`Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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`General Contact Number: 571-272-8500
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`Mailed: May 13, 2017
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`Opposition No. 91232578
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`Amazon Technologies, Inc.
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`Taizhou Linkedin Trading Company Limited
`dba Home Furnishing
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`Nicole Thier, Paralegal Specialist:
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`On May 12, 2017, Applicant's attorney filed a request to withdraw as Applicant's
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`counsel of record in this proceeding.1 The request to withdraw as counsel is in
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`compliance with the requirements of Trademark Rules 2.19(b) and Patent and
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`Trademark Rule 11.116, and is accordingly granted. The law firm of Raj Abhyanker PC
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`no longer represents Applicant in this proceeding.
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`In view of the withdrawal of Applicant's counsel, and in accordance with standard
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`Board practice, proceedings are suspended, and Applicant is allowed until thirty days
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`from the mailing date of this order to appoint new counsel, or to file a paper stating that
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`Applicant chooses to represent itself. If Applicant files no response, the Board may issue
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`an order to show cause why default judgment should not be entered against Applicant
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`based on Applicant's apparent loss of interest in the proceeding.
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`Proceedings are otherwise suspended pending response to this order.
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`1 A copy of the request to withdraw is placed in the application involved in this proceeding.
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`The parties will be notified by the Board when proceedings are resumed, and dates
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`will be reset, as appropriate.
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`A copy of this order has been sent to all persons listed below.
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`TAIZHOU LINKEDIN TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
`DBA HOME FURNISHING
`GAOTIAN VILLAGE, JINQING TOWN
`LUQIAO, TAIZHOU
`CHINA
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`RUTH K KHALSA
`RAJ ABHYANKER PC
`1580 WEST E CAMINO REAL
`SUITE 9
`MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94040
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`JAMES F STRUTHERS
`RICHARD LAW GROUP INC
`8411 PRESTON ROAD
`SUITE 890
`DALLAS, TX 75225
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`Information regarding legal representation
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`While Patent and Trademark Rule 11.14 permits any person to represent itself,
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`it is strongly advisable for a person who is not acquainted with the technicalities of
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`the procedural and substantive law involved in inter partes proceedings before the
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`Board to secure the services of an attorney who is familiar with such matters. The
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`Patent and Trademark Office cannot aid in the selection of an attorney. See TBMP §
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`114.02.
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`Trademark Rules 2.119(a) and (b) require that every submission filed in a
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`proceeding before the Board must be served upon the other party or parties, and
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`proper proof of such service must be made before the submission will be considered
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`by the Board. Accordingly, all submissions filed in this proceeding must be
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`accompanied by a statement, signed by the attorney or other authorized
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`representative, attached to or appearing on the original submission when filed,
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`clearly stating the date and manner in which service was made, the name of each
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`party or person upon whom service was made, and the email address or address.
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`See TBMP § 113.03. Service must be made by email unless otherwise stipulated, or
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`unless the filing party has satisfied the requirements for another method of service
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`as set forth in Trademark Rule 2.119(b). The statement will be accepted as prima
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`facie proof of service, must be signed and dated, and should take the form of a
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`Certificate of Service as follows:
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`I hereby certify that a true and complete copy of the foregoing (insert title of
`submission) has been served on (insert name of opposing counsel or party) by
`forwarding said copy on (insert date of mailing), via email (or insert other
`appropriate method of delivery) to: (set out name, address, and email address
`of opposing counsel or party).
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`Signature______________________________
`Date___________________________________
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`Submissions in Board proceedings must be made via ESTTA, the Electronic
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`System for Trademark Trials and Appeals, and must be in compliance with
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`Trademark Rules 2.126(a) and (b). See TBMP § 110.01. The ESTTA user manual,
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`ESTTA forms, and instructions for their use are at http://estta.uspto.gov/.
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`It is recommended that any pro se party be familiar with the latest edition of
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`Chapter 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations, which includes the Trademark Rules
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`of Practice. Parties should also be familiar with the Trademark Trial and Appeal
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`Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP), available at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-
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`application-process/trademark-trial-and-appeal-board-ttab, the TTABVUE system
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`for
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`viewing
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`all Board
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`proceedings,
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`available
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`http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/, and the Standard Protective Order, available at
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`https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-
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`decisions/standard-documents-and-guidelines-0.
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`Strict compliance with the Trademark Rules of Practice, and where applicable
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`the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, is required of all parties, whether or not they
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`are represented by counsel. McDermott v. San Francisco Women’s Motorcycle
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`Contingent, 81 USPQ2d 1212, n.2 (TTAB 2006), aff’d unpub’d, 240 Fed. Appx.865
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`(Fed. Cir. 2007), cert. denied, 552 U.S. 1109 (2008).
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