In a precedential decision issued March 20, 2014 in Hot Tamale Mama…and More, LLC v. SF Investments, Inc., Opposition No. 91209030 (March 20, 2014), the TTAB weighed in on what qualifies as a “good faith effort” to resolve a discovery dispute under governing Trademark Rule 2.120(e)(1). Like many federal courts, the TTAB requires that litigants make a good faith effort to amicably resolve discovery disputes before engaging in motion practice.
