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`ESTTA Tracking number:
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`ESTTA1013707
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`Filing date:
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`11/06/2019
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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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`91251108
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`Party
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`Correspondence
`Address
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`Plaintiff
`Megaport (Services) Pty Ltd
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`THEODORE R. REMAKLUS
`WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, L.L.P.
`441 VINE STREET 2700 CAREW TOWER
`CINCINNATI, OH 45202
`UNITED STATES
`tremaklus@whe-law.com
`5132412324
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`Submission
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`Filer's Name
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`Filer's email
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`Signature
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`Date
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`Motion for Default Judgment
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`Theodore R. Remaklus
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`tremaklus@whe-law.com
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`/theodore r remaklus/
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`11/06/2019
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`Attachments
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`Motion for entry of default judgment.pdf(98577 bytes )
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Megaport (Services) Pty Ltd,
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`) Opposition No. 91251108
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`Opposer,
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`) Application No. 88/298,872
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`) Mark: GIGAPORT
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`Gigafy, LLC,
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`Applicant.
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`MOTION FOR ENTRY OF DEFAULT JUDGMENT
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`Opposer, Megaport (Services) Pty Ltd ("Opposer"), moves the Board pursuant to
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`37 C.F.R. §2.114(a) for entry of default judgment on the grounds that Applicant, Gigafy, LLC
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`("Applicant"), has failed to file an answer within the time set by the Board. In support of its
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`Motion, Opposer states:
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`On September 23, 2019, Opposer filed a Notice of Opposition to U.S. Application
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`No. 88/298,872 for the mark GIGAPORT for use in International Classes 9 and 42. The
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`Opposition was filed on the basis of likelihood of confusion with Opposer's U.S. Registration
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`Nos. 5148547, 5148579, 5193317, 5193324, 5206695, 5273259 and 5809663 for the mark
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`MEGAPORT and other marks that include the term MEGAPORT in International Classes 38
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`and/or 42.
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`2.
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`On September 23, 2019, the Board served the Notice of Opposition on Applicant
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`and setting November 2, 2019, as the deadline for Applicant to file an answer to the Notice of
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`Opposition.
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`As of the date of this Motion for Entry of Default Judgment, or November 6,
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`2019, Applicant has neither filed an answer to the Notice of Opposition nor requested an
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`extension of time to file such an answer.
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`4.
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`"[T]he standard for determining whether a default judgment should be entered
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`against the defendant, for its failure to file a timely answer to the complaint, is the Fed. R. Civ. P.
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`55(c) standard, which requires that the defendant show good cause why default judgment should
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`not be entered against it." TTAB Manual of Procedure § 508.
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`5.
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`Because Applicant has failed to file an answer to the Notice of Opposition within
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`the time permitted, default judgment should be granted to Opposer and an order sustaining the
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`opposition to Classes 9 and 42 of U.S. Application No. 88/298,872.
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`WHEREFORE, Megaport (Services) Pty Ltd respectfully requests that its Motion for
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`Entry of Default Judgment be granted.
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`Date: November 6, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Megaport (Services) Pty Ltd
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` By: /s/ Theodore R. Remaklus
`Theodore R. Remaklus
`tremaklus@whe-law.com
`WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, L.L.P.
`2700 Carew Tower
`441 Vine Street
`Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-2917
`(513) 241-2324
`(513) 241-6234 (Facsimile)
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`Attorneys for Opposer
`Megaport (Services) Pty Ltd
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Motion for Entry of
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`Default Judgment has been served by electronic mail upon counsel for Applicant on this 6th
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`day of November, 2019, on the following address:
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`Joshua M. Gerben, Esq.
`Gerben Law Firm, PLLC
`1050 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 500
`Washington, D.C. 20036
`jgerben@gerbenlawfirm.com
`eperrott@gerbenlawfirm.com
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` /s/ Theodore R. Remaklus
`Theodore R. Remaklus
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`Attorney for Opposer
`Megaport (Services) Pty Ltd
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