`Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
`P.O. Box 1451
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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`MAILED: September 7, 2006
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`IN RE:
`PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA
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`SERIAL NO. 76002076
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`APPEAL RECEIVED: 09/06/2006
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`BRIEF DUE: n/a
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`MORTON AMSTER
`AMSTER, ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN
`90 PARK AVENUE
`NEW YORK NY 10016
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`ESTTA97986
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`The appeal and appeal fee in the above-entitled
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`application were received on the date indicated above.
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`Applicant indicated that it has filed or is filing today a
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`request for reconsideration of the final refusal to
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`register.1
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`1 A timely request for reconsideration must be filed with the
`Trademark Examining Operation, and may be filed via TEAS, using
`the Response to Office Action form. (To maintain their status,
`TEAS Plus applicants must use TEAS for filing a request for
`reconsideration.) Applicant should notify the Board immediately
`if it has not filed a timely request for reconsideration and does
`not intend to do so.
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`Accordingly, the appeal is hereby instituted, but
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`action on the appeal is suspended pending the Examining
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`Attorney’s consideration of the request for
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`reconsideration.
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`In the event the refusal of registration is
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`maintained, proceedings will be resumed and applicant will
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`be allowed time in which to file a brief on its appeal.
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`New Developments at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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`TTAB forms for electronic filing of extensions of time to
`oppose, notices of opposition, petition for cancellation, notice
`of ex parte appeal, and inter partes filings are now available
`at http://estta.uspto.gov. Images of TTAB proceeding files can
`be viewed using TTABVue at http://ttabvue.uspto.gov.
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`Parties should also be aware of changes in the rules affecting
`trademark matters, including rules of practice before the TTAB.
`See Rules of Practice for Trademark-Related Filings Under the
`Madrid Protocol Implementation Act, 68 Fed. R. 55,748 (September
`26, 2003) (effective November 2, 2003) Reorganization of
`Correspondence and Other Provisions, 68 Fed. Reg. 48,286 (August
`13, 2003) (effective September 12, 2003). Notices concerning the
`rules changes are available at www.uspto.gov.