`ESTTA655699
`ESTTA Tracking number:
`02/12/2015
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`Filing date:
`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`92057944
`Plaintiff
`StonCor Group, Inc.
`CHARLES N QUINN
`EAGLEVIWEW CORPORATE CENTER
`747 CONSTITUTION DRIVE, SUITE 100
`EXTON, PA 19341
`UNITED STATES
`cquinn@foxrothschild.com, dmcgregor@foxrothschild.com,
`cesch@foxrothschild.com, dwilliams@foxrothschild.com, ipdock-
`et@foxrothschild.com
`Motion to Extend
`CHARLES N. QUINN
`cquinn@frof.com, dmcgregor@frof.com, cesch@frof.com, mscott@frof.com
`/Charles N. Quinn/
`02/12/2015
`28997751_1_Motion for Two Month Extension.PDF(194572 bytes )
`28997766_1_Declaration of CNQ.PDF(174543 bytes )
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`THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`STONCOR GROUP, INC.,
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`Petitioner
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`Proceeding 92057944
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`ST 0 AG,
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`Registrant
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`MOTION BY PETITIONER STONCOR GROUP, INC. FOR TWO MONTH
`EXTENSION OF DISCOVERY AND CONSEQUENT RESETTING OF DATES
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`Petitioner StonCor Group, Inc. hereby moves for a two month extension of discovery and
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`consequent resetting of all dates in this matter.
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`Discovery in this case is currently scheduled to close on 1 March 2015.
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`As a by-product of representing StonCor Group, Inc. as the defendant in on-going patent
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`infringement litigation over the past thirteen (13) months in the United States District Court for
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`the District of New Jersey (the case is captioned Ronald Mark Associates v. StorzCor Group, Inc.,
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`cv 13-7446), StonCor’s undersigned counsel has been unable to devote adequate time to the
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`instant cancellation proceeding as respecting discovery and settlement possibilities.
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`The attached declaration by StonCor’s counsel presents in detail some, but not all, of the
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`activity in the Ronald Mark v. StonCor matter that has caused StonCor’s undersigned counsel to
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`need additional time to develop StonCor’s case, to answer discovery that has been propounded
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`by Sto AG on StonCor, and to explore in depth the very real and desirable possibility of
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`settlement between these parties.
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`Accordingly StonCor moves for a two month extension of discovery and consequent
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`resetting of dates.
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`If the instant Motion is granted, the new schedule for proceeding would be as follows:
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`Discovery Closes:
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`Plaintiff s Pretrial Disclosures:
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`Plaintiffs 30-day Trial Period Ends:
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`Defendant/Counterclaim Plaintiffs
`Pretrial Disclosures:
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`30-day Trial Period for Defendant and
`Plaintiff in the Counterclaim:
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`Counterclaim Defendant’s and Plaintiff
`Rebuttal Disclosures Due:
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`30-day Trial Period for Counterclaim Defendant
`and Rebuttal Testimony as Plaintiff ends:
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`Counterclaim Plaintiff’ s Rebuttal Disclosures Due:
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`05/01/2015
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`06/15/2015
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`07/30/2015
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`08/14/2015
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`09/29/2015
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`10/13/2015
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`11/27/2015
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`12/12/2015
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`15-day Rebuttal Period for Counterclaim Plaintiff Ends:
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`01/11/2016
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`Plaintiff’ s Trial Brief Due:
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`Defendant°s Trial Brief and Plaintiff in the Counterclairn
`Due:
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`Brief for Defendant in the Counterclaim and Reply Brief,
`if any, for Plaintiff Due:
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`03/10/2016
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`04/09/2016
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`05/10/2016
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`Reply Brief, if any, for Plaintiff in the Counterclaim Due:
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`05/25/2016
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`StonCor respectfully requests notification of the grant of this Motion so that either a
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`suitable settlement agreement can be written and exchanged between the parties for approval, or
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`the proceeding can go forward.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STONCOR GROUP, INC.
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`/Charles N. Q_u_inn/
`Charles N. Quinn
`747 Constitution Drive, Suite lO0
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`Exton, PA 19341
`Tel: 610-458-4984
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`cquinn@foXrothschild.com
`Attorneys for Petitioner
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`By:
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`Dated:
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`12 February 2015
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`THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`STONCOR GROUP, INC.,
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`Petitioner
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`Proceeding 92057944
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`STO AG,
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`Registrant
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`1, Charles N. Quinn, Esquire, hereby certify that, pursuant to the parties’ agreement for
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`electronic service, a true and correct copy of the foregoing Motion by Petitioner StonCor Group,
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`Inc. for Two Month Extension of Discovery and Consequent Resetting of Dates was served on
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`Applicant via First Class Mail, postage pre-paid, on 12 February 2015 at the addresses below:
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`Jeffrey B. Sladkus, Esquire
`The Sladkus Law Group
`1827 Powers Ferry Road
`Building 6, Suite 200
`Atlanta, GA 30339
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`Charles N. Quinn
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`THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`STONCOR GROUP, INC.,
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`Petitioner
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`Proceeding 92057944
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`STO AG,
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`Registrant
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`DECLARATION OF CHARLES N. QUINN
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`1, Charles N. Quinn, hereby declare that I am a citizen of the United States,
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`residing at 419 Bowen Drive, Exton, Pennsylvania, 19341, a partner in the law firm of Fox
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`Rothschild LLP having my principal office at 747 Constitution Drive, Suite l00, Exton,
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`Pennsylvania, 19341, a member in good standing of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the
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`Commonwealth of Pennsylvania holding registration number 17,603 therein, admitted in good
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`standing to practice in patent matters before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`pursuant to registration 27,223, and am the attorney of record for the Petitioner, StonCor Group,
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`Inc., in the above—referenced matter.
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`I have represented StonCor Group, Inc. and its predecessors—in-interest in
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`intellectual property matters for nearly 30 years.
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`StonCor Group was sued for patent infringement a little over one year ago.
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`I am
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`the principal lawyer defending StonCor against the charge of patent infringement in that matter.
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`The case is Ronald Mark Associates, Inc. v. StonCor Group, Inc., civil action l3-7446, pending
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`in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, in Camden, New Jersey. My
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`work in representing StonCor in defending that suit has occupied a large, excessive amount of
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`my time, especially in the period from 1 September 2014 through the present. During that time
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`the work has been extremely intense due to the schedule required under the Local Patent Rules of
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`the District of New Jersey.
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`I have studied well over 100 prior art references, developed
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`StonCor’s contentions as regarding invalidity of the two patents in suit based on those
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`references, developed StonCor’s non-infringement contentions regarding sixty-three claims at
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`issue in the litigation and have engaged in numerous discovery disputes with extremely
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`aggressive, indeed unreasonable, opposing counsel.
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`4.
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`Due to my representation of StonCor as its principal lawyer defending the charge
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`of patent infringement and asserting counterclaims of invalidity and non-infringement in the
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`Mark v. StonCor case, I have not had sufficient time to devote to the instant cancellation
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`proceeding on behalf of StonCor.
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`5.
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`By email I have twice requested counsel for Sto AG that discovery be extended in
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`light of my inability to deal with this case adequately on behalf of StonCor. Neither of the
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`requests that I have made to counsel for Sto AG. have been answered. Counsel for Sto AG has
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`been silent as respecting the possibility of extension of the discovery period. While StonCor has
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`served paper discovery on Sto AG, the discovery period will expire before Sto AG’s responses
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`are due. StonCor needs the discovery period extended in order to receive and to evaluate Sto
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`AG’s responses to StonCor’s outstanding discovery and to possibly serve additional paper
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`discovery or to take discovery depositions.
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`I hereby declare, under penalty of perjury pursuant to 28 USC 1746, that all
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`statements made herein are true and that all statements made herein on information and belief are
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`believed to be true and further that I realize that false statements and the like so made herein are
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`punishable by fine, or imprisonment or both, under 18 USC 1001 et seq.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Charles N. Qunn/
`Charles N. Quinn
`747 Constitution Drive, Suite 100
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`Exton, PA 19341
`Tel: 610-458-4984
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`cquinn@f0Xr0thschi1d.corn
`Attorneys for Petitioner
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`Dated:
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`12 February 2015
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