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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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`July 18, 2018
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`Cancellation No. 92068935
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`Pepper Group Limited
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`v.
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`Duck Creek Tribal Financial, LLC, a who lly
`owned tribal enterprise of the La Vi eux
`Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippew
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`Amy Matelski, Paralegal Specialist:
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` It has come to the Board’s attention that the Board’s institution order dated July
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`12, 2018 set forth an incorrect scheduling order. The Board corrects this error and
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`regrets any resulting inconvenience.
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`Answer is due August 27, 2018. An answer must be filed through ESTTA, the
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`Board’s Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals. See Trademark Rule
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`2.114(b)(1).
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`The conference, disclosure, discovery and trial 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
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`8/27/2018
`9/26/2018
`9/26/2018
`10/26/2018
`2/23/2019
`3/25/2019
`5/9/2019
`6/23/2019
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`Cancellation No. 92068935
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`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
`Plaintiff's Reply Brief Due
`Request for Oral Hearing (optional) Due
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`7/8/2019
`8/22/2019
`9/6/2019
`10/6/2019
`12/5/2019
`1/4/2020
`1/19/2020
`1/29/2020
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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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