[E-trademarks] Sunday filings in the TTAB

Pamela Chestek pamela at chesteklegal.com
Fri Feb 9 19:27:37 EST 2024


I'm not digging in, but I would make sure this isn't the rule that applies:

http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2018/11/precedential-no-33-ttab-denies.html

Pam

Pamela S. Chestek
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On 2/9/2024 3:46 PM, Jamie Shelden via E-trademarks wrote:
> Thanks everyone.  I feel better now ☺️.
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>> On Feb 9, 2024, at 3:40 PM, Dale Quisenberry via E-trademarks 
>> <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
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>> But keep in mind in a California that means 9:00 pm Pacific.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Dale
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>> C. Dale Quisenberry
>> Quisenberry Law PLLC
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Feb 9, 2024, at 5:25 PM, Paradise, Gregg A. via E-trademarks 
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>>> 
>>> I agree with Susan. The Board considers the deadline to be 12:00 
>>> midnight on the 5^th . The deadline is not the entire day; it is the 
>>> end of the specified day (midnight). So “before the deadline” is 
>>> even a second or minute before that. You are fine to file anytime on 
>>> the 5^th (or 4^th ) if you prefer. And the rule about weekends and 
>>> federal holidays only applies to moving deadlines forward (later). 
>>> The rule does not change the actual date you file something. So you 
>>> are good all around.
>>> - Gregg
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>>> *Subject:*Re: [E-trademarks] Sunday filings in the TTAB
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>>> I suppose my concern is with the word “before”.  Is/on/ the deadline 
>>> still/before/ the deadline?  Is a request for an extension of a 
>>> deadline that must be made/before/ the deadline timely when it is 
>>> made/on/ the deadline?  I can actually see it both ways.
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>>>     On Feb 9, 2024, at 2:46 PM, Crane, Susan
>>>     <susan.crane at wyndham.com> wrote:
>>>     I haven’t practiced before the Board in a very long time, but
>>>     don’t you have until 11:59 on the 5^th ? So Sunday should be in
>>>     time.
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>>>     *Subject:*[E-trademarks] Sunday filings in the TTAB
>>>     Happy Friday everyone! Could someone point me to a case or rule
>>>     regarding the filing of a motion in a TTAB proceeding on a
>>>     Sunday and whether a Sunday filing is considered “prior to” the
>>>     deadline. Here is the hypothetical situation. In an opposition,
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>>>     Happy Friday everyone!  Could someone point me to a case or rule
>>>     regarding the filing of a motion in a TTAB proceeding on a
>>>     Sunday and whether a Sunday filing is considered “prior to” the
>>>     deadline.
>>>     Here is the hypothetical situation.  In an opposition,
>>>     Plaintiff’s trial period closes on Monday, February 5.
>>>      Plaintiff files request for extension of its trial period on
>>>     Sunday, February 4.  Given that February 4 is a Sunday, would
>>>     this request for extension be “/before the original time or its
>>>     extension expires”/ per FRCP 6(b)?
>>>     Any thoughts?
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