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`ESTTA Tracking number: ESTTA35915
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`Filing date3
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`06/16/2005
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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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`91160985
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`Defendant
`Rhoades, Dean L.
`Rhoades, Dean L.
`i 9107 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 400
`Beverly Hills, CA 90210
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`Wesley T. Miller, Esq.
`DermaNeW, Inc.
`Correspondence 9107 Wilshire BlVd., Suite 400
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`Beverly Hills, CA 90210
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`Submission
`Filer's Name
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`Wes1eytmi11er@coX.net
`Notice of Status of Civil Action
`Wesley T. Miller
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`Filer's e-mail
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`Wes1eytmi11er@coX.net
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`Signature
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`Attachments
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`/Wesley T. Miller!
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`Notice of Status ofCiVil Action - 6-16-05.pdf( 2 pages )
`District Court Order Granting Motion to Dismiss 6-13-O5.pdf ( 3
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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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`Opposition Nos.
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`91121754
`91 15 1696
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`91160851
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`91 160985
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`Cancellation Nos.
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`92043538
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`92043601
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`Avon Products, Inc.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Rhoades, Dean L.,
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`Defendant
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`Notice of Status of Civil Action
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`The above—captioned Trademark Trial and Appeal Board cases are presently
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`suspended pending the disposition of the civil action entitled Dean Rhoades and
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`DermaNew, Inc. v. Avon Products, Inc. and Does 1 through 10, inclusive, filed in the
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`United States District Court for the Central District of California, Western District, Civil
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`Case No. 05—02169R (MANX) (the "Civil Action"). This will update the Trademark
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`Trial and Appeal Board on the status of the Civil Action. Avon Products, Inc., the
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`Opposer and Petitioner in the above—identified Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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`proceedings, filed a Motion to Dismiss the Civil Action. On June 13, 2005, U.S. District
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`Court Judge Manuel Real held an oral hearing and granted the Motion to Dismiss.
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`Attached hereto is a copy of the Court's order dated June 13, 2005. Counsel
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`for Dean L. Rhoades will advise the Board upon the expiration of his time to appeal the
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`ruling on the Motion to Dismiss, whether or not he will be appealing the ruling. Dean L.
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`Rhoades requests that the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings remain
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`suspended until the Civil Action has been finally determined, i.e. there has been a
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`dispositive ruling that ends litigation on the merits and no appeal has been filed
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`therefrom, or all appeals filed have been decided, pursuant to T.B.M.P. Section
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`5 l0.02(b).
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Wesley T. Miller/
`Wesley T. Miller
`Attorney for Defendant Dean L. Rhoades
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`DATED: June 16, 2005
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`It is hereby certified that a true copy of the within Notice of Status of Civil Action
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`was served via first class mail upon the Plaintiff by depositing a copy thereof in the mail,
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`postage prepaid, directed to MARGARET FERGUSON or MICHELLE GRAHAM,
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`KELLEY DRYE & WARREN, LLP, l0l PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY l0l78,
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`this 16”‘ day of June, 2005.
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`/Wesley T. Miller/
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`Wesley T. Miller
`Attorney for Defendant Dean L. Rhoades
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