<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Subsidiary suggests C owns stock (or LLC units, etc) of S, all if wholly owned.<div>S bylaws or state default provisions might say something about control.</div><div>Daniel Kegan <daniel@keganlaw.com> 8Feb2024<div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 8, 2024, at 3:40\u202fPM, Lara Pearson via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:</div><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><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"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Hi l<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">istfriends:</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">A new-to-me client challenged me (hypothetically, of course) <span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span>w<span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">ith this puzzle, I am hoping you can help me with . . . </span><br></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Client (C) has a wholly owned sub (S) that acts as an IP holding co. C has no paper chain between it and S, and asked me what documents it needs to have with S, apart from a TM license with the right to sublicense. <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Presume that it presently has NO docs that indicate C is the sole parent of S.</span></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">I have no idea<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"> what other types of docs we need</span>, and appreciate any guidance you can offer.</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Thanks kindly.</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">I appreciate <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">each of you</span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">, always (lurkers too!). :-)</span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>