Entrepreneur Media Inc v. Eygn Limited Ernst & Young LLP et al

Filing 50

DECLARATION of Victoria Cochrane in Support of MOTION for Judgment on the Pleadings as to Lack of Personal Jurisdiction 38 , MOTION for Judgment on the Pleadings or, in the Alternative MOTION to Transfer Case to Southern District of New York 42 filed by Defendants EYGN Limited, Ernst & Young LLP. (Donahue, David)

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BERRY & PERKINS

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

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Craig S. Mende, admitted pro hac vice
David A. Donahue, admitted pro hac vice
Betsy Judelson Newman, admitted pro hac vice
Grace W. Kang, admitted pro hac vice
FROSS ZELNICK LEHRMAN & ZISSU, P.C.
866 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York 10017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
James H. Berry, Jr. (State Bar No. 075834)
Kevin R. Lussier (State Bar No. 143821)
Esperanza V. Cervantes (State Bar No. 197953)
BERRY & PERKINS
A Professional Corporation
2049 Century Park East, Suite 950
Los Angeles, California 90067-3134
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants
EYGN Limited, Ernst & Young LLP
and Ernst & Young Advisory Inc.

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THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
ENTREPRENEUR MEDIA, INC., a
New York corporation,

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Plaintiff,

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vs.

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EYGN Limited, ERNST & YOUNG
LLP and ERNST & YOUNG
ADVISORY INC.,

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Defendants.

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EYGN Limited, ERNST & YOUNG
LLP,
Counterclaim-Plaintiffs,
vs.
ENTREPRENEUR MEDIA, INC.,
Counterclaim-Defendant.

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Case No. SACV08-0608 DOC
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Complaint filed June 2, 2008
DECLARATION OF VICTORIA
COCHRANE
Date: December 22, 2008
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Courtroom: 9D
Judge: Honorable David O. Carter

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DECLARATION OF VICTORIA COCHRANE

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I, Victoria Cochrane, declare under penalty of perjury:
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I am a Director of Defendant-Counterclaim-Plaintiff EYGN Limited

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(“EYGN”), a position I have held since 1 July, 2008. This declaration is based on

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my personal knowledge, my review of corporate records kept in the ordinary course

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of business, and matters about which I have been informed by persons acting under

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my supervision.

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EYGN is an intellectual property holding company organized and

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existing under the laws of the Bahamas, with a registered office at One Montague

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Place, East Bay Street, Nassau, Bahamas.
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BERRY & PERKINS

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

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EYGN is not registered to do business in California, nor does it

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conduct or solicit business in California. EYGN maintains no California offices,

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property, personnel, bank accounts, mailing addresses or telephone numbers.

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EYGN has no subsidiaries that conduct business in California.

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Aside from a demand letter and follow-up email that EYGN’s New

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York counsel sent to Entrepreneur Media, Inc. (“EMI”) in California, as described

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below, EYGN has had no dealings whatsoever in California.
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EYGN owns the ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR in the United

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States and elsewhere, and owns United States Trademark Registration No.

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1,587,164 for this mark, based on first use in interstate commerce in 1986, in

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connection with “[c]onducting an annual awards ceremony commemorating the

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recipient’s exceptional achievement in entrepreneurial business achievements” in

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International Class 41.1 I am advised that, under the applicable law, this

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registration is “incontestable.” A print-out from the United States Patent and

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Trademark Office (“USPTO”) showing the details of this registration is annexed

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hereto as Exhibit A.

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EYGN also owns, inter alia, the WORLD ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
mark and United States Registration No. 2,669,983 therefor in connection with the
same services, based on first use in commerce in 2001, as shown on the USPTO
print-out annexed hereto as Exhibit B.
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EYGN has licensed use of certain marks, including the

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ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR mark, to Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst &

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Young”), which is a member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited. Ernst &

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Young uses the mark under this license (the “E&Y License”) in connection with a

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contest and awards program for innovative business leaders that has been running

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in the United States for more than twenty years. Ernst &Young is headquartered in

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New York, and the E&Y License is governed by New York law. A true and correct

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copy of the E&Y License is annexed hereto as Exhibit C.

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The E&Y License provides that EYGN and Ernst & Young have no

BERRY & PERKINS

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

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liability for each others’ acts or omissions. EYGN receives no royalty income or

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license fees from the E&Y License.

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EYGN has never licensed or otherwise authorized EMI to use the

ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR mark.
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While EYGN licenses certain of its trademarks (such as the ERNST &

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YOUNG mark) and other intellectual property to Ernst & Young in the United

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States and other member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited elsewhere in the

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world, EYGN and Ernst & Young have no relationship with each other besides that

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of licensor/licensee.

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For example: EYGN is not an owner or partner of Ernst & Young, and

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Ernst & Young is not an owner or shareholder of EYGN. Ernst & Young does not

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pay any expenses of EYGN. EYGN and Ernst & Young have separate boards of

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directors, maintain separate offices, maintain separate bank accounts and issue

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separate financial statements.

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EYGN has not authorized Ernst & Young to act as an agent for

EYGN.
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The majority of files relating to EYGN’s United States trademark

registrations, including enforcement activities with respect to infringing uses of the
ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR mark in the United States, are kept in New
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York, at the offices of EYGN’s New York trademark counsel Fross Zelnick

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Lehrman & Zissu, P.C. and the offices of EYGN’s United States licensee, Ernst &

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Young. Accordingly, a considerable amount of documents and things relating to

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the ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR mark, including copies of trademark

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registrations, Statements of Continuing Use of the mark, Specimens of Use of the

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mark and other filings with the USPTO, as well as copies of enforcement

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correspondence and documents, are located in New York.

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BERRY & PERKINS

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

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In addition, copies of documents relating to EYGN’s

ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR mark are located in London, at the offices of
Ernst & Young Global Limited.
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None of EYGN’s trademark registration or enforcement files are

located in California.
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For the above reasons, litigation in California would impose a great

burden and expense upon EYGN.

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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America

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that the foregoing is true and correct.

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Executed on October 29, 2008

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at Becket House, 1 Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EU, UK.

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VICTORIA COCHRANE

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Exhibit A

Exhibit A
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Registration Number: 1587164
Mark (words only): ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
Standard Character claim: No
Current Status: This registration has been renewed.
Date of Status: 2000-02-11
Filing Date: 1988-08-31
Transformed into a National Application: No
Registration Date: 1990-03-13
Register: Principal
Law Office Assigned: (NOT AVAILABLE)
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Current Location: 900 -File Repository (Franconia)
Date In Location: 2002-05-07

LAST APPLICANT(S)/OWNER(S) OF RECORD
1. ERNST & YOUNG. U.S. LLP
Address:
ERNST & YOUNG. U.S. LLP
787 SEVENTH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10019
United States
Legal Entity Type: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
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Exhibit A
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State or Country Where Organized: New York
GOODS AND/OR SERVICES
International Class: 041
Class Status: Active
CONDUCTING AN ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY COMMEMORATING THE RECIPIENT'S
EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENTS
Basis: 1(a)
First Use Date: 1986-02-00
First Use in Commerce Date: 1987-02-00
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Disclaimer: "ENTREPRENEUR"
MADRID PROTOCOL INFORMATION
(NOT AVAILABLE)
PROSECUTION HISTORY
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2008-10-30 - Attorney Revoked And/Or Appointed
2008-10-30 - TEAS Revoke/Appoint Attorney Received
2008-09-30 - TEAS Change Of Correspondence Received
2000-02-11 - First renewal 10 year
2000-02-11 - Section 9 granted/check record for Section 8
1999-10-27 - Combined Section 8 (10-year)/Section 9 filed
1996-06-21 - Section 8 (6-year) accepted & Section 15 acknowledged
1995-12-21 - Section 8 (6-year) and Section 15 Filed
1990-03-13 - Registered - Principal Register
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Exhibit A
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1989-08-29 - Published for opposition
1989-07-29 - Notice of publication
1989-07-29 - Notice of publication
1989-07-28 - Notice of publication
1989-03-14 - Published for opposition
1989-02-10 - Notice of publication
1988-12-09 - Approved for Pub - Principal Register (Initial exam)
1988-11-21 - Communication received from applicant
1988-11-07 - Non-final action mailed
1988-10-14 - Assigned To Examiner
ATTORNEY/CORRESPONDENT INFORMATION
Attorney of Record
Susan Upton Douglass
Correspondent
Susan Upton Douglass
Fross, Zelnick, Lehrman & Zissu, P.C.
866 United Nations Plaza
New York NY 10017
Phone Number: 212-813-5900
Fax Number: 212-813-5901

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Trademark Assignment Abstract of Title
Total Assignments: 3
Serial #: 73749392

Reg #: 1587164

Filing Dt: 08/31/1988

Reg. Dt: 03/13/1990

Registrant: ARTHUR YOUNG & COMPANY
Mark: ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR

Assignment: 1
Reel/Frame: 0777/0404

Received:

Recorded: 03/25/1991

Pages: 2

Conveyance: MERGER
Assignor:

Exec Dt: 02/27/1990
ERNST & WHINNEY AND ARTHUR YOUNG & COMPANY

Entity Type: SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETIALS
Citizenship: NONE

Assignee: ERNST & YOUNG U.S.

Entity Type: SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS.

277 PARK AVENUE

Citizenship: NEW YORK

NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10172

Correspondent: ERNST & YOUNG
380 MADISON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10017

Assignment: 2
Reel/Frame: 1304/0287

Received:

Recorded: 02/17/1995

Pages: 5

Conveyance: CHANGE OF NAME EFFECTIVE 8-1-94 SEE RECORD FOR DETAILS.
Assignor:

Exec Dt: 08/01/1994
ERNST & YOUNG U.S.

Entity Type: GENERAL PARTNERSHIP
Citizenship: NEW YORK

Assignee: ERNST & YOUNG U.S. LLP
787 SEVENTH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019

Entity Type: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
Citizenship: DELAWARE

Correspondent: SUSAN UPTON DOUGLASS - WEISS DAWID
FROSS ZELNICK & LEHRMAN, P.C.
633 THIRD AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10017

Assignment: 3

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Reel/Frame: 2479/0868

Received: 04/12/2002

Recorded: 03/25/2002

Pages: 23

Conveyance: ASSIGNS THE ENTIRE INTEREST
Assignor:

Exec Dt: 12/27/2001
ERNST & YOUNG U.S. LLP

Entity Type: DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
Citizenship: NONE

Assignee: EYGN LIMITED
ONE MONTAGUE PLACE EAST BAY STREET
NASSAU, BAHAMAS

Entity Type: CORPORATION
Citizenship: BAHAMAS

Correspondent: FROSS ZELNICK LEHRMAN & ZISSU, P.C.
SUSAN UPTON DOUGLASS
866 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA
NEW YORK, NY 10017

Domestic rep: ZELNICK LEHRMAN & ZEISSU, P.C.
866 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA
NEW YORK, NY 10017

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Exhibit B

Exhibit B
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Registration Number: 2669983
Mark (words only): WORLD ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
Standard Character claim: No
Current Status: Registered.
Date of Status: 2002-12-31
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Transformed into a National Application: No
Registration Date: 2002-12-31
Register: Principal
Law Office Assigned: LAW OFFICE 107
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LAST APPLICANT(S)/OWNER(S) OF RECORD
1. EYGN LIMITED
Address:
EYGN LIMITED
ONE MONTAGUE PLACE EAST BAY STREET
NASSAU
Bahamas
Legal Entity Type: Corporation
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State or Country of Incorporation: Bahamas
GOODS AND/OR SERVICES
International Class: 041
Class Status: Active
conducting an annual awards ceremony commemorating the recipient's exceptional achievement in
entrepreneurial business achievements
Basis: 1(a)
First Use Date: 2001-01-00
First Use in Commerce Date: 2001-05-00
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Disclaimer: "ENTREPRENEUR"
Prior Registration Number(s):
1587164
MADRID PROTOCOL INFORMATION
(NOT AVAILABLE)
PROSECUTION HISTORY
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2003-03-17 - Section 7 amendment filed
2003-03-17 - PAPER RECEIVED
2002-12-31 - Registered - Principal Register
2002-10-23 - Allowed for Registration - Principal Register (SOU accepted)
2002-10-23 - Assigned To Examiner
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2002-09-27 - Communication received from applicant
2002-09-27 - PAPER RECEIVED
2002-06-24 - Unresponsive/Duplicate Paper Received
2002-04-24 - Communication received from applicant
2002-07-05 - PAPER RECEIVED
2002-03-27 - Letter of suspension mailed
2002-03-26 - Assigned To Examiner
2002-03-22 - Statement of use processing complete
2002-03-08 - Amendment to Use filed
2002-03-07 - PAPER RECEIVED
2001-11-20 - Notice of allowance - mailed
2001-08-28 - Published for opposition
2001-08-08 - Notice of publication
2001-06-25 - Approved for Pub - Principal Register (Initial exam)
2001-06-13 - Assigned To Examiner
ATTORNEY/CORRESPONDENT INFORMATION
Attorney of Record
Susan U Douglass
Correspondent
SUSAN U DOUGLASS
FROSS ZELNICK LEHRMAN & ZISSU PC
866 UNITED NATIONS PLZ
NEW YORK NY 10017-1822
Domestic Representative
FROSS ZELNICK LEHRMAN & ZISSU PC
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Trademark Assignment Abstract of Title
Total Assignments: 1
Serial #: 76202892

Reg #: 2669983

Filing Dt: 01/30/2001

Reg. Dt: 12/31/2002

Registrant: EYGN LIMITED
Mark: WORLD ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR

Assignment: 1
Reel/Frame: 2552/0932

Received: 07/31/2002

Recorded: 07/05/2002

Pages: 26

Conveyance: ASSIGNS THE ENTIRE INTEREST
Assignor:

Exec Dt: 12/27/2001
ERNST & YOUNG U.S. LLP

Entity Type: DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
Citizenship: NONE

Assignee: EYGN LIMITED
EAST BAY STREET

Entity Type: CORPORATION

ONE MONTAGUE PLACE

Citizenship: BAHAMAS

NASSAU, BAHAMAS

Correspondent: FROSS, ZELNICK, LEHRAM, ET AL.
PATRICK BOISSON
866 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA
NEW YORK, NY 10017

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