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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: December 8, 2017
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`Opposition No. 91235130
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`Michelin North America, Inc.
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`v.
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`Monique Tyson, Paralegal Specialist:
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`Caio Gansauskas
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`Applicant’s consented motion, filed November 15, 2017, to extend its time to file
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`an amended answer to the notice of opposition and to suspend this proceeding for 60
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`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 Rules 2.117(c), and 2.127(a); and TBMP § 605.02.
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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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`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.2 See Trademark
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`Rule 2.18(b)(1).
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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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`Applicant’s is allowed until January 26, 2018, in which to file an amended answer
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`the notice of opposition. Conferencing, disclosure, discovery, and trial dates are reset
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`as follows:
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`Time to file an Amended Answer
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`Deadline for Discovery Conference
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`Discovery Opens
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`Initial Disclosures Due
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`Expert Disclosures Due
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`Discovery Closes
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`Plaintiff's Pretrial Disclosures Due
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`Plaintiff's 30-day Trial Period Ends
`Defendant's Pretrial Disclosures Due
`Defendant's 30-day Trial Period Ends
`Plaintiff's Rebuttal Disclosures Due
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`Plaintiff's 15-day Rebuttal Period Ends
`Plaintiff's Opening Brief Due
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`Defendant's Brief Due
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`Plaintiff's Reply Brief Due
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`Request for Oral Hearing (optional) Due
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`1/26/2018
`2/25/2018
`2/25/2018
`3/27/2018
`7/25/2018
`8/24/2018
`10/8/2018
`11/22/2018
`12/7/2018
`1/21/2019
`2/5/2019
`3/7/2019
`5/6/2019
`6/5/2019
`6/20/2019
`6/30/2019
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`2 If the parties are (or during the pendency of this proceeding become) parties to another
`proceeding involving the subject application/registration, the parties must notify the Board
`so the Board can consider whether consolidation or suspension of proceedings is appropriate.
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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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