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`Approved for use through 12/31/2020. OMB 0651-0054
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`Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number.
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`Petition to Director
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`SERIAL NUMBER
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`LAW OFFICE ASSIGNED
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`PETITION
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`PETITION STATEMENT
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`MARK SECTION
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`MARK
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`LITERAL ELEMENT
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`STANDARD CHARACTERS
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`USPTO-GENERATED IMAGE
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`MARK STATEMENT
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`OWNER SECTION (current)
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`NAME
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`MAILING ADDRESS
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`CITY
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`STATE
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`ZIP/POSTAL CODE
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`The table below presents the data as entered.
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`Entered
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`87799530
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`LAW OFFICE 116
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`Response to Petition to Director
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`mark
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`SPAN 2.0
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`YES
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`YES
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`The mark consists of standard characters, without claim to any particular font style,
`size or color.
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`Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
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`20 S. Wacker Drive
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`Chicago
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`Illinois
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`60606
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`COUNTRY/REGION/JURISDICTION/U.S. TERRITORY
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`United States
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`OWNER SECTION (proposed)
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`XXXX
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`NAME
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`MAILING ADDRESS
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`CITY
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`STATE
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`ZIP/POSTAL CODE
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`Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
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`20 S. Wacker Drive
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`Chicago
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`Illinois
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`COUNTRY/REGION/JURISDICTION/U.S. TERRITORY
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`United States
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`EXPLANATION OF FILING
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`XXXX
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`This is a Response to the Petition to the Director that was filed on December 18, 2020.
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`EVIDENCE SECTION
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` ORIGINAL PDF FILE
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`CORRESPONDENCE INFORMATION (current)
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`NAME
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`MATTHEW D WITSMAN
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`PRIMARY EMAIL ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE
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`officeactions@norvellip.com
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`SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES) mwitsman@norvellip.com
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`CORRESPONDENCE INFORMATION (proposed)
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`NAME
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`MATTHEW D WITSMAN
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`PRIMARY EMAIL ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE
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`officeactions@norvellip.com
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`SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES) mwitsman@norvellip.com
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`PAYMENT SECTION
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`PETITION TO DIRECTOR FEE
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`NUMBER OF CLASSES
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`TOTAL FEES DUE
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`SIGNATURE SECTION
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`DECLARATION SIGNATURE
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`SIGNATORY'S NAME
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`SIGNATORY'S POSITION
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`DATE SIGNED
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`SIGNATURE METHOD
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`PETITION SIGNATURE
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`SIGNATORY'S NAME
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`SIGNATORY'S POSITION
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`DATE SIGNED
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`250
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`1
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`250
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`/Matthew D. Witsman/
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`Matthew D. Witsman
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`Attorney of record, Illinois Bar Member
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`01/04/2021
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`Signed directly within the form
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`/Matthew D. Witsman/
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`Matthew D. Witsman
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`Attorney of record, Illinois bar member
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`01/04/2021
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`ROLE OF AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
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`Authorized U.S.-Licensed Attorney
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`SIGNATURE METHOD
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`Signed directly within the form
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`FILING INFORMATION SECTION
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`SUBMIT DATE
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`Mon Jan 04 17:22:45 ET 2021
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`To the Commissioner for Trademarks:
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`Petition to Director
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`Application serial no. 87799530 SPAN 2.0(Standard Characters, see https://tmng-al.uspto.gov/resting2/api/img/87799530/large) has been
`amended as follows:
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`PETITION
`Petition Statement
`Response to Petition to Director
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`EXPLANATION OF FILING
`This is a Response to the Petition to the Director that was filed on December 18, 2020.
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`EVIDENCE
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`Original PDF file:
`evi_1985410679-171715568_ ._210104_-_CME_s_Response _to_Petition_to_Director.pdf
`Converted PDF file(s) ( 108 pages) Evidence-1Evidence-2Evidence-3Evidence-4Evidence-5Evidence-6
`Evidence-7Evidence-8Evidence-9Evidence-10Evidence-11Evidence-12Evidence-13Evidence-14
`Evidence-15Evidence-16Evidence-17Evidence-18Evidence-19Evidence-20Evidence-21Evidence-22
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`OWNER AND/OR ENTITY INFORMATION
`The owner proposes to amend the following:
`Current: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., a corporation of Delaware, having an address of
` 20 S. Wacker Drive
` Chicago, Illinois 60606
` United States
` Email Address: XXXX
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`Proposed: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., a corporation of Delaware, having an address of
` 20 S. Wacker Drive
` Chicago, Illinois 60606
` United States
` Email Address: XXXX
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`Correspondence Information (current):
` MATTHEW D WITSMAN
` PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: officeactions@norvellip.com
` SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): mwitsman@norvellip.com
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`Correspondence Information (proposed):
` MATTHEW D WITSMAN
` PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: officeactions@norvellip.com
` SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): mwitsman@norvellip.com
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`Requirement for Email and Electronic Filing: I understand that a valid email address must be maintained by the owner/holder and the
`owner's/holder's attorney, if appointed, and that all official trademark correspondence must be submitted via the Trademark Electronic
`Application System (TEAS).
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`FEE(S)
`Fee(s) in the amount of $250 is being submitted.
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`SIGNATURE(S)
`Declaration Signature
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`DECLARATION: The signatory being warned that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both,
`under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, and that such willful false statements and the like may jeopardize the validity of the application or submission or
`any registration resulting therefrom, declares that, if the applicant submitted the application or allegation of use (AOU) unsigned, all
`statements in the application or AOU and this submission based on the signatory's own knowledge are true, and all statements in the
`application or AOU and this submission made on information and belief are believed to be true.
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`STATEMENTS FOR UNSIGNED SECTION 1(a) APPLICATION/AOU: If the applicant filed an unsigned application under 15 U.S.C.
`§1051(a) or AOU under 15 U.S.C. §1051(c), the signatory additionally believes that: the applicant is the owner of the mark sought to be
`registered; the mark is in use in commerce and was in use in commerce as of the filing date of the application or AOU on or in connection with
`the goods/services/collective membership organization in the application or AOU; the original specimen(s), if applicable, shows the mark in use
`in commerce as of the filing date of the application or AOU on or in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization in
`the application or AOU; for a collective trademark, collective service mark, collective membership mark application, or certification mark
`application, the applicant is exercising legitimate control over the use of the mark in commerce and was exercising legitimate control over the
`use of the mark in commerce as of the filing date of the application or AOU; for a certification mark application, the applicant is not engaged in
`the production or marketing of the goods/services to which the mark is applied, except to advertise or promote recognition of the certification
`program or of the goods/services that meet the certification standards of the applicant. To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, no
`other persons, except, if applicable, authorized users, members, and/or concurrent users, have the right to use the mark in commerce,
`either in the identical form or in such near resemblance as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods/services/collective
`membership organization of such other persons, to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive.
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`STATEMENTS FOR UNSIGNED SECTION 1(b)/SECTION 44 APPLICATION AND FOR SECTION 66(a)
`COLLECTIVE/CERTIFICATION MARK APPLICATION: If the applicant filed an unsigned application under 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051(b),
`1126(d), and/or 1126(e), or filed a collective/certification mark application under 15 U.S.C. §1141f(a), the signatory additionally believes that:
`for a trademark or service mark application, the applicant is entitled to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services
`specified in the application; the applicant has a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce and had a bona fide intention to use the mark in
`commerce as of the application filing date; for a collective trademark, collective service mark, collective membership mark, or certification
`mark application, the applicant has a bona fide intention, and is entitled, to exercise legitimate control over the use of the mark in commerce and
`had a bona fide intention, and was entitled, to exercise legitimate control over the use of the mark in commerce as of the application filing date;
`the signatory is properly authorized to execute the declaration on behalf of the applicant; for a certification mark application, the applicant will
`not engage in the production or marketing of the goods/services to which the mark is applied, except to advertise or promote recognition of the
`certification program or of the goods/services that meet the certification standards of the applicant. To the best of the signatory's knowledge
`and belief, no other persons, except, if applicable, authorized users, members, and/or concurrent users, have the right to use the mark in
`commerce, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the
`goods/services/collective membership organization of such other persons, to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive.
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`Signature: /Matthew D. Witsman/ Date: 01/04/2021
`Signatory's Name: Matthew D. Witsman
`Signatory's Position: Attorney of record, Illinois Bar Member
`Signature method: Signed directly within the form
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`Signature: /Matthew D. Witsman/ Date: 01/04/2021
`Signatory's Name: Matthew D. Witsman
`Signatory's Position: Attorney of record, Illinois bar member
`Signature method: Signed directly within the form
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`The signatory has confirmed that he/she is a U.S.-licensed attorney who is an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a
`U.S. state (including the District of Columbia and any U.S. Commonwealth or territory); and he/she is currently the petitioner's attorney or an
`associate thereof; and to the best of his/her knowledge, if prior to his/her appointment another U.S.-licensed attorney not currently associated
`with his/her company/firm previously represented the petitioner in this matter: the petitioner has revoked their power of attorney by a signed
`revocation or substitute power of attorney with the USPTO; the USPTO has granted that attorney's withdrawal; the petitioner has filed a power of
`attorney appointing him/her in this matter; or the petitioner's appointed U.S.-licensed attorney has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her as
`an associate attorney in this matter.
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`Mailing Address: MATTHEW D WITSMAN
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` NORVELL IP LLC
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` PO BOX 2461
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` CHICAGO, Illinois 60690
`Mailing Address: MATTHEW D WITSMAN
` NORVELL IP LLC
` PO BOX 2461
` CHICAGO, Illinois 60690
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`PAYMENT: 87799530
`PAYMENT DATE: 01/04/2021
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`Serial Number: 87799530
`Internet Transmission Date: Mon Jan 04 17:22:45 ET 2021
`TEAS Stamp: USPTO/PGP-XXX.XX.XXX.XX-2021010417224555
`8792-87799530-76086b0d548a63df28c21717fb
`e2c2d9f46e9de01e265f411df3408bec44fff3bb
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE
`TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`In re Interlocutory Decision of:
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`Proceeding Nos:
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`Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. V.
`Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
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`91243801 (parent); 91245132;
`91245133; 92070427; 92070429;
`92070457; 92070458
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`Decision of Petition Filed:
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`November 20, 2020
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`For:
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`Order Denying Motion to Resume
`Proceeding
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`CME’S RESPONSE TO OPPOSERIPETITIONER’S PETITION TO THE DIRECTOR
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 2.146(e)(2), Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (“CME”)
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`submits this brief in response to Intercontinental Exchange, lnc.’s (“ICE”) petition for relief
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`from a November 20, 2020 order (the “November 20 Order”) of the Trademark Trial and
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`Appeal Board (the
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`“‘Board”)
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`suspending TTAB Proceeding No. 91243801
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`(the
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`“Proceeding"). Docket Entry No. 14. The November 20 Order suspended the Proceeding
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`in light of pending federal court litigation between CME and two direct subsidiaries of ICE.
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`It is neither necessary nor appropriate for the Director to overrule the panel and
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`reverse the decision to suspend the Proceeding. ICE has failed to show that suspension
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`is improper pursuant to the Board’s broad discretion to suspend TTAB proceedings or
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`that any significant prejudice will occur to ICE if the Proceeding remains suspended until
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`the litigation is concluded. For these reasons, CME asks that ICE’s Petition be denied.
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`|.
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`BACKGROUND
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`On February 23, 2018, CME filed a complaint in the United States District Court
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`for the Northern District of Illinois (the “Court”) alleging that ICE and its subsidiaries
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`engaged in trademark infringement, among other claims, by impermissibly using the
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`SPAN trademark and thereby infringing CME’s long-standing rights in the trademark
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`SPAN. That litigation was captioned Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. V. ICE Clear US,
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`Inc. et al., Case No. 18-cv-01376 (the “Litigation”). ICE and its subsidiaries, ICE Clear
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`U.S.,
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`Inc. and ICE Clear Europe Ltd., asserted counterclaims to cancel CME’s U.S.
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`registrations for PC—SPAN, SPAN, and SPAN RISK MANAGER (Reg. Nos. 1,689,882;
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`1,689,883; 2,386,878; and 2,828,376). However, the ICE subsidiaries ultimately withdrew
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`their cancellation counterclaims after CME moved to dismiss on the basis that the doctrine
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`of licensee estoppel prohibits licensees from challenging the validity of a trademark. See,
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`e.g., Chrysler/Motors Corp. v. AlloyAuto Co. Inc., 661 F. Supp. 191 (ND. III. 1987) (finding
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`that a former licensee was estopped from challenging the validity of its former Iicensor’s
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`trademark based on facts arising during the course of the license). Later, in advance of
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`trial, CME filed a Motion to Dismiss its claims against ICE, to which ICE responded with
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`extensive argument that the Litigation and the Proceeding were so intertwined that the
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`Litigation should be stayed pending resolution of the Proceeding. Exhibit A at 13; see also
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`Docket Entry No. 10 (at Exhibit A).
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`The Court granted CME‘s Motion to Dismiss on July 31, 2020, and also denied
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`ICE’s request to stay the Litigation pending the outcome of the Proceeding. Now, ICE
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`appeals the November 20 Order and argues that
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`the Proceeding should not be
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`suspended in light of the Litigation. ICE claims that the November 20 Order serves as a
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`“de facto ruling that CME’s marks are valid during the pendency of the Litigation against
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`ICE’s wholly owned subsidiaries” and that ICE is “without any ability to challenge the
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`validity of CME’s purported marks while, at the same time, CME uses those same marks
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`to attack ICE’s subsidiaries.” Exhibit B at 3—4 (without exhibits).
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`As explained below, the Board’s November 20 Order is not a de facto ruling that
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`CME’s marks are valid; it is a procedural decision to deferto the Court during the pending
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`Litigation. Moreover, because ICE was originally a party to the Litigation, and it still
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`controls the current defendants, numerous issues relating to ICE and its subsidiaries are
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`being addressed or have been addressed in the Litigation that could be appealed,
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`including some relating to ICE’s invalidity claims. Therefore, there remain a number of
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`issues in the Litigation that may have a bearing on those in the Board Proceeding. Thus,
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`suspension is justified under the Board’s broad discretion to suspend proceedings.
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`ll.
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`ARGUMENT
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`ICE’s Motion to resume the Proceeding should be denied because the Board used
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`the proper legal standard, and there was no clear error or abuse of discretion. In addition,
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`despite its naked assertions that the Order will have “disastrous, prejudicial
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`legal and
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`practical effects,” ICE cannot point to any real prejudicial effect, especially as ICE still has
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`avenues of appeal available after the Litigation concludes. Furthermore, CME seeks an
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`injunction in the Litigation to prevent ICE’s subsidiaries from using the SPAN mark.
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`If
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`successful,
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`ICE will have no standing in the Proceeding. Finally, the issue of validity
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`overlaps with pending issues in the Litigation, which ICE has publicly acknowledged.
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`A.
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`The Board Applied the Proper Standard in Granting and Maintaining
`the Suspension.
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`The Board has broad discretion to suspend TTAB proceedings whenever it shall
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`come to the attention of the Board that a party or parties to a pending case are engaged
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`in a civil action “which may have a bearing on the case.” 37 C.F.R. § 2.117(a). The
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`purpose behind a suspension is one ofjudicial economy and “[u]nless there are unusual
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`circumstances,
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`the Board will suspend proceedings in the case before it
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`if the final
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`determination of the other proceeding may have a bearing on the issues before the
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`Board.” TBIVIP § 510.02(a).
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`In fact, the Board’s policy is “to suspend in favor of civil
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`action.” Id; see also MCCARTHY ON TRADEMARKS AND UNFAIR COMPETITION § 32:47 (4th
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`ed.) (“It is standard procedure for the Trademark Board to stay
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`proceedings pending
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`the outcome of court litigation between the same parties involving related issues”).
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`In addition, the case law is clear that the prompt adjudication of a district court claim of
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`infringement far outweighs the value of reinstituting proceedings at the USPTO. See, e.g.,
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`Goya Foods, Inc. v. Tropicana Products, Inc, 846 F.2d 848, 854, 6 USPQ.2d 1950
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`(2d Cir. 1988)
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`(“But where, as in the pending case, a district court suit concerns
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`infringement, the interest in prompt adjudication far outweighs the value of having the
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`views of the PTO.”). ICE has presented no “unusual circumstances" to deviate from the
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`Board’s regular practice. See Jvmax, Inc. V. ESR Performance Corp, Cancellation No.
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`92063873, 2018 WL 1010721, at *1 (TTAB Feb. 15, 2018) (denying respondent’s motion
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`to suspend because unusual circumstances were present, when the Board found that the
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`Federal case, which had been filed in the final stage of the Board proceeding, suggested
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`an attempt to forestall the final outcome of the cancellation action).
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`In the November 20 Order, the Board said it was suspending the Proceeding
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`because there are still issues remaining for the Court that involve the pleaded marks in
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`the Proceeding. Docket Entry 14 at 3. This decision was proper because the Litigation, in
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`fact, may have a bearing on the Proceeding.
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`For example, ICE may appeal its dismissal from the Litigation, and if the appeal is
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`granted and the case remanded, ICE would be asserting the same invalidity claims in
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`both the Litigation and the Proceeding.
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`In addition, the ICE subsidiaries have asserted
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`breach of contract counterclaims against CME in the Litigation. These counterclaims
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`include claims that CME has failed to exercise any control over the nature of its licensees’
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`goods or services under the SPAN marks and has allowed the unlicensed use of the
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`SPAN marks by third parties without adequate policing
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