`Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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` Mailed: March 13, 2014
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`Opposition No. 91208582
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`Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
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`Nissan Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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`Veronica P. White, Paralegal Specialist:
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`Applicant’s consented motion (filed February 24, 2014)
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`to extend time to file its answer to the notice of
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`opposition and to extend conferencing, disclosure, discovery
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`and trial dates is granted to the extent modified herein.
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`In view of the parties’ settlement negotiations and multiple
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`extension requests, the Board finds it appropriate to
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`suspend proceedings. Accordingly, proceedings herein are
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`suspended until July 27, 2014, subject to the right of
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`either party to request resumption at any time. See
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`Trademark Rule 2.117(c).
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`Unless the parties sooner request resumption, upon
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`conclusion of the suspension period proceedings shall resume
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`July 28, 2014 without further notice or order from the Board
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`and applicant is allowed until August 27, 2014 in which to
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`answer the notice of opposition.
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`Opposition No. 91208582
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`Time to Answer
`Deadline for Discovery Conference
`Discovery Opens
`Initial Disclosures Due
`Expert Disclosures Due
`Discovery Closes
`Plaintiff's Pretrial Disclosures
`Plaintiff's 30-day Trial Period Ends
`Defendant's Pretrial Disclosures
`Defendant's 30-day Trial Period Ends
`Plaintiff's Rebuttal Disclosures
`Plaintiff's 15-day Rebuttal Period Ends
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`In each instance, a copy of the transcript of testimony
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`8/27/2014
`9/26/2014
`9/26/2014
`10/26/2014
`2/23/2015
`3/25/2015
`5/9/2015
`6/23/2015
`7/8/2015
`8/22/2015
`9/6/2015
`10/6/2015
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`together with copies of documentary exhibits, must be served
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`on the adverse party within thirty days after completion of
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`the taking of testimony. Trademark Rule 2.l25.
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`Briefs shall be filed in accordance with Trademark Rule
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`2.128(a) and (b). An oral hearing will be set only upon
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`request filed as provided by Trademark Rule 2.l29.
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`If, during the suspension period, either of the parties
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`or their attorneys should have a change of address, the
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`Board should be so informed.
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`As a final matter, the Board notes that this proceeding
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`has been pending since December 2012 and the parties have
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`been discussing settlement for the entirety of that time,
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`yet no settlement has been reached. In the event that the
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`parties seek further extensions of time or periods of suspension
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`to facilitate settlement discussions, the parties must support
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`such a request with a detailed report on the progress of their
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`settlement negotiations to establish good cause. Such a report
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`should address (1) when the last settlement proposal was sent,
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`by whom, and when a response is expected, (2) a recitation of
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`the issues that have been resolved since the commencement
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`of this proceeding, (3) a list of issues that remain to be
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`resolved, and (4) a timetable for resolution. Absent such a
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`report, any future motion to extend or suspend, even though
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`agreed to by the parties, may not be approved.
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