Affiliate Marketing Secrets

I hired an attorney to file an application for a mark, and without going into all the gory details, Victoria’s Secret objected to my mark as being too similar to theirs when I had it published for opposition.
I have filed marks with the USPTO before and never had a problem with a big company like Victoria’s Secret even paying attention. There are plenty of other marks with the word PINK in them that have been registered successfully. My thoughts are that because I had an attorney file the mark really drew the attention from a huge company because an attorney was doing the filing. If I had filed the mark it probably would have never been opposed.
Am I right or wrong in my thinking? These big corporations most likely review the marks that attorneys are filing, mostly because someone has the money to pay an attorney to do the work and would be more likely to have funds to market their mark afterwords.

Langrova Inc. has the following amounts included in its general ledger at December 31, 2010.
Organization costs $24,000
Trademarks 20,000
Discount on bonds payable 35,000
Deposits with advertising agency for ads to promote goodwill of company 10,000
Excess of cost over fair value of net identifiable assets of acquired subsidiary 75,000
Cost of equipment acquired for research and development projects; the
equipment has an alternative future use 90,000
Costs of developing a secret formula for a product that is expected to
be marketed for at least 20 years 80,000
On the basis of the information above, compute the total amount to be reported by Langrova for intangible assets on its balance sheet at December 31, 2010. Equipment has alternative future use.