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`ESTTA128913
`ESTTA Tracking number:
`03/08/2007
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`Filing date:
`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`91166947
`Defendant
`LUPPEN HOLDINGS, INC.
`LUPPEN HOLDINGS, INC.
`3050 LEONIS BOULEVARD
`LOS ANGELES, CA 90058
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`Olivier A. Taillieu, Esq.
`ZUBER & TAILLIEU LLP
`9595 Wilshire Blvd., 9th Floor
`Beverly Hills, CA 90212
`UNITED STATES
`otaillieu@ztllp.com
`Opposition/Response to Motion
`John Carr
`jcarr@ztllp.com
`/jrcarr/
`03/08/2007
`opp to MTC 20070308.pdf ( 15 pages )(2745380 bytes )
`dec in support of Opp to MTC.pdf ( 33 pages )(1291205 bytes )
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