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`ESTTA Tracking number:
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`ESTTA734491
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`Filing date:
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`03/18/2016
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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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`92063123
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`Party
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`Correspondence
`Address
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`Submission
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`Filer's Name
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`Filer's e-mail
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`Signature
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`Date
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`Attachments
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`Defendant
`Triple B Construction Inc.
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`TRIPLE B CONSTRUCTION INC
`208 C SOUTHWEST PARKWAY EAST
`COLLEGE STATION, TX 77840
`UNITED STATES
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`Answer
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`Bryan T. Hanna
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`bryan.hanna@westwebblaw.com
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`/Bryan T. Hanna/
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`03/18/2016
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`Defendant's Answer to Petition for Cancellation.pdf(219530 bytes )
`Ltr Answer.pdf(77191 bytes )
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`CANCELLATION NO. 92063123
`REGISTRATION NO. 3238468
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`Mark: HANDI HOOK
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`VARTAN KHAZADIAN,
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` Plaintiff,
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`TRIPLE B CONSTRUCTION INC.,
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` Defendant.
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`DEFENDANT’S ORIGINAL ANSWER
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`TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:
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`TRIPLE B CONSTRUCTION, INC. hereby responds to the Petition for Cancellation for
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`Trademark Registration #3238468 (the “Petition”) with the following numbered paragraphs
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`which correspond to the paragraph numbers in the Petition.
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`1.
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`Triple B Construction Inc. denies that Plaintiff is entitled to the relief sought in
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`the Petition. Triple B Construction Inc. admits that it is the owner of the trademark for “Handi
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`Hook.” Triple B Construction Inc. is without sufficient information to form a belief as to the
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`truth of the allegations contained in the remainder of Paragraph 1 and therefore denies the
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`allegations contained therein.
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`2.
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`Triple B Construction Inc. admits it provided a specimen to the Commissioner of
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`Trademarks on March 16, 2013. Triple B Construction Inc. admits that the registration of its
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`trademark was continued. Triple B Construction Inc. is without sufficient information to form a
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`belief as to the truth of the allegations contained in the remainder of Paragraph 2 and therefore
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`denies the allegations contained therein.
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`DEFENDANT’S ORIGINAL ANSWER
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`PAGE 1
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`3.
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`Triple B Construction Inc. is without sufficient information to form a belief as to
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`the truth of the allegations contained in the remainder of Paragraph 3 and therefore denies the
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`allegations contained therein.
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`4.
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`Triple B Construction Inc. is without sufficient information to form a belief as to
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`the truth of the allegations contained in the remainder of Paragraph 4 and therefore denies the
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`allegations contained therein.
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`5.
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`Triple B Construction Inc. is without sufficient information to form a belief as to
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`the truth of the allegations contained in the remainder of Paragraph 5 and therefore denies the
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`allegations contained therein.
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`PRAYER FOR RELIEF
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`WHEREFORE, Defendant Triple B Construction, Inc. respectfully requests that
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`Plaintiff’s Petition for Cancellation of Trademark Registration #3238468 be dismissed and award
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`such other relief, at law or in equity, as may be necessary and appropriate and to which Triple B
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`Construction, Inc. has shown itself to be justly entitled.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`WEST, WEBB, ALLBRITTON & GENTRY, P.C.
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`By: _/Bryan T. Hanna/____________
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`Bryan T. Hanna
`Texas State Bar No. 24069873
`Email: bryan.hanna@westwebblaw.com
`1515 Emerald Plaza
`College Station, Texas 77845
`Telephone ~ 979.694.7000
`Facsimile ~ 979.694.8000
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT
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`DEFENDANT’S ORIGINAL ANSWER
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that a true and complete copy of the foregoing Defendant’s Original
`Answer has been served on Vartan Khazadian by mailing said copy on March 18, 2016, via First
`Class Mail, postage prepaid and certified mail, return receipt requested to:
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`Vartan Khazadian
`P.O. Box 135
`Bethel, CT 06801
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`Via First Class Mail and CM/RRR
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`/Bryan T. Hanna/
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`DEFENDANT’S ORIGINAL ANSWER
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`WEST, WEBB, ALLBRITTON & GENTRY
`A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
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`A TTORNEYS:
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`STEVEN N. ALLBRITTON +
`ROY D. BRANTLEY * +
`DONALD DELGADO
`TERRANCE D. DILL, JR. +
`PATRICK W. FOGARTY
`MICHAEL H. GENTRY "" +
`BRYAN T. HANNA ****
`JENNIFER D. JASPER +
`AARON B. MICHELSOHN
`BAILI B. RHODES
`JOHN "JAY" RUDINGER, JR.
`WELDON RUSSELL ""‘
`JOHN C. WEBB, JR. +
`GAINES WEST +
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`OF COUNSEL:
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`COURTNEY S. CAIN
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`‘BOARD CERTIFIED
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`COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LAW
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`March 18, 2016
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`WEB SITE: hltp://www.westwebb|aw.com
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`Writer's e-mail: bryan.hanna@weslwebb|aw.com
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`"""" REGISTERED PATENT ATTORNEY
`U.S. PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Via Regular First Class Mail, Postage Prepaid and
`Via CMIRRR# 7015 0640 0002 6212 5025
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`Vartan Khazadian
`P.O. Box 135
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`Bethel, CT 06801
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`Re:
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`Defendant’s Answer to Cancellation Petition
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`Enclosed please find the Defendant's Answer to the Petition for Cancellation of
`Registration No. 3238468 (Cancellation No. 92063123) filed with the USPTO Trademark Trial
`and Appeal Board.
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`Sincerely,
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`Bryan T. Hanna
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`Enclosure
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`27787:Ltr Answer