`ESTTA245386
`ESTTA Tracking number:
`10/28/2008
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`Filing date:
`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`91186512
`Defendant
`IG Holdings LLC
`STEVEN SCHMID
`1824 HICKORY TRACE DR
`FLEMING ISLAND, FL 32003-8387
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`schmid1101@aol.com
`Answer
`Steven Schmid
`steven@schmidpa.com
`/SLS/
`10/28/2008
`Oppos 91186512 GEL RIDE.pdf ( 4 pages )(1769949 bytes )
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`Proceeding
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Serial No:
`Trademark:
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`77/268,510
`GEL RIDE
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`Opposition No.91 186512
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`ASCIS CORPORATION
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`Opposer,
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`IG HOLDINGS LLC.,
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`Applicant.
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`APPLICANT’S ANSWER TO NOTICE OF OPPOSITION
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`In response to the Notice of Opposition filed by ASCIS CORPORATION
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`(“Opposer”) in this case on September 18, 2008, Applicant IG HOLDINGS LLC
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`(“Applicant”) hereby states as follows:
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`RESPONSES
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`Applicant Admits the matters asserted in Paragraphs 1-2 of the Notice of
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`Opposition.
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`Applicant Denies the matters asserted in Paragraph 3 of the Notice of Opposition.
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`Applicant does not have sufficient information to form a belief as to the
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`truth of the matters asserted in Paragraphs 4-8 of the Notice of Opposition and
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`therefore denies same.
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`Applicant Denies the matters asserted in Paragraph 9 of the Notice of Opposition.
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`Regarding paragraph 10, Applicant repeats its answers found above for paragraphs
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`Applicant Denies the matters asserted in Paragraphs 11-13 of the Notice of
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`Opposition.
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`Regarding paragraph 14, Applicant repeats its answers found above for paragraphs
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`1 - 1 3 .
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`Applicant Denies the matters asserted in Paragraphs 15-17 of the Notice of
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`Opposition.
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`AFFRIMATIVE DEFENSES
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`In further answer to the Notice of Opposition, Applicant sets forth the following
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`grounds of defense:
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`FIRST AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
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`Opposer’s Notice of Opposition fails to state a claim upon which relief can be
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`granted, and, more specifically, fails to state legally sufficient grounds for sustaining its
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`opposition.
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`SECONDAFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
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`The Opposer’s purported rights extend no further than to the specific marks that
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`Opposer alleges it owns, none of which are the same as, or confusingly similar to,
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`Applicant’s mark in terms of connotation, appearance, and/or pronunciation.
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`RELIEF REQUESTED
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`WHEREFORE, Applicant respectfully requests that this opposition proceeding be
`dismissed, with prejudice.
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`Date: October 28, 2008
`Steven Schmid
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`1824 Hickory Trace Drive
`Fleming Island, FL 32003
`Phone: 904-807-5522
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`Fax: 904-212-0167
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`CERTIFICATE _Q£ SERVICE
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`A true and accurate copy of the foregoing Response was served upon the Attorney
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`for Opposer, ASCIS CORPORATION, Michael R. Friscia, at McCarter & English, LLP,
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`100 Mulberry Street, Four Gateway Center Newark, NJ 07102 by placing the same in the
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`ordinary U.S. Mail, postage prepaid, t '
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`Steven Schmid



