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
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`Mailed: June 20, 2014
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`Opposition No. 91209936
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`Los Angeles Dodgers LLC
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`Tolemar Inc1
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`Rochelle Adams, Paralegal Specialist:
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`Opposer’s consented motion filed June 10, 2014 to suspend proceedings
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`for ninety days is granted.
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`Because the parties are negotiating for possible settlement of this case,
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`proceedings are suspended, subject to the right of either party to request
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`resumption at any time. See Trademark Rules 2.117(c), and 2.127(a); TBMP §
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`605.02.
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`Progress Report Required for Motions to Suspend or Extend for Settlement
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`The Board has granted numerous motions to suspend or extend in this
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`proceeding to accommodate the parties’ settlement efforts. Upon expiration of
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`the suspension period granted in this order, in order to establish good cause for
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`all future requests for suspension or extension, the parties must include, in any
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`further motions to suspend or extend, a detailed report setting forth what
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`1 Applicant’s change of address filed on May 14, 2014 is noted and has been updated in the record.
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`progress the parties have made towards settlement during the previous period of
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`suspension
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`This report must set forth, at a minimum, 1) all dates on which the parties
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`communicated, and the method of each communication (e.g. telephone, email, in-
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`person meeting), 2) the general nature of each communication, 3) the issues that
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`have been resolved, 4) the issues that remain to be resolved or that remain for
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`trial, and 5) a proposed timetable for resolution of the unresolved issues.
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`Appropriately designated confidential information or materials may be filed under
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`seal and will be barred from public viewing. See Trademark Rule 2.126(c); TBMP
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`§§ 120.02 and 502.02(c).
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`Due to the requirement for a progress report, the parties can no longer use
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`the ESTTA consent motions form to file future motions to suspend or extend.
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`Absent a progress report as required above, a motion to suspend or extend
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`may be denied, even if consented to by the parties. If the Board denies such a
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`motion, dates may remain as previously set. See TBMP § 509.01(a).
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`If there is no word from either party concerning the progress of
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`settlement, upon conclusion of the suspension period, proceedings shall
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`resume without further notice or order from the Board, upon the schedule set
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`forth in the June 10, 2014 motion.
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`In each instance, a copy of the transcript of testimony together with copies
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`of documentary exhibits, must be served on the adverse party within thirty days
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`after completion of the taking of testimony. Trademark Rule 2.l25. Briefs shall be
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`filed in accordance with Trademark Rules 2.128(a) and (b). An oral hearing will
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`be set only upon request filed as provided by Trademark Rule 2.l29.
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`If, during the suspension period, either of the parties or their attorneys
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`have a change of address, the Board must be so informed.
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