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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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`August 31, 2023
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`Opposition No. 91270005
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`GROWMARK, Inc.
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`v.
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`FS Vector LLC
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`Chaunte Austin, Paralegal Specialist:
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`Opposer’s consented motion, filed August 23, 2023, to extend the time for filing a
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`brief is granted. Trademark Rule 2.128.1
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`The briefing dates are reset in accordance with Opposer’s motion, as follows:
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`Defendant's Brief Due
`Plaintiff's Reply Brief Due
`Request for Oral Hearing (optional) Due
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`9/15/2023
`10/13/2023
`10/23/2023
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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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`1 Opposer’s Notice of Appearance filed August 24, 2023 is noted. The Board records have been
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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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`2 To facilitate accuracy, ESTTA provides thumbnails to view each page before submitting.
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