<div dir="ltr"><div>I was successful in requesting suspension of a client's application before the cited reg hit the section 8 deadline, but that deadline was, as I recall, one or two months after my OA response deadline. I was pleasantly surprised that the suspension was granted.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Michael Brown<br>Michael J Brown Law Office<div>354 Eisenhower Parkway</div><div>Plaza I, 2nd Floor, Suite 2025<div>Livingston, NJ 07039<br><div><a href="mailto:michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com</a></div><div><a href="mailto:michael@mjbrownlaw.com" target="_blank">michael@mjbrownlaw.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.mjbrownlaw.com" target="_blank">www.mjbrownlaw.com</a> <br>+1 973-577-6300 fax +1 973-577-6301<br></div><div>Google Voice +1 973-637-0358</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 6:58\u202fPM Katherine Markert via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="auto">The EA has the discretion to suspend when the cited reference is in a maintenance or renewal window. I don't know the precise TMEP section off the top of my head but the word "discretion" may be in the relevant TMEP section, if you run a search.</div>
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<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] Clarification on Suspending Action Pending Renewal of a Cited App</font>
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<div>Hi all,</div>
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<div>My understanding based on TMEP § 716.02(e) and previous experience is that if an EA is ready to issue a
<i>final</i> 2(d) refusal and the cited mark in the OA has a pending renewal, the EA should only suspend action on the application if the cited app is in the grace period for its §8. If the cited app is just within the one-year §8 filing window, not the grace
period, the EA has always issued the final refusal in my experience.</div>
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<div>We're watching a prior-filed app that was in position to receive a final 2(d) refusal and the cited mark's first §8 deadline isn't until 10/25. The applicant didn't respond to the 2(d) but instead requested suspension and the EA granted it instead of
<span>issuing</span> the final refusal even though the cited app is not within its §8 grace period.</div>
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<div>In rereading TMEP § 716.02(e), I see now that it only addresses what an EA must do if they're ready to issue a final 2(d) and the cited app is within its grace period or the grace period has passed. But it doesn't explicitly address what they must do if
the cited app is just within its one-year §8 window, NOT the grace period. That leads me to believe that it's up to the EA to decide
<span>whether applicant</span> expressly requesting suspension constitutes "good and sufficient cause" , but can anybody confirm? </div>
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<div>Thanks for any insight,</div>
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