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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
`General Email: TTABInfo@uspto.gov
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`January 22, 2020
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`Opposition No. 91245851
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`Sony Corporation
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`v.
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`Amy Matelski, Paralegal Specialist:
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`Neil Campbell
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`Opposer’s motion, filed December 23, 2019, to extend disclosure, discovery, and
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`trial dates is granted as conceded.1 Trademark Rule 2.127(a).
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`Trial dates are reset as follows:
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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
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`2/24/2020
`3/25/2020
`5/9/2020
`6/23/2020
`7/8/2020
`8/22/2020
`9/6/2020
`10/6/2020
`12/5/2020
`1/4/2021
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`1 When parties stipulate to the rescheduling of a deadline for pretrial disclosures and
`subsequent testimony periods or to the rescheduling of the closing date for discovery and the
`rescheduling of subsequent deadlines for pretrial disclosures and testimony periods, a
`stipulation presented in the form used in a trial order, signed by the parties, or a motion in
`said form signed by one party and including a statement that every other party has agreed
`thereto, shall be submitted to the Board through ESTTA, with the relevant dates set forth
`and an express statement that all parties agree to the new dates. Trademark Rule 2.121(d).
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`Plaintiff's Reply Brief Due
`Request for Oral Hearing (optional) Due
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`Generally, the Federal Rules of Evidence apply to Board trials. Trial testimony is
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`1/19/2021
`1/29/2021
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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
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`requirements relevant to the trial phase of Board proceedings are set forth in
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`Trademark Rules 2.121 through 2.125. These include pretrial disclosures, the
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`manner and timing of taking testimony, matters in evidence, and the procedures for
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`submitting and serving testimony and other evidence, including affidavits,
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`declarations, deposition transcripts and stipulated evidence. Trial briefs shall be
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`submitted in accordance with Trademark Rules 2.128(a) and (b). Oral argument at
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`final hearing will be scheduled only upon the timely submission of a separate notice
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`as allowed by Trademark Rule 2.129(a).
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`TIPS FOR FILING EVIDENCE, TESTIMONY, OR LARGE DOCUMENTS
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`The Board requires each submission to meet the following criteria before it will be
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`considered: 1) pages must be legible and easily read on a computer screen; 2) page
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`orientation should be determined by its ease of viewing relevant text or evidence, for
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`example, there should be no sideways or upside-down pages; 3) pages must appear in
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`their proper order; 4) depositions and exhibits must be clearly labeled and numbered
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`– use separator pages between exhibits and clearly label each exhibit using sequential
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`letters or numbers; and 5) the entire submission should be text-searchable.
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`Additionally, submissions must be compliant with Trademark Rules 2.119 and 2.126.
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`Submissions failing to meet all of the criteria above may require re-filing. Note:
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`Parties are strongly encouraged to check the entire document before filing.2 The
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`Board will not extend or reset proceeding schedule dates or other deadlines to allow
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`time to re-file documents. For more tips and helpful filing information, please visit
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`the ESTTA help webpage.
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