`Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
`P.O. Box 1451
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
`General Contact Number: 571-272-8500
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`LISA M DUROSS
`HARNESS DICKEY & PIERCE PLC
`5445 CORPORATE DR STE 200
`TROY, MI 48098-2683
`UNITED STATES
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`Mailed: March 3, 2016
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`Serial No.: 86550220
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`Tyrone Craven, Lead Paralegal Specialist:
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`The request to extend time to oppose is granted until 6/1/2016 on behalf of
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`potential opposer Hubbell Incoprorated.
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`Please do not hesitate to contact the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board for any
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`questions relating to this extension.
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`New Developments at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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`TTAB forms for electronic filing of extensions of time to oppose, notices of
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`opposition, and inter partes filings are now available at http://estta.uspto.gov.
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`Images of TTAB proceeding
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`files can be viewed using TTABVue at
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`http://ttabvue.uspto.gov.
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`TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD RULE
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`The USPTO has issued new rules pertaining to TTAB proceedings. Parties are
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`urged to familiarize themselves with the new rules.
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`Extension of Time to Oppose No. 86550220
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`Among other changes, for any notice of opposition filed on or after November 1,
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`2007, the new rules require an opposer to provide proof of service of the notice of
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`opposition upon the applicant at the time the notice of opposition is filed.
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`Trademark Rule 2.101. (Parallel amendments to Trademark Rule 2.111 require a
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`petitioner to include proof of service of the petition for cancellation.) Service may be
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`made by any of the means set out in Trademark Rule 2.119(b). A certificate of
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`service is adequate proof of service; service by a process server is not necessary. A
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`notice of opposition (or petition for cancellation) filed without a certificate of service
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`will not be instituted.
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`The notice of final rulemaking and a chart summarizing the changes contained
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`in the notice are available for viewing on the TTAB web page:
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`www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/notices/72fr42242.pdf
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`www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/notices/72fr42242_FinalRuleChart.pdf
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