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`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
`General Email: TTABInfo@uspto.gov
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`March 17, 2020
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`Cancellation No. 92067777
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`Akasa (Europe) Limited
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`v.
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`Jill M. McCormack, Interlocutory Attorney:
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`Akaso Tech LLC
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`On January 17, 2020, Respondent filed a motion for involuntary dismissal
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`pursuant to Trademark Rule 2.132(a). (27 TTABVUE). On February 5, 2020,
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`Petitioner filed a combined response to Respondent’s motion for dismissal and cross-
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`motion to reopen its testimony period. (29 TTABVUE).
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`On February 24, 2020, Respondent filed a consent motion to suspend for
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`settlement for 60 days. (49 TTABVUE). In the motion, the parties request that, in the
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`event that they do not settle, the Board reset the remaining dates for briefing with
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`respect to their outstanding motions. (Id. at 3).
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`The parties’ consent motion to suspend for 60 days is granted. Because the
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`parties are negotiating for a possible settlement of this case, proceedings are
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`suspended up to, and including April 24, 2020, subject to the right of either party
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`Cancellation No. 92067777
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`to request resumption at any time.1 See Trademark Rules 2.117(c), and 2.127(a);
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`TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD MANUAL OF PROCEDURE (TBMP) § 605.02
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`(2019).
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`If, during the suspension period, either of the parties or their attorneys have a
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`change of address or email address, the Board should be so informed.2 See Trademark
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`Rule 2.18(b)(1).
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`In light of the suspension for settlement, Respondent’s motion for involuntary
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`dismissal pursuant to Trademark Rule 2.132(a) and Petitioner’s cross-motion to
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`reopen its testimony period are both denied without prejudice to the parties’ ability
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`to renew their respective motions (and any responses thereto) upon resumption.
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`Specifically, upon the conclusion of the period of suspension for settlement, if the
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`parties have not resolved this dispute, the parties may file another consent motion to
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`suspend for settlement or a notice to the Board that the parties wish to renew their
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`respective motions (and any responses thereto), at which time the Board will reset
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`briefing dates accordingly.3
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`1 The parties should note that if proceedings are suspended for a lengthy period of time
`pursuant to the filing of several motions to suspend for settlement, the Board retains
`discretion to condition the approval of any future consented or stipulated motion to suspend
`on a party or the parties providing necessary information about the status of settlement talks,
`discovery activities, or trial activities, as may be appropriate. See Trademark Rule 2.117(c).
`2 If the parties are (or during the pendency of this proceeding become) parties to another
`proceeding involving the subject registration, the parties must notify the Board so the Board
`can consider whether consolidation or suspension of proceedings is appropriate.
`3 The parties do not need to refile their respective motions (and any responses thereto).
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