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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">I’m inheriting an application where the CEO of a corporation filed an application (pro se) for the corporation’s name (currently in use)
and listed himself as the owner. He then filed a preliminary amendment to list the corporation as the owner of the mark and removed himself. The examining attorney reviewed the application and issued an office action on other grounds, but apparently accepted
that preliminary amendment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Of course, the application is void ab initio, so I’m going to recommend a refile. But shouldn’t the examining attorney have flagged that
in the office action? Or at least noted that a preliminary amendment is not the proper mechanism for updating ownership information? Am I missing something?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.hinckleyallen.com/people/alexander-p-montgomery"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#777779;text-decoration:none">Alexander P. Montgomery</span></b><span style="color:#777779;text-decoration:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><a href="http://www.hinckleyallen.com/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#777779;text-decoration:none">Hinckley Allen</span><span style="color:#777779;text-decoration:none">
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p: 617-378-4366</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#E2231A"> | </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#777779"> f: 617-345-9020<br>
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