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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks, David. Since others have indicated interest, I have also found:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To overcome Respondent's motion for judgment under Trademark Rule 2.132(a), Petitioner must show
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">good</span>
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">and</span>
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">sufficient</span>
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">cause</span> why judgment should not be rendered against it, failing which the petition to cancel will be dismissed with prejudice.
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The \u201c<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">good</span>
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">and</span> <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
sufficient</span> <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">cause</span>\u201d standard, in the context of Trademark Rule 2.132(a), is equivalent to the \u201cexcusable neglect\u201d standard</span> which Petitioner would be required to meet under Fed. R. Civ.
P. 6(b)(1)(B) to reopen its testimony period. </span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">See PolyJohn Enters. Corp. v. 1-800-Toilets Inc</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.,
61 USPQ2d 1860, 1860-61 (TTAB 2002). In </span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Pioneer Inv. Servs. Co. v. Brunswick Assocs. LP</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
507 U.S. 380 (1993), as discussed by the Board in </span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Pumpkin, Ltd. v. The Seed Corps</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
43 USPQ2d 1582, 1587 (TTAB 1997), the Supreme Court clarified the meaning and scope of \u201cexcusable neglect,\u201d as used in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and elsewhere. The Court held that the determination of whether a party's neglect is excusable is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">*3</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> at bottom an
equitable one, taking account of all relevant circumstances surrounding the party's omission. These include... [1] the danger of prejudice to the [nonmovant], [2] the length of the
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">delay</span> and its potential impact on judicial proceedings, [3] the reason for the
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">delay</span>, including whether it was within the reasonable control of the movant, and [4] whether the movant acted in good faith.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Pioneer</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, 507 U.S. at 395.
In subsequent applications of this test, several courts have stated that the third
</span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Pioneer</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> factor, namely the reason for the
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">delay</span> and whether it was within the reasonable control of the movant, might be considered the most important factor in a particular case.
</span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">See Pumpkin,</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> 43 USPQ2d at 1587, n.7 and cases cited therein.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Tri-Coastal Design Grp., Inc. v. Recckio</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
No. CANCELLATION 9206538, 2018 WL 2445473, at *2\u20133 (May 29, 2018)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Section 1.55(f) further provides that if a certified copy of the foreign application is not filed within the later of four months from the
actual filing date of the application or sixteen months from the filing date of the prior foreign application, and the exceptions in § 1.55(h) and (i) are not applicable, the certified copy of the foreign application must be accompanied by a petition including
a showing of <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">
good</span> <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">
and</span> <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">
sufficient</span> <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">
cause</span> for the <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">
delay</span> and the petition fee set forth in § 1.17(g). The Office is including a provision in § 1.55(f)
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">to provide for the belated filing of a certified copy of the foreign application to provide a lower standard (<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">good</span>
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">and</span> <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
sufficient</span> <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">cause</span> versus an extraordinary situation)</span> and lower fee ($200 petition fee set forth in § 1.17(g) versus the $400 petition fee set forth in § 1.17(f)) than would otherwise
be applicable for a petition under § 1.183 to waive or suspend a requirement of the regulations in such a situation.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Patent and Trademark Office Notices, 1388 OG 211<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> David Boundy <DavidBoundyEsq@gmail.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 2, 2024 6:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Roger Browdy <RLBrowdy@browdyneimark.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] "Good and Sufficient Cause"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I know of nothing at the PTO (except a petition decision that simply ignored the issue after it was fairly raised -- jerks). Here is the argument I made for "good and sufficient reasons" of Rule 116:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:21.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Rule 116 states a \u201cgood and sufficient reasons\u201d standard, not an \u201cunavoidable\u201d or \u201ccould not have\u201d standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:21.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Similar language used elsewhere in the law suggests a very low standard. In Bankruptcy Courts (which are also Article I agencies, like the PTO), \u201cgood
and sufficient reasons\u201d requires no more than some \u201carticulated \u2026 findings and conclusions.\u201d
<i>In re Monarch Beach Venture, Ltd.</i>, 166 B.R. 428, 435 (C.D. Cal. Bankr. 1993) \u201cGood cause\u201d is generally recognized as a low standard that may be satisfied by mere explanation of \u201cconfusion.\u201d
<i>Pace v. DiGuglielmo</i>, 544 U.S. 408, 416\u201317 (Sup. Ct. 2005). To satisfy the Supreme Court\u2019s \u201cspecific reasons\u201d standard for granting extensions, the Solicitor General typically identifies no more than \u201cthe heavy press\u201d of other cases.
<i>Contrast</i> Supreme Court Rule 30.4 <i>with</i> Solicitor General\u2019s Motion of Extension of Time,
<i>Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc.</i>, No. 22-639 (Jan. 27, 2023). \u201cGood and sufficient reasons\u201d does not require meeting some high burden of proof, or disproving all possible alternatives. The Federal Register final rule notice, 69 Fed. Reg. 49960
(Aug. 12, 2004) offers no reason to believe that \u201cgood and sufficient reasons\u201d in § 1.116(b)(3) means anything more than it means elsewhere in the law, or implies anything like an \u201cunavoidable\u201d or \u201ccould not have\u201d standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 4:07<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u202f</span>PM Roger Browdy via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Does anyone know of or have access to any petition decisions that define \u201cgood and sufficient cause\u201d for delay, for example, in filing of a certified
priority document? Or at least examples of what the Petitions Office is accepting as good and sufficient cause? Thank you very much in advance.
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