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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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`February 19, 2020
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`Opposition No. 91250178
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`McDonald's Corporation
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`v.
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`By the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board:
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`MacMartCart, LLC
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` On January 14, 2020, in response to the Board’s order dated January 9, 2020, Opposer
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`filed its written consent to the abandonment of application Serial No. 88184468.
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`In view thereof, application Serial No. 88184468 only stands abandoned, and the
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`opposition is dismissed without prejudice. See Trademark Rule 2.135.
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`The opposition will proceed with respect to application Serial No. 88184448.
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`Trail dates are reset as follows:
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`Time to Answer
`Deadline for Discovery Conference
`Discovery Opens
`Initial Disclosures Due
`Expert Disclosures Due
`Discovery Closes
`Plaintiff's Pretrial Disclosures Due
`Plaintiff's 30-day Trial Period Ends
`Defendant's Pretrial Disclosures Due
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`3/20/2020
`4/19/2020
`4/19/2020
`5/19/2020
`9/16/2020
`10/16/2020
`11/30/2020
`1/14/2021
`1/29/2021
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`Opposition No. 91250178
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`3/15/2021
`Defendant's 30-day Trial Period Ends
`3/30/2021
`Plaintiff's Rebuttal Disclosures Due
`Plaintiff's 15-day Rebuttal Period Ends 4/29/2021
`Plaintiff's Opening Brief Due
`6/28/2021
`Defendant's Brief Due
`7/28/2021
`Plaintiff's Reply Brief Due
`8/12/2021
`Request for Oral Hearing (optional) Due 8/22/2021
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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
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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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`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.1 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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