Magnate Opp

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ESTTA296498 07/21/2009

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

Notice of Opposition Notice is hereby given that the following party opposes registration of the indicated application.

Opposer Information Name

Magnate Cigars, Inc.

Granted to Date of previous extension

07/22/2009

Address

10910 SW 25 Street Miami, FL 33165 UNITED STATES

Attorney information

Oliver Alan Ruiz Malloy & Malloy, P.A. 2800 S.W. Third Avenue Miami, FL 33129 UNITED STATES [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Phone:305-858-8000

Applicant Information Application No

77604465

Publication date

03/24/2009

Opposition Filing Date

07/21/2009

Opposition Period Ends

07/22/2009

Applicant

Durfort Holdings, S.A. Edificio Igra, Piso 2, Officina 201A Calle Aquilino De La Guardia #8 Panama, Rep. De Panama, PANAMA

Goods/Services Affected by Opposition Class 034. All goods and services in the class are opposed, namely: Tobacco products, accessories, and smoking articles, namely, cigars, rolling papers for cigarettes and cigars made out of paper, rolling papers for cigarettes and cigars made out of tobacco, rolling papers for cigarettes and cigars made out of cellulose, rolling tobacco for cigarettes and cigars, pre-rolled tobacco shells, tobacco sheets, smoking tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, pipe tobacco, roll your own tobacco, and cigarette papers

Grounds for Opposition Priority and likelihood of confusion

Trademark Act section 2(d)

Marks Cited by Opposer as Basis for Opposition U.S. Application/ Registration No.

NONE

Registration Date

NONE

Application Date

NONE

Design Mark

Goods/Services

Humidors, Cigars, and T-shirts.

U.S. Application/ Registration No.

NONE

Registration Date

NONE

Word Mark

MAGNATE

Goods/Services

Humidors, cigars, and T-shirts.

Attachments

Application Date

NONE

MAGNATE.jpg Notice of Opposition.pdf ( 4 pages )(48145 bytes )

Certificate of Service The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of this paper has been served upon all parties, at their address record by First Class Mail on this date.

Signature

/Oliver Alan Ruiz/

Name

Oliver Alan Ruiz

Date

07/21/2009