704.12(d) Time of Taking Notice
Judicial notice may be taken at any stage of a Board proceeding, even on review of the Board's decision on appeal. [ Note 1.] However, the Federal Circuit may decline to consider a request for judicial notice made at the late stage of oral argument on appeal. [ Note 2.]
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1. See, e.g., Fed. R. Evid. 201(d); B.V.D. Licensing Corp. v. Body Action Design Inc., 846 F.2d 727, 6 USPQ2d 1719, 1721 (Fed. Cir. 1988) (request for judicial notice as to fame of mark made in the briefs on appeal); Amalgamated Bank of New York v. Amalgamated Trust & Savings Bank, 842 F.2d 1270, 6 USPQ2d 1305, 1308 (Fed. Cir. 1988) (judicial notice of banking business on appeal); American Security Bank v. American Security and Trust Co., 571 F.2d 564, 197 USPQ 65, 67 n.1 (CCPA 1978) (judicial notice of absence of listing in local telephone directories); Wella Corp. v. California Concept Corp., 192 USPQ 158 (TTAB 1976), rev’d on other grounds, 558 F.2d 1019, 194 USPQ 419, 422 n.5 (CCPA 1977) (fact of common knowledge, e.g., of purchasers and channels of trade for home permanent wave kits, appropriate for judicial notice); Food Specialty Co. v. Kal Kan Foods, Inc., 487 F.2d 1389, 180 USPQ 136, 139 n.3 (CCPA 1973) (judicial notice on appeal of general sentiment towards kittens which differs from that toward other small animal pets); Continental Airlines Inc. v. United Air Lines Inc., 53 USPQ2d 1385, 1393 n.5 (TTAB 1999) (judicial notice may be taken at any time).
2. See Packard Press Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 227 F.3d 1352, 56 USPQ2d 1351, 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2000) (Court declined to consider whether to take judicial notice of fame where request for judicial notice was made for first time at oral argument on appeal).