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INTHEUNITEDSTATESPATENTANDTRADEMARKOFFICEBEFORETHETRADEMARKTRIALANDAPPEALBOARDProceeding77540431ApplicantCigarsInternational,Inc.AppliedforMarkCREMOSACUBANACorrespondenceAddressDAVIDM.PERRYBLANKROMELLPONELOGANSQUARE,9THFLOORPHILADELPHIA,PA19103-6998UNITEDSTATESSubmissionApplicant'sMotiontoSuspendAttachmentsMotiontoSuspend-CREMOSACUBANA.pdf(12pages)(477719bytes)Filer'sNameDavidM.PerryFiler'se-mailperry@blankrome.com,oleksiuk@blankrome.comSignature/DavidM.Perry/ Date12/29/2009

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IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICEBEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD

Applicant: Cigars International, Inc.Serial No.: 77/540,431Mark: CREMOSA CUBANAClass: 34Filed: August 6, 2008To: Commissioner for TrademarksP.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451 Attn: Tina Craven, Paralegal Specialist

MOTION FOR SUSPENSION OF APPEAL PROCEEDINGS

Pursuant to T.B.M.P. §§ 510 and 1213, Applicant CigarsInternational, Inc. (“CI”), respectfully requests a suspensionof the January 25, 2009 due date for Applicant’s brief in theinstant appeal proceedings until the final determination of acivil action. Applicant is currently involved in litigation pending inthe United States District Court for the District of Oregon.The case is captioned Specialty Cigars International, Inc. v.Cigars International, Inc., 3:09-cv-00924-HU

(D. Or.) (Filed August 11, 2009). The complaint is attached hereto as

Exhibit A

. In this case, Specialty Cigars International, Inc.(“Speciality”) alleges, inter alia, that CI’s use of CREMOSA

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2CUBANA is infringing Specialty’s common law trademark, CREMOSACUBANOS. CI must answer the Complaint by January 25, 2010, andan initial case management conference with the Court is now setfor January 28, 2010, at 9:30 A.M.Prior to the issuance of the Board's decision in an exparte appeal, proceedings with respect to the appeal may besuspended by the Board upon written request by applicant showinggood cause for the requested suspension. One example of asituation in which the Board may suspend proceedings in anappeal, at the request of the applicant, occurs when anapplicant is involved in a civil action that may be dispositiveof the issue(s) involved in the appeal. T.B.M.P. §§ 510.02(a)and 1213; 37 C.F.R. §§ 2.117.Given that the civil action referred to above may directlyaffect CI’s rights in CREMOSA CUBANA, including potentially itsability to register the mark, CI respectfully requests that theBoard suspend the instant proceeding until a final determinationof the civil action is made.Once a final determination of the civil action is made or asettlement in the civil action is reached, Applicant willrequest that this Board proceeding be resumed.