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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
`P.O. Box 1451
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
`General Contact Number: 571-272-8500
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`Mailed: August 30, 2017
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`Opposition No. 91227413
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`Monster Energy Company
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`Universal City Studios LLC
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`Lalita Webb, Paralegal Speciaist:
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`Applicant’s consented motion filed August 22, 2017, to extend time to file an an-
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`swer to the notice of opposition, and to extend conference, disclosure, discovery and
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`trial dates, is granted.1 Trademark Rule 2.127(a).
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`Answer is due September 21, 2017. An answer must be filed through ESTTA,
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`the Board’s Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals. See Trademark
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`Rule 2.106(b)(1)/2.114(b)(1).
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`If the parties agree to another extension or suspension, they will be expected to
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`report to the Board on the progress of discovery, or of any ongoing settlement nego-
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`tiations. Such report must include: a recitation of discovery taken to date, a state-
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`ment of issues that have been resolved and issues that remain to be resolved, and a
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`1 Applicant’s appearance of counsel and change of address, filed August 22, 2017 are noted
`and the Board records have been updated to reflect this change.
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`firm timetable for resolution. Absent such a report, any future motion to extend
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`or suspend may not be approved, even though agreed to by the parties.
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`The conference, disclosure, discovery and trial dates are reset in accordance with
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`Applicant’s motion.
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`Generally, the Federal Rules of Evidence apply to Board trials. Trial testimony is
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`taken and introduced out of the presence of the Board during the assigned testimony
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`periods. The parties may stipulate to a wide variety of matters, and many require-
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`ments relevant to the trial phase of Board proceedings are set forth in Trademark
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`Rules 2.121 through 2.125. These include pretrial disclosures, the manner and timing
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`of taking testimony, matters in evidence, and the procedures for submitting and serv-
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`ing testimony and other evidence, including affidavits, declarations, deposition tran-
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`scripts and stipulated evidence. Trial briefs shall be submitted in accordance with
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`Trademark Rules 2.128(a) and (b). Oral argument at final hearing will be scheduled
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`only upon the timely submission of a separate notice as allowed by Trademark Rule
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`2.129(a).
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