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`ESTTA Tracking number:
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`ESTTA1112694
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`Filing date:
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`02/05/2021
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`Proceeding
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`Party
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`Correspondence
`Address
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`91247487
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`Plaintiff
`Apple Inc.
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`JOSEPH PETERSEN
`KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP
`1080 MARSH ROAD
`MENLO PARK, CA 94025
`UNITED STATES
`Primary Email: JPetersen@kilpatricktownsend.com
`Secondary Email(s): BBRYNER@kilpatricktownsend.com, PRosen-
`berg@kilpatricktownsend.com, hyang@kilpatricktownsend.com, Agar-
`cia@kilpatricktownsend.com, tmadmin@kilpatricktownsend.com
`650-326-2400
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`Submission
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`Filer's Name
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`Filer's email
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`Motion to Suspend for Settlement Discussions
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`Joseph Petersen
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`jpetersen@kilpatricktownsend.com, BBRYNER@kilpatricktownsend.com,
`PRosenberg@kilpatricktownsend.com, hyang@kilpatricktownsend.com, Agar-
`cia@kilpatricktownsend.com, tmadmin@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`Signature
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`Date
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`/Joseph Petersen/
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`02/05/2021
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`Attachments
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`2021-02-05 Consent Motion to Suspend.pdf(141538 bytes )
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`In the Matter of Application Serial No. 79/228,742
`For the mark: APPLEXION
`Filed: November 28, 2017
`Published: October 9, 2018
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`Opposition No. 91247487
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`APPLE INC.,
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`Opposer,
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`NOVASEP PROCESS,
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`Applicant.
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`CONSENTED MOTION TO SUSPEND
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`Opposer Apple Inc., with the consent of Applicant Novasep Process, moves the Board
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`under 37 C.F.R. §2.117(c) and TBMP §510.03(a) to suspend this proceeding for sixty (60) days
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`pending settlement discussions between the parties.
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`The parties have been engaged in settlement negotiations since at least as early as May
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`2019, and have sought and obtained a number of extensions to afford the parties time to discuss
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`settlement. (4-25 TTABVUE). On December 10, 2020, the Board granted a further sixty day
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`extension. (25 TTABVUE). The Board’s December 10, 2020 order provided that in order to
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`establish good cause for future motions to suspend or extend the parties must include in the
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`motion a status report setting forth specific efforts the parties have made towards settlement. (25
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`TTABVUE 1).
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`During the suspension period, the parties have exchanged settlement terms and are
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`negotiating the details regarding the resolution of their dispute. The parties are also involved in
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`opposition proceedings in the European Union and are negotiating a resolution that will address
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`the United States and, potentially, the European proceedings as well. The parties therefore
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`request a further sixty (60) day suspension to allow the parties additional time to negotiate and
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`finalize the settlement. The parties propose the following trial schedule:
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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
`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)
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`4/9/2021
`5/9/2021
`5/9/2021
`6/8/2021
`10/6/2021
`11/5/2021
`12/20/2021
`2/3/2022
`2/18/2022
`4/4/2022
`4/19/2022
`5/19/2022
`7/18/2022
`8/17/2022
`9/1/2022
`9/11/2022
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`Opposer respectfully requests that the Board grant this consented motion to suspend the
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`proceeding for an additional sixty (60) days. Jessica S. Sachs, counsel for Applicant, has
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`consented to this motion by email on February 5, 2021.
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`Dated: February 5, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`KILPATRICK TOWNSEND &
`STOCKTON LLP
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`By: /Joseph Petersen/
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`Joseph Petersen
`Hannah T. Yang
`1080 Marsh Road
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`Telephone: (650) 326-2400
`Facsimile: (650) 326-2422
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`Attorneys for Opposer Apple Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on February 5, 2021, a true and correct copy of the foregoing
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` CONSENTED MOTION TO SUSPEND is being served on Applicant’s Attorney of Record via
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`electronic mail as follows:
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`Monte L. Falcoff
`Jessica S. Sachs
`Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
`5445 Corporate Drive, Suite 200
`Troy, Michigan 48098
`Phone: (248) 641-1600
`Fax: (248) 641-0270
`Email: jsachs@hdp.com
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`Attorneys for Applicant
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`/Alberto Garcia/
`Alberto Garcia
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