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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/15/2024 8:01 AM, John L. Welch via
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">John L.
                        Welch<span style="color:#0E74AE"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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                Welch, John L.
                <br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 15, 2024 10:58 AM<br>
                <b>To:</b> 'Erikson, Daan'
                <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Daan.Erikson@huschblackwell.com"><Daan.Erikson@huschblackwell.com></a>; 'For trademark
                practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal
                advice.' <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com"><e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com></a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> RE: CAFC handed down its opinion in In
                re Chestek today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">John L.
                        Welch<span style="color:#0E74AE"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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                Erikson, Daan <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Daan.Erikson@huschblackwell.com"><Daan.Erikson@huschblackwell.com></a>
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                <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 15, 2024 9:25 AM<br>
                <b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for
                laypersons to seek legal advice.
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                <b>Cc:</b> Welch, John L.
                <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:John.Welch@WolfGreenfield.com"><John.Welch@WolfGreenfield.com></a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> RE: CAFC handed down its opinion in In
                re Chestek today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I have
            read this decision and am curious what others think of the
            reasoning.  I find the last part of the decision (page 13)
            particularly perplexing.  Isn’t it circular to say that an
            agency doesn’t have to prepare for every eventuality,
            especially when there is nothing in the record about privacy
            concerns, when there wasn’t a reason for people to be
            concerned about privacy during the notice and comment
            period?  And anyway how is this change not a substantive
            rule that affects individual rights and obligations when it
            affects individuals’ privacy rights?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
                E-trademarks <<a
                  href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com"
                  moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
                <b>On Behalf Of </b>John L. Welch via E-trademarks<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 13, 2024 11:34 AM<br>
                <b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for
                laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a
                  href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com"
                  moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
                <b>Cc:</b> John L. Welch <<a
                  href="mailto:John.Welch@WolfGreenfield.com"
                  moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">John.Welch@WolfGreenfield.com</a>><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] CAFC handed down its
                opinion in In re Chestek today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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