Weather Underground, Incorporated v. Navigation Catalyst Systems, Incorporated et al
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DECLARATION by William A. Delgado re 193 Response to Motion filed by Connexus Corporation, Firstlook, Incorporated, Navigation Catalyst Systems, Incorporated (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit K, # 2 Exhibit L, # 3 Exhibit M, # 4 Exhibit N, # 5 Exhibit O, # 6 Exhibit P, # 7 Exhibit Q, # 8 Exhibit R, # 9 Exhibit S, # 10 Exhibit T, # 11 Exhibit U, # 12 Exhibit V, # 13 Exhibit W) (Delgado, William)
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In the United States District Court
For the Eastern District of Michigan
**Confidential**
Deposition
Of
Christopher Schwerzler
April 29, 2010
The Water Underground, Inc.
v.
Navigation Catalyst Systems, Inc., et al.
Christopher Schwerzler
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know.
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4/29/2010
enforce our trademarks in that country.
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And we saw it as particularly difficult to ever
Q.
Other than Weather Underground Hong Kong, are
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you familiar with anybody else who uses Weather
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Underground as their name or as part of their name?
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A.
Out of the 60s, STS offshoot.
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Anybody else other than the 60s radical group?
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I believe there is a band out of LA that goes
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by Weather Underground.
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Okay.
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No.
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Anyone else?
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Not that I can think of.
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Are you familiar with any other entity that
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Have you ever had contact with them?
uses wunder, w-u-n-d-e-r, as part of their name?
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There used to be a Wunder Brewery in
I do believe that they -- or, someone
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San Francisco.
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bought the brand or the rights to use the brand in
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probably circa 2005 to open a Wunder Brewery.
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they have since closed down their business and no longer
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exist.
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Okay.
I believe
Anybody else using wunder, that you
know of?
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The Germans for use in the context that it
means wonderful or wunderkind, w-u-n-d-e-r-k-i-n-d.
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That would be an example of wunder.
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of wunder.
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Q.
4/29/2010
You know, it's part
Is there any other specific entity that you
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can think of -- or, that you know of, I should say?
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think of, but ...
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similar sounding brand, such as Wonder
Bread, but spelled with an "0."
Q.
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Not
Well,
just specifically with a "u."
Do you know of any specific entity using
wunder with a "un other than Wunder Brewery?
Not in our technical field,
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Internet.
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Okay.
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Oh, I take that back.
such as the
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There is a group called
Wunderground Magic Store, I believe, out of Michigan.
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Q.
That's not you?
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No, that's not us.
DEPOSITION REPORTER:
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That's u-n or o-n,
Wunderground?
THE WITNESS:
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Unclear.
I don't remember
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whether they spell it with an "0" or a "u."
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I stumbled upon that while doing web searches for our
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brand.
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BY MR. DELGADO:
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Q.
Okay.
I feel like
How many individual weather stations
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CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER
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I,
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JANIS L.
JENNINGS,
a Certified Shorthand
Reporter of the State of California, do hereby certify:
That the foregoing proceedings were taken
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before me at the time and place herein set forth;
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any witnesses in the foregoing proceedings, prior to
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testifying,
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record of the proceedings was
were placed under oath;
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that
that a verbatim
by me using machine
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shorthand which was thereafter transcribed under my
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direction;
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transcription thereof.
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I
further,
that the foregoing is an accurate
further certify that I am neither
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financially interested in the action nor a relative or
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employee of any attorney of any of the parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
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I
have this date
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Dated:
May 11, 2010
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JAN \\' JENN
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CSR NO.
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