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`ESTTA Tracking number:
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`ESTTA1099463
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`Filing date:
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`12/03/2020
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Proceeding
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`91265770
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`Party
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`Correspondence
`Address
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`Defendant
`COMERCIALIZADORA PETEXPRESS, SA DE CV
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`NYALL ENGFIELD
`16950 VIA DE SANTA FE 5060-107
`RANCHO SANTA FE, CA 92067
`UNITED STATES
`Primary Email: trademarkcarehub@gmail.com
`Secondary Email(s): orders@trademarkraft.com, gerardo@petexpress.com.mx
`No phone number provided.
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`Submission
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`Filer's Name
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`Filer's email
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`Signature
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`Date
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`Answer
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`Michael P. Eddy
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`meddy@patent.org
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`/MichaelPEddy/
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`12/03/2020
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`Attachments
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`Response.pdf(25625 bytes )
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Devonna W. Johnson,
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`Opposer,
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`v.
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`COMERCIALIZADORA PETEXPRESS, SA DE
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`Applicant.
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` Opposition No.: 92073474
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`Mark: PET RELIGION
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`App. Ser. No.: 88940177
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`APPLICANT COMERCIALIZADORA PETEXPRESS, SA DE CV’S
`ANSWER TO OPPOSER’S NOTICE OF OPPOSITION AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES
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`Applicant Comercializadora Petexpress, SA DE CV (“Applicant”), by and through its
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`counsel, submits its Answer to Opposer’s Notice of Opposition filed by Devonna W. Johnson
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`(“Opposer”) on November 3, 2020, by generally denying all of the allegations in the Notice of
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`Opposition, except as may be specifically admitted or denied as follows:
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`1. Answering Paragraph 1 of Opposer’s Notice of Opposition, Applicant denies the
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`allegations in the first sentence of Paragraph 1 to the extent that they are legal conclusions.
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`Applicant lacks sufficient knowledge or information to admit or deny the allegations in the first
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`sentence of Paragraph 1 of Opposer’s Notice of Opposition, and therefore denies same and
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`leaves Opposer to its proof. As for the remaining factual allegations, Applicant lacks sufficient
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`knowledge or information to admit or deny the allegations in Paragraph 1, and therefore denies
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`same and leaves Opposer to its proof.
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`2. Answering Paragraph 2 of Opposer’s Notice of Opposition, Applicant denies the
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`allegations to the extent that they are legal conclusions. As for the remaining factual
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`allegations, Applicant denies that Opposer has superior rights with respect to Applicant’s mark
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`in the ‘177 Application. Applicant denies knowledge of Opposer’s business name and
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`Applicant lacks sufficient knowledge or information to form a belief as to the truth of the
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`remaining allegations in Paragraph 2, and therefore denies same and leaves Opposer to its
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`proof.
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`AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES
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`I. FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM
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`The Notice of Opposition fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.
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`II. APPLICANT’S MARK HAS PRIORITY
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`The Notice of Opposition attempts to state a claim that Applicant is not entitled to
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`federal registration of Applicant’s Mark pursuant to Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. §
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`1052(d), based entirely on the resemblance of Applicant’s Mark to Opposer’s alleged “PET
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`RELIGION Mark” without regard to Opposer’s use in commerce of the “PET RELIGION Mark”.
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`5.
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`On information and belief, Applicant’s filing date of May 29, 2020, and any other
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`date of first use that Applicant may prove, is prior to any date on which Opposer can establish
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`any rights in the United States in Opposer’s alleged “PET RELIGION Mark” for “pet products.”
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`Accordingly, Applicant’s Mark has priority over Opposer’s alleged “PET RELIGION
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`mark.”
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`WHEREFORE, Applicant respectfully requests that the Notice of Opposition be dismissed
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`and that its mark be registered.
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`Dated: December 3, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /MichaelPEddy/
`Michael P. Eddy
`Law Office of Michael P. Eddy
`12526 High Bluff Dr, Ste. 300
`San Diego, California 92130
`Phone: (858) 345-1098
`meddy@patent.org
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`ATTORNEY FOR RESPONDENT
`COMERCIALIZADORA PETEXPRESS, SA DE CV
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that the attached ANSWER TO OPPOSER’S NOTICE OF
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`OPPOSITION AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES was served on the below-identified opposer on
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`December 3, 2020 by email as indicated below:
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`Devonna W. Johnson
`671 Maran Ln SW
`Mableton, Georgia 30126
`petreligionbrand@gmail.com
`road2judah@yahoo.com
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