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`TRADEMARK
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`76/216,399
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT
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`TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Express Mail No. _
`Date of Deposit: December 2001
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`I hereby certify that this correspondence is being deposited with the
`United States Postal Service "Express Mail Post Office to Addressee"
`(37 C.F.R. Section 1.10) on the date indicated above and is addressed to
`the Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks_,.2900 Crystal Drive,
`Arlington, Virginia 22202-3513.
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`Applicant: Zuffa, LLC
`Serial No.: 76/216,399
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`Mark: UFC (class 25 and 41)
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`Filed: February 26, 2001
`Law Office: 109
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`Trademark Attorney: Benita P. Collier
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`Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks
`BOX RESPONSE/NO FEE
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`2900 Crystal Drive
`Arlington, Virginia 22202-3513
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`RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION
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`Applicant respectfully responds to the Office Action dated July 3, 2001.
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`Significance of Wording
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`Applicant hereby indicates that the wording “UFC” does not have any significance in
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`relevant trade or industry or as applied to the goods and services.
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`2.
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`Substitute Specimens
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`Pursuant to the Examining Attorney’s rejection of the previously submitted specimen in
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`connection with goods in class 25, enclosed are substitute specimens evidencing actual
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`trademark use of the mark. A declaration indicating use in commerce at least as early as the
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`filing date of the application in accordance with 37 C.F.R. §2.20 is submitted herewith.
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`3.
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`Conclusion
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`Applicant has responded to the issues raised by the Examining Attorney and respectfully
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`requests favorable review. In View of the foregoing, Applicant believes that the application is
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`now in condition for registration and respectfully requests that the mark be passed to publication.
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`December 12, 2001
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`601 S. Figueroa St., Suite 3000
`MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & MCCLOY LLP
`Los Angeles, California 90017
`Phone: 213-892-4669/Fax: 213-892-4769
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`Attorney for Applicant
`Zuffa, LLC
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`DECLARATION
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`The undersigned, being hereby wamed that willfiil false statements and the like so made
`are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. 1001, and that such willful
`false statements may jeopardize the validity of this document, declares that he/she is properly
`authorized to execute this document on behalf of the Applicant; the Applicant has been using the
`mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services identified in the application for
`class 25, as evidenced by the attached substitute specimen(s) showing the mark as currently used
`on commerce; the substitute specimen(s) were in use in commerce at least as early as the filing
`date of the application; and all statements made of his/her own knowledge are true and that all
`statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.
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`Dated:
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`ZUFFA,
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`Dana White
`President
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