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TTAB Requires Cross-Examination By Oral Deposition in CAPTAIN CANNABIS Battle
In a precedential decision in a cancellation proceeding, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has ruled that Petitioner Laverne J. Andrusiek must cross-examine, by oral deposition, Respondent Cosmic Crusaders LLC’s witnesses who provided direct testimony via written declaration. Laverne Andrusiek v. Cosmic Crusaders LLC Andrusiek contends that he created a comic book character named “Captain Cannabis” in the 1970s,...