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TTABlog Answers the Question: What is the Oldest Pending TTAB Case?

Well, at least I try to answer the question, with the help of Chris Shiplett at TTAB Across the Board. He reports that the oldest pending TTAB case is United Black Fund v. National Black United Fund, Inc., Cancellation No. 92013503. That case was commenced on September 9, 1982, and has been suspended since May 10, 1984. The reason for the suspension is the pendency of a civil action in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. According to a paper filed by the parties in 2002, the lawsuit was administratively closed by the court (at some earlier time) "to give the parties the opportunity to resolve their differences." So it sounds like the court won't be doing anything to move the lawsuit along. The most recent TTAB paper filed by the parties (December 8, 2008) states: The parties to this action remain in contact, conduct negotiations that lead to compromises satisfactory to both parties, and continue in their attempts to resolve what remaining differences they may have...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on November 20, 2009 (boomark / email).