This Opposition was filed at the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) on September 15, 2021 and assigned serial number 91271695 by the TTAB.

Defendant:
Long Tech Network Limited represented by DAVID LESHT of SPERLING & SLATER, P.C..
Trademark Information: RISE OF EMPIRE – US Trademark Serial Number 90023914
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Plaintiff:
Microsoft Corporation represented by APRIL L. BESL of DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP.
Trademark Information: AGE OF EMPIRES – US Trademark Serial Number 75108153
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Prosecution History:
September 15, 2021 – FILED AND FEE
September 15, 2021 – NOTICE AND TRIAL DATES SENT; ANSWER DUE:
September 15, 2021 – INSTITUTED
October 13, 2021 – D MOT TO SUSP W/ CONSENT PEND SETTL NEGOTIATIONS
October 13, 2021 – SUSPENDED
October 22, 2021 – D APPEARANCE / POWER OF ATTORNEY
January 11, 2022 – P MOT TO SUSP W/ CONSENT PEND SETTL NEGOTIATIONS
January 11, 2022 – SUSPENDED
March 22, 2022 – P MOT FOR EXT W/ CONSENT
March 22, 2022 – EXTENSION OF TIME GRANTED
May 20, 2022 – D MOT FOR EXT W/ CONSENT
May 20, 2022 – EXTENSION OF TIME GRANTED
June 21, 2022 – D MOT FOR EXT W/ CONSENT
June 21, 2022 – EXTENSION OF TIME GRANTED
July 18, 2022 – D MOT FOR EXT W/ CONSENT
July 18, 2022 – EXTENSION OF TIME GRANTED
August 23, 2022 – D MOT FOR EXT W/ CONSENT
August 23, 2022 – EXTENSION OF TIME GRANTED
September 22, 2022 – D MOT FOR EXT W/ CONSENT
September 29, 2022 – EXTENSION OF TIME GRANTED
October 24, 2022 – ANSWER
November 18, 2022 – STIP MOT TO CONSOLIDATE
December 23, 2022 – CONSOLIDATION GRANTED; TRIAL DATES RESET
January 10, 2023 – D MOT TO SUSP W/ CONSENT PEND SETTL NEGOTIATIONS
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