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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Looks real, and if you didn’t verify your account with the PTO, they will cut you off.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0F172E">Kevin Grierson</span></b><b><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:remialcxesans;color:white"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:template-5QSGLunPEem16QANOhMLNA;color:white"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:zone-1;color:white"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:zones-AQ;color:white"></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0F172E"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Gerry J. Elman via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 19, 2024 11:47 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Gerry J. Elman <gerry@elman.com>; Kartik Kumar <Office@elman.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] FW: [SPAM] URGENT ACTION REQUIRED: Verify your identity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Gee, my email provider says this looks like SPAM. But the email purports to be from uspto.gov.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anybody know whether or not this is a phishing email?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Gerry J. Elman<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Elman IP, 6117 St James Pl, Denton TX 76210-0421 <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">From: "U.S. Patent and Trademark Office" <</span><a href="mailto:subscriptioncenter@subscriptions.uspto.gov">subscriptioncenter@subscriptions.uspto.gov</a><span style="color:black">>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Date: 1/17/24 10:48 AM (GMT-06:00)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Subject: [SPAM] URGENT ACTION REQUIRED: Verify your identity
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<h2 style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">URGENT ACTION REQUIRED: Verify your identity<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">After January 20, you will not be able to access trademark filing systems until you verify your identity.
</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">We strongly encourage you to verify as soon as possible. We are unable to make exceptions to statutory filing deadlines, even when filers don’t verify their identity
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">What you need to do</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">
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