this,
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`PickNik supports and collaborates with the worldwide open source robotics
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`https://picknik.ai/moveit/ros/2019/09/18/picknik-turn-2.html
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`PickNik Turns 2 | PickNik
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`PickNik is rooted with a strong background in robotics theory combined with
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`applied software experience to provide unique solutions. Robotics companies
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`including Google, Amazon, Kindred, and many others are partnering with PickNik to
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`develop robotic applications to address the toughest issues through software
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`consulting, custom development, and other initiatives. By working together, we
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`can accomplish far more than by working alone.
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`If you would like more information please contact Rob Coleman at
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`projects@picknik.ai
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`Overview
`We are robotic software experts, available to create, integrate, patch, or provide
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on 29 January 2020, the foregoing was filed electronically
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