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`10/18/2013
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`91206495
`Defendant
`Amy Gurvey
`AMY GURVEY
`315 HIGLAND AVE
`MONTCLAIR, NJ 07043
`UNITED STATES
`amygurvey@verizon.net, amyweissbrod@verizon.net
`Other Motions/Papers
`AMY R. GURVEY
`amygurvey@verizon.net
`/AMY R. GURVEY/
`10/18/2013
`TRADEMARK TTAB 91206495 Motion Ext Time Retain Counsel
`10-18-13.pdf(333976 bytes )
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Signal Share, LLC,
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`OPPOSITION NO. 91206495
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`Opposer,
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`MOTION FOR AN ORDER EXTENDING
`TIME TO RETAIN NEW TRADEMARK
`LITIGATION COUNSEL
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`vs.
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`Amy R. Gurvey,
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`Respondent Pro se.
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`PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Respondent Pro Se herein Amy R. Gurvey,
`a USPTO inventor and trademark registration applicant, owning intellectual
`property assets in primary and secondary mobile ticketing operations, and event
`and broadcast production, editing and distribution systems, hereby moves the
`USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeals Board ("TT AB"), for an extension of time
`of 30 days until November 18, 2013 to retain new litigation counsel for the instant
`trademark opposition proceeding.
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`Respondent, who has been represented in trademark matters since 2005 by
`the Rutgers Law Clinic is permanently disabled as defined under the Americans
`With Disabilities Act, 42 USC 12000 et seq. ("ADA"). In addition, Respondent
`has been hospitalized three times over the past six months including for two weeks
`commencing August 10,2013 suffering from acute ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis,
`Clostridium difficile colitis and pleurisy ofthe left lung with nodule proliferation
`(Documents annexed).
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`Respondent's previous IP attorneys Ohlandt Greeley Ruggerio & Perle, LLP
`("OGRP") were retained in March, 2012 to handle Respondent's patent
`prosecution matters only. Respondent was then represented in trademark matters
`by the Rutgers Law Clinic.
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`However, seventeen months after being retained, in August, 2013, an OGRP
`patent partner conceded to Respondent that the flrm had failed to perform
`Respondent's patent prosecution work but had all of Respondent's relevant flIes.
`In addition, he said that OGRP had been performing services on the instant
`opposition proceeding. In fact services herein had been performed without
`Respondent's express authorization and the relevant files were sent to a different
`attorney of the firm.
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`A dispute then ensued as to the scope ofOGRP's retainer and the firm's
`failure to perform services per retainer. On August 27,2013, OGRP then
`unilaterally moved to withdraw from this proceeding. This was the exact time
`Respondent was released from the hospital. [Respondent now has stricture of the
`descending colon that may now require surgery.]
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`Early in September, 2013, during the continuing acute illness, Respondent
`was granted 30 days by this Court until October 18,2013 to retain a new attorney
`for this proceeding. However, the Court did not compel return of all Respondent's
`files from OGRP.
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`OGRP's has since refused without justification to return all of Respondent's
`relevant flIes including those relevant to Opposer's discovery demands. The
`combination of factors - non-cooperation by OGRP and Respondent's illness, has
`made it impossible for Respondent to retain a new litigation attorney in the time
`allotted.
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`There is an additional for majeure issue that explains why Respondent does
`not have second copies of relevant IP files.
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`On May 5, 2009 Respondent's NJ home and offices were virtually destroyed
`when insurance carrier and their water remediation flrm cut soaking plaster
`ceilings damaged from a pipe burst without performing pre-asbestos testing
`required as by law. Upon imposing the cuts, the entire ceilings avalanched
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`contaminating the entire home, offices, air systems and all contents with friable
`asbestos and ultrahazardous waste that were primary component of the plaster.
`Respondent and her husband were seriously injured and were in forced evacuation
`for 27 months, during times relevant to this proceeding. This is how Respondent
`contracted the chronic pleurisy and nodules in the left lung.
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`Respondent and her husband's asbestos property damages and personal
`injuries lawsuit was filed in 2010 before Superior Court ofNJ, Essex Vicinage,
`[Gurvey v. State Farm Insurance and Allan Industries et al., 201 O-L-10711].
`Respondent was in forced evacuation and her personal hard copies ofthe relevant
`IP files could not be salvaged by the remediation firm.
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`Based on the foregoing, Respondent pro se Amy R. Gurvey prays that her
`motion for an extension oftime to retain new trademark litigation counsel be
`granted. Respondent requires new counsel to move to compel production of all
`Respondent's IP files from OGRP, to respond to Opposer's discovery requests, to
`move for an order for in camera inspection under seal ofRespondent's
`confidential business files, and to submit objections to certain of Opposer's
`discovery requests and seek discovery from Opposer.
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`Dated: October 18,2013
`Upper Montclair, NJ
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`To: Eric Stevens, Esq.
`Poyner & Spruill
`Attorney for Opposer Signal Share, LLC
`301 Fayetteville Street Suite 1900
`Raleigh, NC 27601
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
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`I, Amy R. Gurvey, Respondent pro se, certify that on October 18,2013, I
`served a true and accurate copy ofRespondent's within Motion for an Extension of
`Time to Retain Counsel upon Opposer Signal Share, LLC by depositing a true and
`accurate copy thereof in a mailbox duly maintained by the US Postal Service, duly
`addressed to Signal Share's attorney of record herein, as follows:
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`Eric P. Stevens, Esq.
`Poyner Spruill, LLP
`301 Fayetteville Street
`Suite 1900
`Raleigh, NC 27601
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`led on October 18,
`A true and accurate copy Respondent's motion wa
`2013 by ESTTA upon the USPTO Trademark Trial and ppeal Board, with a
`separate copy by mail, USPTO TT AB, PO Box 1451, exra, VA 22313-1451.
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