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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 5, 2017
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`Opposition No. 91229991
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`United States Olympic Committee
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`Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
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`Millicent Canady, Paralegal Specialist:
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`Applicant’s consented motion, filed July 10, 2017, to suspend this proceeding for
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`30-days is granted.
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`Because the parties are negotiating for a possible settlement of this case, proceed-
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`ings are suspended, subject to the right of either party to request resumption at any
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`time.1 See Trademark Rule 2.117(c), and 2.127(a); and TBMP § 605.02).
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`If, during the suspension period, either of the parties or their attorneys have a
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`change of address or email address, the Board should be so informed. See Trademark
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`Rule 2.18(b)(1).
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`1 The parties should note that if proceedings are suspended for a lengthy period of time pur-
`suant to the filing of several motions to suspend for settlement, the Board retains discretion
`to condition the approval of any future consented or stipulated motion to suspend on a party
`or the parties providing necessary information about the status of settlement talks, discovery
`activities, or trial activities, as may be appropriate. See Trademark Rule 2.117(c).
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`In the event that there is no word from either party concerning the progress of
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`their negotiations, upon conclusion of the suspension period, proceedings shall re-
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`sume without further notice or order from the Board, upon the schedule set forth
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`below.
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`Expert Disclosures Due
`Discovery Closes
`Plaintiff's Pretrial Disclosures Due
`Plaintiff's 30-day Trial Period Ends
`Defendant's Pretrial Disclosures Due
`Defendant's 30-day Trial Period Ends
`Plaintiff's Rebuttal Disclosures Due
`Plaintiff's 15-day Rebuttal Period Ends
`Plaintiff's Opening Brief Due
`Defendant's Brief Due
`Plaintiff's Reply Brief Due
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`9/6/2017
`10/6/2017
`11/20/2017
`1/4/2018
`1/19/2018
`3/5/2018
`3/20/2018
`4/19/2018
`6/18/2018
`7/18/2018
`8/2/2018
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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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