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`ESTTA Tracking number:
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`ESTTA1247973
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`Filing date:
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`11/14/2022
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Proceeding no.
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`91272801
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`Party
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`Correspondence
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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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`Defendant
`The Boogie Badge, Inc.
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`TERRENCE J. EDWARDS
`TECHLAW VENTURES, PLLC
`3290 WEST MAYFLOWER AVE.
`LEHI, UT 84043
`UNITED STATES
`Primary email: docket@techlawventures.com
`Secondary email(s): terrence@techlawventures.com
`801-854-7675
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`Answer
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`Terrence J. Edwards
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`terrence@techlawventures.com, docket@techlawventures.com
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`/Terrence J. Edwards/
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`11/14/2022
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`Attachments
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`Answer_Notice_Opp_ARO0010TMIV.pdf(88242 bytes )
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`Terrence J. Edwards (Utah State Bar No. 09166)
`David J. Langeland (Utah State Bar No. 11166)
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`TechLaw Ventures, PLLC
`3290 West Mayflower Ave.
`Lehi, Utah 84043
`Telephone: (801) 854-7675
`Fax: (801) 852-8203
`Email: terrence@techlawventures.com; docket@techlawventures.com
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`Attorneys for Applicant,
`THE BOOGIE BADGE, INC.
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`Opposed Mark: G STYLIZED DESIGN
`Opposed Application: U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 90/050,232
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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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`APPLE INC.,
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`THE BOOGIE BADGE, INC.,
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` Applicant.
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`ANSWER
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`Opposition No. 91272801
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`Applicant, THE BOOGIE BADGE, INC. (“Boogie Badge” or “Applicant”), a Delaware
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`corporation, having a business address located at 8628 S. Brit Cir, Midvale, Utah 84047, through
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`its counsel, hereby answers the Notice of Opposition filed in this proceeding by Apple Inc.
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`(“Opposer”).
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`In response to the unnumbered introductory and the concluding paragraphs in the Notice
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`of Opposition, to the extent these introductory and concluding paragraphs include any averments
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`requiring an answer, Applicant denies any averments relating to U.S. Trademark Application
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`Serial No. 90/050,232.
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`In response to the specifically numbered paragraphs set forth in the Notice of Opposition,
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`Boogie Badge hereby responds as follows:
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 1 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`2.
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 2 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`3.
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 3 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 4 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 5 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 6 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 7 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 8 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 9 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 10 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 11 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 12 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 13 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 14 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 15 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 16 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`17.
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`Boogie Badge admits only that it filed U.S. Trademark Application Serial No.
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`90/050,232 and submits that the application speaks for itself. With respect to any other
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`allegation, Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 17 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`Boogie Badge denies the allegations in paragraph 18 of the Notice of Opposition.
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`Boogie Badge hereby incorporates each of the foregoing answers to paragraphs 1-
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`18 of the Notice of Opposition as if fully set forth herein.
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 20 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`Boogie Badge denies the allegations in paragraph 21 of the Notice of Opposition.
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`Boogie Badge denies the allegations in paragraph 22 of the Notice of Opposition.
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`Boogie Badge denies the allegations in paragraph 23 of the Notice of Opposition.
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 24 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`Boogie Badge denies the allegations in paragraph 25 of the Notice of Opposition.
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`Boogie Badge denies the allegations in paragraph 26 of the Notice of Opposition.
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`Boogie Badge denies the allegations in paragraph 27 of the Notice of Opposition.
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`Boogie Badge hereby incorporates each of the foregoing answers to paragraphs 1-
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`27 of the Notice of Opposition as if fully set forth herein.
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`Boogie Badge lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations
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`contained in paragraph 29 of the Notice of Opposition and therefore denies the same.
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`Boogie Badge denies the allegations in paragraph 30 of the Notice of Opposition.
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`Boogie Badge denies the allegations in paragraph 31 of the Notice of Opposition.
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`Boogie Badge denies the allegations in paragraph 32 of the Notice of Opposition.
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`Boogie Badge denies the allegations in paragraph 33 of the Notice of Opposition.
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`WHEREFORE, Boogie Badge prays:
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`A. That the Notice of Opposition be denied in its entirety with prejudice.
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`B. That a Notice of Allowance providing for registration on the Principal Register issue
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`to Boogie Badge for the mark set forth in U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 90/050,232.
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`Respectfully submitted this 14th day of November 2022.
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`TECHLAW VENTURES, PLLC
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`Terrence J. Edwards
`Attorneys for Applicant
`THE BOOGIE BADGE, INC.
`3290 West Mayflower Ave.
`Lehi, Utah 84043
`Telephone: 801-854-7675
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`CERTIFICATE OF ELECTRONIC FILING
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`I hereby certify that this paper is being electronically filed with the Trademark Trial and
`Appeal Board at the United States Patent and Trademark Office on this 14th day of November
`2022.
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`TECHLAW VENTURES, PLLC
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`_______________________
`Terrence J. Edwards
`Attorneys for Applicant
`THE BOOGIE BADGE, INC.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned, one of Applicant’s attorneys, hereby certifies that on the 14th of
`November 2022, he caused a true and correct copy of the foregoing ANSWER to be served upon
`Opposer’s counsel by email at the following email addresses:
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`Joseph Petersen
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`1080 Marsh Road
`Menlo Park, California 94025
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`Bryan Wolin
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`The Grace Building
`1114 Avenue of the Americas, 21st Floor
`New York, New York 10036
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`jpetersen@kilpatricktownsend.com, jpetersen@kilpatricktownsend.com,
`bbryner@kilpatricktownsend.com, BWolin@kilpatricktownsend.com,
`Agarcia@kilpatricktownsend.com, tmadmin@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`TECHLAW VENTURES, PLLC
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`Terrence J. Edwards
`Attorneys for Applicant
`THE BOOGIE BADGE, INC.
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