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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`Patent and Trademark Office
`Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
`2900 Crystal Drive
`Arlington, Virginia 22202-3513
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`Mailed: May 28, 2002
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`Opposition No. 150,304
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`STERLING SOFTWARE, INC.
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`v.
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`COOL PARTNERS, INC.
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`Before Karyn K. Ryan, Interlocutory Attorney
`Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
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`On March 7, 2002, the Board issued a notice of default
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`in view of applicant’s failure to file its answer by the
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`January 22, 2002 deadline.
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`It has now come to the Board’s attention that
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`applicant, on January 22, 2002, filed a petition for
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`bankruptcy.
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`Under the circumstances, we find good cause for
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`setting aside the March 7, 2002 notice of default.
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`The
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`default notice is hereby discharged. See Fed. R. Civ. P.
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`55(c).
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`Applicant’s May 3, 2002 motion to suspend this
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`proceeding pending bankruptcy is granted.
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`Accordingly, proceedings herein are suspended under the
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`automatic stay provisions of Section 362 of the United
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`States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362, pending final
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`determination of the bankruptcy case.
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`See In re Checkers of
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`North America Inc., 23 USPQ2d 1451 (Comm'r 1992).
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`Within twenty days after the final determination of the
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`bankruptcy case, the interested party should notify the
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`Board so that this case may be called up for appropriate
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`action.
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`During the suspension period the Board should be
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`notified in writing of any address changes for the parties
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`or their attorneys.
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