<div dir="auto">Congrats!  I still have my TTABLOG floatie keychain (somewhere).</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 5:38 PM mkrieger239--- 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:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><p style="margin:0.1rem 0;line-height:1.3"> </p>
<p style="margin:0.1rem 0;line-height:1.3">Ditto re the rhyme of our Poet-in-Residence, Lara.</p>
<p style="margin:0.1rem 0;line-height:1.3">John's blog is an absolute godsend.</p>
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<p style="margin:0.1rem 0;line-height:1.3">Thanks,</p>
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<p style="margin:0.1rem 0;line-height:1.3">Krieger Law</p>
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<p>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>Sent: Nov 15, 2023 1:15 PM<br>To: <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>Cc: Lara Pearson <<a href="mailto:lara@brandgeek.net" target="_blank">lara@brandgeek.net</a>><br>Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] Congratulations to John Welch for winning the 2023 INTA President's Award!</p>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Mr Welch, Hip Hip Hooray!</div></div></div><div style="border-left:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px 0 10px 15px;margin:0"><div dir="ltr">
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">With just the perfect thing to say</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">In hopes of succeeding in attempts to sway<br>The trier of things to rule our way.</div>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 7:01 AM Kevin Grierson via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" rel="noopener" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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