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`01/06/2020
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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
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`Entity
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`Address
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`Attorney informa-
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`Agewell, LLC
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`Limited liability company
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`Citizenship
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`Indiana
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`9292 N. Meridian St.
`Suite 100B
`Indianapolis, IN 46260
`UNITED STATES
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`Bradley M. Stohry
`Reichel Stohry Dean LLP
`212 W. 10th St.
`Suite A-285
`INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46202
`UNITED STATES
`brad@rsindy.com, docket@rsindy.com
`3174238820
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`Applicant Information
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`Application No
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`88534433
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`Publication date
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`12/10/2019
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`Opposition Filing
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`Applicant
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`01/06/2020
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`Kunkel, Kimberly
`2740 Paint Dr
`Auburn, CA 95603
`UNITED STATES
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`Opposition Peri-
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`01/09/2020
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`Goods/Services Affected by Opposition
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`Class 041. First Use: 0 First Use In Commerce: 0
`All goods and services in the class are opposed, namely: Health Coaching Services, namely, person-
`al coaching services in the field of nutrition and health goals
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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.
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`1920595
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`Registration Date
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`09/19/1995
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`Word Mark
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`AGEWELL
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`Application Date
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`09/14/1990
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`Foreign Priority
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`NONE
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`Design Mark
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`Description of
`Mark
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`Goods/Services
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`NONE
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`Class 009. First use: First Use: 1993/05/01 First Use In Commerce: 1993/06/11
`pre-recorded audio and video tapes and compact discs related to aspects of
`aging and the elderly and concerning topics of health care, financial resources
`and personal enrichment activities
`Class 016. First use: First Use: 1994/12/16 First Use In Commerce: 1994/12/16
`books, pamphlets, magazines, booklets and brochures related to aspects of
`agingand the elderly and concerning topics of health care, financial resources
`and personal enrichment activities
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`U.S. Registration
`No.
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`1943956
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`Registration Date
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`12/26/1995
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`Application Date
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`12/16/1994
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`Foreign Priority
`Date
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`NONE
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`Word Mark
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`Design Mark
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`Description of
`Mark
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`Goods/Services
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`AGEWELL
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`NONE
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`Class 041. First use: First Use: 1990/09/12 First Use In Commerce: 1992/08/20
`conducting workshops and seminars in the field of aging and the elderly and
`concerning the topics of health care, financial resources and personal enrich-
`ment activities
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`U.S. Registration
`No.
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`2102654
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`Registration Date
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`10/07/1997
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`Application Date
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`12/20/1995
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`Foreign Priority
`Date
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`NONE
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`Word Mark
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`Design Mark
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`Description of
`Mark
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`Goods/Services
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`AGEWELL
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`NONE
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`Class 041. First use: First Use: 1995/06/15 First Use In Commerce: 1995/06/15
`audio and video recording and production services; book publication services
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`U.S. Registration
`No.
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`2270951
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`Registration Date
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`08/17/1999
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`Application Date
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`09/27/1996
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`Foreign Priority
`Date
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`NONE
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`Word Mark
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`Design Mark
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`Description of
`Mark
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`Goods/Services
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`AGEWELL
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`NONE
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`Class 042. First use: First Use: 1990/09/12 First Use In Commerce: 1992/08/20
`geriatric health care services
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`U.S. Registration
`No.
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`3822185
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`Registration Date
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`07/20/2010
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`Application Date
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`05/06/2002
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`Foreign Priority
`Date
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`NONE
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`Word Mark
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`Design Mark
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`AGEWELL
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`Description of
`Mark
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`Goods/Services
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`NONE
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`Class 003. First use: First Use: 2010/05/21 First Use In Commerce: 2010/05/21
`Cosmetic preparations, namely, hand creams and gels, skin, face and eye
`creams and gels
`Class 005. First use: First Use: 2010/05/21 First Use In Commerce: 2010/05/21
`Vitamins, minerals, nutritional and dietary supplements
`Class 010. First use: First Use: 2010/05/21 First Use In Commerce: 2010/05/21
`Surgical and medical apparatus and instruments, namely, electric or chemically
`activated heating pads and physical therapy equipment, namely, heat and cold
`packs for medical purposes; and hand and leg muscle exercisers for age-related
`sarcopenia
`Class 028. First use: First Use: 2010/05/21 First Use In Commerce: 2010/05/21
`Sporting goods equipment, namely, powered and manual exercise machines for
`movement of arms and legs, exercise mats
`Class 029. First use: First Use: 2010/05/21 First Use In Commerce: 2010/05/21
`Nutritional foods, namely, bars from processed vegetables
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`Attachments
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`Agewell Notice of Opposition re ChooseWellLiveWellAgeWell.pdf(128047 bytes
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`Signature
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`Name
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`Date
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`Bradley M. Stohry
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`01/06/2020
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`In the matter of Trademark App. Ser. Nos. 88/534,433
`Filed on July 24, 2019
`For the mark ChooseWellLiveWellAgeWell
`Published in the Official Gazette on December 10, 2019
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`Agewell, LLC,
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`Kimberly Kunkel,
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`Opposition No.:______________
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`NOTICE OF OPPOSITION
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`Agewell, LLC (“Opposer”) hereby opposes the above-referenced application to register
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`the ChooseWellLiveWellAgeWell mark filed by Kimberly Kunkel (“Applicant”). The grounds
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`for opposition are as follows:
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`THE PARTIES
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`Opposer is an Indiana limited liability company with a place of business at 9292
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`North Meridian Street, Suite 100B, Indianapolis, IN 46260.
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`Applicant is a resident of the State of California with an address at 2740 Paint Dr.,
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`Auburn, CA 95603.
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`OPPOSER AND ITS USE OF THE AGEWELL MARK
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`Opposer provides a variety of goods and services related to the healthcare field.
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`Opposer is the owner of substantial trademark rights in the AGEWELL mark.
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`Opposer owns numerous trademark registrations for the AGEWELL mark,
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`including U.S. Registration Numbers 1,920,595, 1,943,956, 2,102,654, 2,270,951 and 3,822,185
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`(collectively, the “AGEWELL Registrations”). The AGEWELL Registrations cover a variety of
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`goods and services in the healthcare space.
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`Opposer has been using the AGEWELL mark to promote its healthcare goods and
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`services since 1992. Since that time, Opposer has established extensive and valuable goodwill in
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`the AGEWELL mark and has spent significant amounts of time and money establishing this
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`goodwill.
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`The AGEWELL mark has come to indicate and stand for the high-quality services
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`offered by Opposer.
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`As a result of Opposer’s use of the AGEWELL mark, the AGEWELL mark has
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`become valuable property of Opposer.
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`GROUNDS FOR AND REJECTING APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`9.
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`Trademark App. Ser. Nos. 88/534,433 (the “Application”) was filed by Applicant
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`for the ChooseWellLiveWellAgeWell mark on July 24, 2019.
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`The Application is an intent-to-use application and covers “health coaching
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`services, namely, personal coaching services in the field of nutrition and health goals” in Class
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`41.
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`Opposer’s actual, continuous, and continuing use of the AGEWELL Mark in
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`commerce began well before Applicant filed its Application and/or began using the
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`ChooseWellLiveWellAgeWell mark.
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`Each of the AGEWELL Registrations predates the Application by a number of
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`years.
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`Applicant’s use and registration of the ChooseWellLiveWellAgeWell mark for
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`the services listed in the Application is likely to cause confusion, mistake, and/or lead to
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`deception as to the origin of Applicant’s services in violation of Sections 32 and 43(a) of the
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`Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§1114 and 1125(a).
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`The
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`likelihood of confusion
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`is apparent
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`instance because
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`ChooseWellLiveWellAgeWell mark contains the entirety of the AGEWELL mark, the
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`ChooseWellLiveWellAgeWell mark is confusingly similar to the AGEWELL mark, and both
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`marks are used in connection with healthcare services.
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`Applicant’s use and registration of the ChooseWellLiveWellAgeWell mark is
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`likely to result in confusion and substantial damage and injury to Opposer. Persons familiar with
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`Opposer’s AGEWELL mark are likely to believe that Applicant’s services originate with, or are
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`licensed, sponsored or approved by Opposer. Any such confusion would inevitably result in loss
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`of sales to Opposer, and/or damage the goodwill and reputation that Opposer has established in
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`the AGEWELL.
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`WHEREFORE, Opposer prays that the Application be rejected.
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`Dated this 6th day of January, 2019.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Bradley M. Stohry/
`Bradley M. Stohry
`REICHEL STOHRY DEAN LLP
`212 West 10th Street
`Suite A-285
`Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
`(317) 423-8820
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`By:
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`Attorney for Agewell, LLC
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