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`ESTTA Tracking number:
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`ESTTA1081338
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`Filing date:
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`09/11/2020
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Proceeding
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`92074485
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`Party
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`Correspondence
`Address
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`Defendant
`Alibaba Group Holding Limited
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`ALEXIS P GRILLI
`NIXON PEABODY LLP
`799 9TH STREET NW
`SUITE 500
`WASHINGTON, DC 20001
`UNITED STATES
`Primary Email: nptm@nixonpeabody.com
`Secondary Email(s): was.managing.clerk@nixonpeabody.com, ag-
`rilli@nixonpeabody.com
`202-585-8000
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`Submission
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`Filer's Name
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`Filer's email
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`Other Motions/Papers
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`Alexis P. Grilli
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`nptm@nixonpeabody.com, was.managing.clerk@nixonpeabody.com, ag-
`rilli@nixonpeabody.com
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`Signature
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`Date
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`/Alexis P. Grilli/
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`09/11/2020
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`Attachments
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`FIFTH Consent Motion to Extend.pdf(14616 bytes )
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`Attorney Docket No.: 074619-239
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, )
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`Petitioner, )
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`v.
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`ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
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`Cancellation No. 92074485
`Registration No. 4,540,993
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`Respondent/Registrant.
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`FIFTH CONSENT MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINES
`FOR SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS
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`Respondent, Alibaba Group Holding Limited (“Respondent”), with the consent of
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`Petitioner Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (“Petitioner”) hereby moves the Board to extend the
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`deadline for Respondent to file its Answer and all remaining deadlines and trial dates for two (2)
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`additional weeks in the above referenced proceeding in accordance with TBMP 509.02 as the
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`parties are engaged in settlement discussions.
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`Upon acceptance of this motion, Respondent’s deadline to file its Answer will be set for
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`September 27, 2020, and the remaining dates will be extended 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
`Defendant’s 30-day Trial Period Ends
`Plaintiffs Rebuttal Disclosures Due
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`4824-0373-6778.1
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`9/27/2020
`10/27/2020
`10/27/2020
`11/26/2020
`3/26/2021
`4/25/2021
`6/9/2021
`7/24/2021
`8/8/2021
`9/22/2021
`10/7/2021
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`Plaintiffs 15-day Rebuttal Period Ends
`Plaintiff’s Opening Brief Due
`Defendant’s Brief Due
`Plaintiffs Reply Brief Due
`Request for Oral Hearing (optional) Due
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`11/6/2021
`1/5/2022
`2/4/2022
`2/19/2022
`3/1/2022
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`In the event that this Motion is not granted, Respondent respectfully requests additional time
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`to file its Answer.
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`Dated: September 11, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`NIXON PEABODY LLP
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` by: _/Alexis P. Grilli/
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`Jeffrey L. Costellia
`Lauren J. Arnold
`Alexis P. Grilli
`Nixon Peabody LLP
`799 9th Street, N.W., Suite 500
`Washington, D.C. 20001
`202-585-8000 (Phone)
`202-585-8080 (Facsimile)
`nptm@nixonpeabody.com
`was.managing.clerk@nixonpeabody.com
`Counsel for Respondent
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`4824-0373-6778.1
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on September 11, 2020, I caused to be served via electronic mail a true
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`and correct copy of the foregoing Fifth Consent Motion to Extend, upon the following:
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`Barth Xavier Derosa
`Belzer PC
`2905 Bull Street
`Savannah, Ga 31405
`bderosa@belzerlaw.com, rwomack@belzerlaw.com, paralegal@belzerlaw.com
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`/Alexis P. Grilli/ _____________
`Alexis P. Grilli
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`4824-0373-6778.1
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