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Proceeding

ESTTA248598 11/12/2008

IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD 91186789

Party

Defendant BIDWELL CIGAR, INC.

Correspondence Address

BIDWELL CIGAR, INC. BIDWELL CIGAR, INC. 609 8TH ST S NAPLES, FL 34102-6701

Submission

[email protected] Answer

Filer's Name

Lara Pearson

Filer's e-mail

[email protected]

Signature

/Lara Pearson/

Date

11/12/2008

Attachments

2008-11-12 Answer to TTAB Opp by Cigars Int'l 2.pdf ( 4 pages )(461122 bytes )

IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD

______________________________ ) CIGARS INTERNATIONAL, INC.,) a Delaware corporation, ) ) Opposer, ) ) v. ) ) BIDWELL CIGAR, INC., ) a Wyoming Corporation ) Applicant. ) ______________________________)

Opposition No.: 91186789

To: Trademark Trial and Appeal Board PO Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451 ANSWER Now comes BIDWELL CIGAR, INC., (“BIDWELL CIGAR”), applicant in the above-captioned matter, and answers the Notice of Opposition (the “Opposition”) filed by Opposer, CIGARS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (“CIGARS INTERNATIONAL”), as follows: 1.

BIDWELL CIGAR denies the allegations of paragraph 1.

2.

BIDWELL CIGAR lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the allegations of paragraph 2 and on that basis denies them.

3.

BIDWELL CIGAR denies the allegations of paragraph 3.

4.

BIDWELL CIGAR lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the remaining allegations of paragraph 4 and on that basis denies them.

5.

BIDWELL CIGAR admits the allegations of paragraph 5.

6.

BIDWELL CIGAR admits the allegations of paragraph 6.

7.

BIDWELL CIGAR lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the remaining allegations of paragraph 7 and on that basis denies them.

8.

BIDWELL CIGAR lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the remaining allegations of paragraph 8 and on that basis denies them.

9.

BIDWELL CIGAR lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the remaining allegations of paragraph 9 and on that basis denies them.

10.

BIDWELL CIGAR lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the remaining allegations of paragraph 10 and on that basis denies them.

11.

BIDWELL CIGAR lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the remaining allegations of paragraph 11 and on that basis denies them.