<div dir="ltr">The OED email is <a href="mailto:OED@uspto.gov">OED@uspto.gov</a><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Michael Brown<br>Michael J Brown Law Office<div>354 Eisenhower Parkway</div><div>Plaza I, 2nd Floor, Suite 2025<div>Livingston, NJ 07039<br><br><div><a href="mailto:michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.mjbrownlaw.com" target="_blank">www.mjbrownlaw.com</a> <br>+1 973-577-6300 fax +1 973-577-6301<br></div><div>Google Voice +1 973-637-0358</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 12:31 AM Alex Butterman via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-1325387365630134337">
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Michael D. Steger via E-trademarks<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, November 12, 2023 11:59 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Carl Oppedahl <<a href="mailto:E-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">E-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> Michael D. Steger <<a href="mailto:msteger@steger-law.com" target="_blank">msteger@steger-law.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [EXT] [E-trademarks] Questionable looking law firm listed as counsel of record<u></u><u></u></p>
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filed by a California attorney (whose name is not listed with the California bar). Three weeks after filing another attorney with the same "firm" substituted in, using a substitution of attorney form and stating "</span></font><font size="4" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:rgb(255,255,238)">These
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