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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
`General Contact Number: 571-272-8500
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`Mailed: May 25, 2016
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`Opposition No. 91226612 (Parent)
`Opposition No. 91226614
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`CenturyLink, Inc., CenturyLink Intellectual
`Property LLC
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`Pay Tel Communications, Inc.
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`Lalita Greene, Paralegal Specialist:
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`On May 17, 2016, Opposer filed a motion, with Applicant’s consent to
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`consolidate Opposition No. 91226612 and Opposition No. 91226614. The Board
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`notes initially that applicant has filed its answer in each proceeding for which
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`consolidation is sought. See TBMP § 511.
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`The Board may consolidate pending cases that involve common questions of
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`law or fact. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a); see also, Regatta Sport Ltd. v. Telux-Pioneer
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`Inc., 20 USPQ2d 1154 (TTAB 1991) and Estate of Biro v. Bic Corp., 18 USPQ2d
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`1382 (TTAB 1991). Inasmuch as the parties to the respective proceedings are the
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`same and the proceedings involve common questions of law or fact, the Board finds
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`that consolidation of the above-referenced proceedings is appropriate. Consolidation
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`will avoid duplication of effort concerning the factual issues and will thereby avoid
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`unnecessary costs and delays.
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`Opposition No. 91226612
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`In view thereof, Opposer’s motion to consolidate is hereby granted.
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`Opposition No. 91226612 and Opposition No. 91226614 are hereby consolidated and
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`may be presented on the same record and briefs. The record will be maintained in
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`Opposition No. 91226612 as the “parent” case. The parties should no longer file
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`separate papers in connection with each proceeding, but file only a single copy of
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`each paper in the parent case. Each paper filed should bear the numbers of all
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`consolidated proceedings in ascending order, and the parent case should be
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`designated as the parent case by following it with: “(parent),” as in the case caption
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`set forth above.
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`Consolidated cases do not lose their separate identity because of
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`consolidation. Each proceeding retains its separate character and requires entry of
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`a separate judgment. The decision on the consolidated cases shall take into account
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`any differences in the issues raised by the respective pleadings and a copy of the
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`final decision shall be placed in each proceeding file. See Wright & Miller, Federal
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`Practice and Procedure: Civil §2382 (1971).
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`Trial dates remain as previously set.
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