`Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
`P.O. Box 1451
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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` Mailed: April 29, 2009
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`Opposition No. 91189133
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`The Quaker Oats Company
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`Fiesta Products LLC
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`Tdc
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`Tyrone Craven, Paralegal Specialist:
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`Answer was due in this case on April 14, 2009. Inasmuch
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`as it appears that no answer has been filed, nor has applicant
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`filed a motion to extend its time to answer, notice of default
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`is hereby entered against applicant under Fed. R. Civ. P.
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`55(a).
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`Applicant is allowed until thirty days from the mailing
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`date of this order to show cause why judgment by default
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`should not be entered against applicant in accordance with
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`Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(b).
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`NEWS FROM THE TTAB:
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`The USPTO published a notice of final rulemaking in the
`Federal Register on August 1, 2007, at 72 F.R. 42242. By
`this notice, various rules governing Trademark Trial and
`Appeal Board inter partes proceedings are amended. Certain
`amendments have an effective date of August 31, 2007, while
`most have an effective date of November 1, 2007. For
`further information, the parties are referred to a reprint
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`of the final rule and a chart summarizing the affected
`rules, their changes, and effective dates, both viewable on
`the USPTO website via these web addresses:
`http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/notices/72fr42242.pdf
`http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/notices/72fr42242_FinalR
`uleChart.pdf
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`By one rule change effective August 31, 2007, the Board's
`standard protective order is made applicable to all TTAB
`inter partes cases, whether already pending or commenced on
`or after that date. However, as explained in the final rule
`and chart, this change will not affect any case in which any
`protective order has already been approved or imposed by the
`Board. Further, as explained in the final rule, parties are
`free to agree to a substitute protective order or to
`supplement or amend the standard order even after August 31,
`2007, subject to Board approval. The standard protective
`order can be viewed using the following web address:
`http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/ttab/tbmp/stndagmnt.htm



